OUTDOORSmagic Spawns Club...

You ungrateful so and so's - we start a special meets and partners section of the forum and what do you do? I'll tell you what, only go off and start your own club.

Yep, OUTDOORSmagic is pleased to announce that a bunch of members have formed their own web-based, BMC-affiliated outdoors club called 'Mixed Routes'.

Members improvising white water rafting withiout the rafts...

Join the club and not only do you have access to a running programme of outdoors get togethers, but all the advantages of being a member of a BMC club. In particular you'll get a 10 per-cent discount from many outdoor retailers and benefit from the BMC's third party liability insurance, so if you go kicking rocks down onto someone else's dalmatian, you won't spend the rest of your life paying off the vet's bills. As liability is up to £3 million, you can write off an awful lot of pedigree dogs too.

The club also has access to the extensive list of BMC club huts in mountain areas all over the UK, so no more shivering in tents when you could be shivering in damp bunks...

The club's officers have strangely familiar names, or they would have if forum users didn't keep changing their's, and as an initial offer, membership is just £12.50. The site has its own web site complete with full details and a mailing list which is used primarily to organise meet ups.

Why's it called Mixed Routes? Frankly we have no idea, but allegedly it reflects the variety of members' interests. Secretly we reckon it's because they have a limited ability to follow the correct route on map or rock, so it all gets mixed up. That tree logo? Mixed Roots we reckon.

So, if you're looking for company on the hills together with the associated BMC benefits, take a look: www.mixedroutes.org.uk.

Now where did I put that £12.50...