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Research by the UK’s leading daily city deals website has revealed the top 10 ‘wimpiest’ cities in the UK. Hull tops the poll with only 8% saying they would take part in an adrenaline-fuelled extreme sport, shortly followed by Nottingham and Newcastle.

The UK’s leading daily city deals website, http://www.Groupola.com commissioned a study with 1,473 people across the UK to discover how adventurous they are and which cities were home to Britain’s ‘wimpiest’ people.

The study by group buying website http://www.Groupola.com found residents of Hull are the ‘wimpiest’ with only 8% saying they would take part in an ‘extreme activity’ such as bungee jumping and skydiving.  Only 16% of the respondents form Hull would take part in Paint Balling and just 12% said they would go Quad Biking.

According to the research by http://www.Groupola.com, Southerners are the most adventurous, with more than 1 in 3, 34%, of the respondents from Cornwall and 29% of those from Plymouth claiming they would take part in an extreme sport.

Below are the top ten ‘wimpiest’ cities in the UK according to the answers given to the question ‘would you take part in an extreme activity such as skydiving or bungee jumping?’ According to the survey by http://www.Groupola.com:

1.       Hull – 8%

2.       Nottingham – 11%

3.       Newcastle – 12%

4.       Leeds – 14%

5.       Aberdeen – 15%

6.       Norwich – 17%

7.       Bristol – 19%

8.       Brighton – 22%

9.       Southampton – 23%

10.   Plymouth – 25%

When asked the multiple-choice question ‘what of the following extreme sports would you most like to do?’ skydiving proved to be the most popular across the UK with 59%, followed by 54% saying bungee jumping and white water rafting with 51%.

Mark Pearson, Chairman of http://www.Groupola.com commented on the findings;

“Personally I love the thought of taking part in all these adrenaline sports and activities. I imagine that jumping out of an aeroplane would be an amazing buzz, but it certainly isn’t for the faint hearted.

He continues,

“If adrenaline burning activities are your thing, Groupola.com frequently has fun and exciting deals for extreme, adrenaline-fuelled activities. However, if a fun, more sedate day out with your mates is what you’re after, pamper days and paintballing deals are available too.”

LINK http://www.Groupola.com

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For more information, please contact Charlotte Horsfall, 10 Yetis Public Relations Agency on 01452 348 211, charlotte@10yetis.co.uk

Editors Notes

Groupola.com has saved £3.3m for consumers since launch

Overnight, Groupola.com became the biggest Group Buying Power website in the UK.

Groupola.com operates in 10 of the largest cities across the UK, including London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Nottingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Mark Pearson, MD of MyVoucherCodes is a regular media contributor regarding online shopping and the credit crunch. At 29 his personal worth is more than £30 million. Mark was previously a trainee chef working for Gordon Ramsay at Claridges, London.

MyVoucherCodes has had sales exceeding £481m in the last year