Welcome to
the Arrowgroup
website

We are a team of old people that cause trouble at seaside resorts..

Who are the Arrow Group?

The 'Arrow Group' is a collection of friends who all share an interest in travelling and videography. In addition to our weekly trip to the Local, Each year we also get together and travel somewhere new. As part of the trip we also aim to produce a film on where we've been.This website is the document of record of our travels and exploits.

Meet The Team

Why the name "Arrow Group"?

It was coined in 1985 after a local competition to find a secret Golden Arrow which was buried in the region. Although it was never found by us it was decided that we should continue to meet regularly and go on a filming holiday once a year.

And that tradition has continued up to the present time.

How long has this shenanigans been going on then?

It's been going on since our first outing back in 1985. Back then we were mere saplings. We could do things like climb trees and stay up till midnight.

As time has gone on however we've reliquished the hard floors and cold of tents and progressed to more luxurious living quarters.

Statistics

Over the years we've built up some pretty interesting records and statistics. Below you can see some of these presented in a tabular format.

General Squad Statistics sorted by Age

Where the age is the same the position is based on birth date.

General Squad Statistics sorted by Trips

Debut refers to the that persons first trip away.

General Squad Statistics sorted by Nights

Nights means the total number of nights spent on trips.

General Squad Statistics sorted by Debut

Records the year a member first joined a trip.

Number of Trips
Total number of trips undertaken since the start

Total number of days
The amount of days spent away from the start until now.

Number of Videos
Amount of edited videos from our trips

Hard Workers
No of hard workers in the group

Trips

Each picture represents a trip away, they can be clicked on for more info and link to that trip.

  • All
  • 1980's
  • 1990's
  • 2000's
  • 2010's
  • 2020's

Quotations

Over the years a lot of funny remarks have been made about each other and of the situations we've found ourselves in. Below is a selection of these for your enjoyment, though to the context may not be clear we had a good laugh anyways..

That was a lovely small miniture loaf..

by Mr Mark

Arrow Scarborough 1987

Is it a jellyfish?.

by Stuart

Arrow Ilfracombe 2000

Is it the green and blue tent? No it's the red and brown one with lots of mould on it...

by Mark

Arrow Tenby 1990

But..it's just a load of old rocks.

by Chris

Arrow Weymouth 1999

..look for a sign that says 'Dock: catch boat here..'

by Stuart

Arrow St Ives 1998

Would you like some of my curry? No thanks, it looks like mild slurry.

by Chris

Arrow Lake District 2003

I've absolutely no sympathy for you, I bought mine on fixed rate. You're just victims of free-market capitalism.

by Nic

Arrow Newquay 1988

Thanks for the loan of the car. it's in three carrier bags in the hall...

by Chris

Arrow Ilfracombe 2000

I'm not walking 30 yards for 50 quid..

by Stuart

Arrow Weymouth 1999

It's me here..on the end of..me arm.

by Mark

Arrow Local 1985

Good God..how much shampoo did you use?.

by Stuart

Arrow Newquay 1988

I demand to be driven to the nearest ciggarettery..

by Nic

Arrow Dumfries and Galloway 1989

WOMAN AT RECEPTION: "If you would like to pitch your tent, somewhere over there." CHRIS: "Is it somewhere where we've just pitched?"

by Chris

Arrow Tenby 1990

The Team

Below shows the members of the group and details. Clicking on their names reveals all the sordid details..

Mark Swinson

Founder Member

Chris Clark

Founder Member

Stuart Bestwick

Founder Member

Nic Wright

Founder Member

Mic Johnson

Member Since 1990

Matt Clark

Member Since 1996

John Tomkiss

Member Since 1994

Nick Clark

Guest Member

Contact

We are based in Nottingham, UK. You can contact us via email below.

Email Us

info@arrowgroup.co.uk

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