{"id":3121,"date":"2019-11-15T10:15:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T10:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/?p=3121"},"modified":"2019-11-15T10:15:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T10:15:48","slug":"bogged-down-with-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/bogged-down-with-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bogged Down with Brexit?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brexit has become\nso much part of our lives, it\u2019s hard to believe that it will ever\nactually happen. Whether you\u2019re a Brexiteer or a Remainer, you\u2019re\nlikely to be sick to the back teeth of the whole thing. Three Prime\nMinisters have fallen in its wake and Scotland wants to split from\nthe UK. It\u2019s a mess of epic proportions and the news channels never\nstop reminding us of this ongoing saga. We need a break; we ALL\ndesperately need a break from this monster of a political hot potato.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Election Fever<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Brexit is not\nenough of a monster, we now have a general election. Talk about\noverload! We\u2019ve now got to decide which party is the one that will\ncarry out our wishes in regards to Brexit \u2013 of course, it\u2019s\nalways Brexit. The blues, reds, greens, yellows or pinks etc\u2026etc\nwill all be telling you \u2018the facts\u2019 and you\u2019ll have to decide\nwho to believe. It a tough one because up to now, the most notable\nthing about these shenanigans is the difficulty in sorting the bull\nfrom the truth. But one thing we all know is an absolute fact \u2013 we\nare all tired and weary of the whole shebang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Want to escape\nthe madness?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless you plan to go into hiding and become a hermit without any communication devices whatsoever, you will not totally escape the political barrage, but you can take a few breaks. If you feeling furious about it all, why not sink a few axes into targets<\/a>. You can pretend they are Brexit or the Election and you will get immense satisfaction from the \u2018thunk\u2019 as the blade finds its target. Then there\u2019s paintball. There\u2019s nothing quite like shooting the hell out of people on a paintball site <\/a>when you\u2019re angry. All they\u2019ll suffer are a few paintball \u2018kisses\u2019 and a good splattering of paint. Bring your party-political masks and really vent your anger on the party you would like to see defeated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take a Calmer\nor More Cerebral Escape Route<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find a gentler escape with an activity like hot air ballooning <\/a>giving you the opportunity to float way above the insanity. Everything below will look calm and peaceful and you can delude yourself into believing it \u2013 for as long as the flight lasts anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then there are the escape rooms<\/a> who offer real escape games. Bury yourself and your mind in the crazy conundrums, puzzling questions and the crafty clues to solve the mystery of a crime, breakout of jail or win the battle you find your team embroiled in. You just won\u2019t be able to think of anything else apart from what is happening in that locked room. If there are zombies thrown into the mix, you had better concentrate very hard or you\u2019ll run out of time and they will have free access to slaughter your team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take to the\nSky or the Trees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparing to\nskydive<\/a>, going up in the plane and then leaping out into the blue\n(or maybe grey) beyond will take all your brain power. No time to\neven think of the political storm that is brewing below. Even when\nyou get home, you\u2019ll be too busy relating all your heroics to even\nthink of switching on the idiot box. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Way up in the canopy of the trees there is a calm that cannot be experienced anywhere else – high rope adventures<\/a>. The trees don\u2019t give a damn about mankind\u2019s loony behaviour. They will gently sigh in the breeze and give you a sense of being at one with nature. Using their sturdy boughs, you will climb as high as you dare and then traverse between these giants using bridges slung between the trees and then hurtle down to the ground of a zip wire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go Bush<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I know someone who used to go out into the countryside and camp over election times. He took a few supplies but wanted to survive using his own wit. He then came back when it was all over and was the calmest amongst us all. If you want to run for hills, dales or just \u2018out there\u2019, check out our survival skills options<\/a> and leave it all behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PS<\/strong> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you arrive\nat the polling station, the political pollsters will smile and hand\nyou a leaflet or two. Stop and return the gesture by giving them the\ninformation that there are more important things to do with their\ntime, like getting out and enjoying all the activities that are\nfeatured on Geronigo<\/strong>\u00ae<\/strong><\/a>.\n<\/strong>Even these political die-hards must want to escape from it all\nsometimes. You\u2019ll be doing them a favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By CJ<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Got the Brexit blues or the want to avoid the election fever? Turn off the TV and get out of the house and do something exciting. The pure adrenalin rush of our activities will transport you to a happier place where politicians can\u2019t depress you.
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