OS Outdoors Show Incoming :-)

Just a quick reminder - as if you needed one - that the Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show is on this Friday and runs through to Sunday at the NEC in Birmingham.

We could bore you witless with long lists of attractions, but that seems a tad cruel and we've done it already. We can tell you that the show will be opened by Richard Caborn, the Minister for Sport who will be accompanied by a band playing, 'These Boots Are Made For Walking' and he'll be welcomed by some abseiling marines.

We can also tell you that the first 200 mums to the show on Sunday will get a free goody bag containing an Ellis Brigham bag and discount card, a teddy bear and chocolates courtesy of Tourism Ireland, a Trespass neck warmer and much more! If you're a greedy mum, make a beeline for Information Point 1 - at the entrance to the show - to collect your free gift. All mums can also enter a prize draw to win an Olympus Mju 770 tough camera.

What else? Brian Blessed, Bill Oddie, Ray Mears, Alan Hinkes, Leo Houlding, Baz Roberts, Mick Fowler, Colin Prior, Simon Yates, The Arctic Foxes and Tim Emmett.

Plus top climbers trying to break the world record for dynoing, A Climb Zone with four different Have a Go climbing walls. Plus paddling and diving sections. Mountain biking too.

You can find full details of opening times, attractions and so on at www.theoutdoorsshow.co.uk and in previous OM articles linked below.

OM Ticket Offer

Tickets cost £12 per day (£14 on the door) but you can buy them for £10 per person by quoting promotional code MAGIC2. Just go to the OS Outdoors Show web site at www.theoutdoorsshow.co.uk and click on the 'Book Tickets' link.