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Happy St Andrew's Day to all our Scottish customers and friends

An Evening with Tweeddale Mountain Rescue

An Evening with Tweeddale Mountain Rescue- an opportunity to find out more about the volunteers who provide this vital service in our community- tomorrow (27th November) in the Macfarlane Hall at 7:30pm. Proceeds from the evening will be towards a memorial celebrating the life of the much missed Stuart Ruffell

Keeping Warm this Winter with our Rab Down clothing

Here's a selection of our Down-filled clothing from Rab: Women's Arete jacket £145 (colour: Fjord) Rab® says: The Arete jacket is a medium cut down jacket for every day usage now with a new Pertex ®  Microlight 30D outer. The Arete has all the features you look for in a warm winter jacket for casual use, but with the featured Pertex ®  Microlight 30D outer fabric, and 230g/9oz 650 fill power European duck down so it will perform for hill and mountain use as well. Zipped hand-warmer pockets and a fleece lined collar further add to the comfort of the jacket. Women's Microlight Alpine £160 (colour: Twilight/Fuschia) Rab® says: The Women's Microlight Alpine is a lightweight down jacket for all round outdoor use. This is a fantastic piece for normal UK winters - warm enough for most days whilst slimline enough to pop your waterproof jacket over the top for an unexpected shower. The goose down fill offers incredible warmth to weight and means t...

Sprayway Reactor and Firebird arrive in Harrogate

A couple of new jackets have just arrived in our Harrogate store to complement our growing range of lightweight, synthetic insulated clothing at a competitively priced £80.  Sprayway have introduced the women's Firebird with zoned insulation (60g in the hood, 80g in the sleeves and 100g in the body) which weighs only 427g and packs away into its own pocket. Incredibly versatile, this jacket can be worn as an outer layer, carried in your rucksack to provide spare insulation if conditions change and it isn't too bulky to wear underneath your waterproof if conditions turn really bad. Sprayway Women's Firebird £80 The men's equivalent is the Reactor and incorporates the same features for a barely increased weight of 504g. Both jackets are currently available only in our Harrogate store Sprayway Men's Reactor £80

Issue 4 of FREE magazine Scottish Walks now available

We've just take delivery of a big stack of FREE   Scottish Walks magazines in our Peebles store. Drop in and pick one up- with details of 20 inspirational walks across Scotland from the Lowlands to the Highlands, the islands of the Clyde to the Hebrides.

Latest headtorch technology in the Petzl Nao- Available Now

We've just taken delivery of the innovative new Petzl Nao headtorch in both stores. Be among the first to see it by paying us a visit. The £135 price tag is reflected in the embodied revolutionary technology based on a built-in sensor that adapts the beam pattern and light output instantly and automatically to give the user the ideal amount of light in varying conditions. This gives less dazzle when map reading but high power (up to 355 lumens) when viewing long-range and better battery management through the downloadable Petzl OS software that calibrates the rechargeable battery. It's all explained in this video: