10 Jaw-Droppingly Different Stag Do Ideas
Bushcraft Courses
Cost: £85 per person for 1-2 day basic expedition.
Do you remember the episode of The Office in which jobsworth Gareth Keenan proudly stated that if he were lost in the jungle, he could “definitely eat a monkey.” Well, no doubt you’ve a mate who’s spent a bit too long watching Bear Grylls repeated near suicide expeditions and will often come out with such gems down the pub himself. Well, even better if he’s the Stag, because a ‘bushcraft’ expedition through the wilds of South Wales will teach him the bare essentials of foraging, shelter building and ‘backwoods cookery’. Don’t get lost, you’ll end up in Swansea.
Pros: Very hands on, presumably quite exhilarating and rewarding.
Cons: Only drunk like activity will occur with the accidental consumption of hallucinogenic berries. Plus Swansea.
Comic Conventions 
Cost: Around £15 for the weekend at the biggest conventions.
The perfect trip for a secretly, or not so secretly, geeky stag do, there are hundreds of comic book and sci-fi swap meets and conventions all over the UK, but the annual London Film and Comic Con is the mac daddy of them all. To give you an idea of what’s inside Earl’s Court this July, there’s an extensive Empire Strikes Back Retrospective and An Audience with William Shatner. Also, surprisingly attractive young women dressed as sexy Japanese Anime characters. But you didn’t hear that from us.
Pros: You’re the coolest guys in the room!
Cons: Least knowledgeable guys in the room, people laugh at you when you don’t know what TARDIS stands for (put it in the comments if you must).
Set up a Flashmob
Cost: Free, or, lots of text messages
A flashmob, in which as many strangers as possible are encouraged to emerge suddenly in one location, sometimes for a cause, sometimes for no discernible reason whatsoever, is an increasingly common activity in this age of Tweets and Facepoking and what not. Setting up a popular flashmob is a fun group activity that takes a little more time than a pub crawl, but results in more chaos if done right.
Pros: The sense of bewilderment you’ve solely managed to create.
Cons: The sense of bewilderment when nobody turns up. Oh well, the pub it is then.
Visit An Airshow
Cost: Varies from £25 per person at the largest shows to free events in coastal resorts. Remember, the action’s generally up in the air…
Major shows include Shuttleworth, Southend and Cosford and attract thousands over each weekend. As well as older grounded flights and very noisy fly bys, there’s plenty of memorabilia and the opportunity to sit around and enjoy a drink and some lunch, hopefully in pleasant weather. It’s a bit like a musical festival, except all the stages are several thousand feet above your head and later on, the bands are off to bomb the Middle East.
Pros: A nice, relaxing day out in the English summertime, actually a perfect pre or post Stag activity.
Cons: The threat of rain, abundance of elderly people and children doesn’t lend to a party atmosphere.
LARPING
Cost: a lot of your time, membership fees, foam sword.
LARPing, or Live Action Roleplaying is a popular, mysterious underworld of fantasy enthusiasts meeting in a variety of networks of caves, haunted old manors and forests to engage in epic warfare… of sorts. Nobody dies in LARPing, but you can lose your well-constructed, detailed character and all their magical skills and powers can fall to waste. Anyone can register for LARPery, but you’re expected to get involved, write and maintain your character before having him emerge in the flesh outside of an internet forum. It’s all very serious fun, so you might well be best creating your own goblin league and running around the local park.
Pros: Your significant other will be pleased you’re not attending a strip club.
Cons: Your significant other knows you’re dressing up as a Warlock.
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