One of our favourite brands over the last couple of years has been Keen, the American outdoor footwear brand. We love them so much, you can usually see at least 2 or 3 of us wearing them each day in the office and warehouse. They are also the only brand we actually back up with [...]

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When you’ve been doing it for a few years hill walking and mountaineering have a degree of “second nature” you become familiar with and many of the brain numbing decisions become semi automatic. Nowhere is this more apparent than kit selection, and the chances are that if you know someone who’s been getting out on [...]

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It’s said there are just two certainties in life, death and taxes, but I’ve long thought there’s another certainty that should be included in this elite list – if you’re out in the British hills it’s going to rain. In summer it’s not a problem, with hardshells, softshells, packlite and a million and one choices [...]

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Take On Africa: Latest update from Cordoba, Spain
It’s now a month since I left England on that dull grey, wet day. In that month, I’ve seen and done so much, the time has just flown by – I can hardly believe it. The cycling is going great – better than expected – I’ve now pedalled [...]

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We have been busy out and about in the woods and have added a couple of product videos to the website that you can view below. I’m wearing my shiny new Mica jacket which has made my summer so far awesome. We’ve also posted up a review on our Targhee II’s as well.

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Helen Lloyd of ‘www.takeonafrica.com’ has finally set off on her marathon two year journey. Due into Poole on Friday 17th July, Helen has left home in Norfolk on a short warm up before catching the ferry  for the Continent on Monday 20th. We will be waving Helen off on Monday along with the local press, [...]

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