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Using soft, fine merino yarns, knitted in the USA Smartwool definitely feels good and we've recently introduced two models of sock to suit a variety of outdoor footwear.

Everyone in the family can wear a Buff- even the four-legged members.

Peebles Beltane Festival is well underway which means some disruption to opening hours while the town goes about its festivities.

Peebles is a popular stop-off for those walking from Lands End to John o' Groats and we always feel that Spring has properly arrived when we are visited by our first through-hiker of the year.

As part of the service we offer as a Paramo Partner, we display frequently changing offers in our (real) shop window and in store.

Easter's nearly here and Spring is underway, the ideal time to check through all your kit and undertake a little maintenance where needed.

Here's a picture from  Out & About Peebles customer, Robert Veitch, of our Green Bag at the summit of Halti (1328m) the highest point in Finland.

Marmot Precip® waterproof jackets are currently available in Harrogate with £15 off. Were £75 now only £60 .

The works to widen the pavement outside the Peebles branch are now completed.

The new rechargeable CORE battery (£30) is designed for the TIKKA2 and ZIPKA2 line of headlamps. It is easily inserted into the headlamp in a few seconds in the place of the standard AAA batteries. The Lithium Ion Polymer technology guarantees a lifetime that is equivalent to 900 regular batteries which saves you money and makes an efficient contribution to limiting toxic waste in the environment. A zipka headlamp, opened out to show where the CORE unit clips into place A standard USB connection allows the CORE battery to be recharged almost anywhere: from a wall plug, a car's cigarette lighter/12V outlet, a solar panel, a portable energy source, a computer, etc. and an LED battery charge indicator shows the precise energy level remaining in the CORE battery at any time. What makes CORE really special, however, is the customisable discharge of the battery using the Petzl OS software that can be downloaded for free from the petzl website. This allows you to tailor the battery l...

The latest issue of Scotland Outdoors is in stock in Peebles (£3.80) For Spring 2011 you'll find articles on the rich variety of seabirds in Scotland, travels on lonely Rannoch Moor and a cycle tour along the length of the Outer Hebrides together with a fantastic opportunity to win a cruise to World Heritage site St. Kilda. P.S. Congratulations too, to Richard Rowe, Scotland Outdoors editor, on becoming a first time Dad

We have updated the website with the latest additions to our footwear range- all of which can be viewed here Highlights include the Zamberlan Vioz GT (£165.00) a top quality 3 season walking boot with a Gore-Tex waterproof lining Full specification and more details on the main website here Specialist British footwear and bio-mechanics company Anatom have also introduced their own footwear range. Our Harrogate branch is stocking the TriAria Q2 (£125) Full specification and more information on the main website here

It's March and the road's department have some money to spend before the end of the financial year. The Old Town in Peebles is benefitting from this with major pavement re-alignment works going ahead at the junction of Old Town, Elcho Street Brae, Biggiesknowe and Greenside. Of course we are right in the middle of all this and currently the shop is surrounded by an attractive stockade of red and white crash barriers and cones. We expect this to go on for some time (nobody seems to be able to tell us exactly how long) but would like to re-assure customers that we will be open throughout and will be doing everything we can to ensure that the contractors maintain safe and adequate access to our premises. When it's finished, it will be a major improvement, with wider pavements and safer road-crossings for pedestrians to look forward to.

If you've filled the car up with petrol today you'll have noticed the VAT Increase coming in to effect. We just want to reassure our customers that we haven't spent the Bank Holiday re-pricing all our products to reflect the increase. We are currently holding all prices at Pre-VAT Increase Levels.

We promised we would keep customers up to date with the erratic deliveries we've been receiving recently. The back log from the transport difficulties here in Scotland a couple of weeks ago is now easing and this means that we currently have good stocks of Buff products, including standard, junior, merino and polar versions We've also had a delivery of base layers from Helly Hansen. This includes the lightweight stripe crew necks and fly pants at £25 each The Prowool Freeze half zip at £50 is also back in stock When the first lot of snow came at the end of November lots of people found that wellies just weren't warm enough and found that they got on better with their walking boots and then gaiters to keep the snow out. We ran out of gaiters a coulpe of weeks ago as a result but we now also have them back in stock starting at £15 for the Tundra gaiter , £17 for the front fastening Alpine gaiter and £23 for the eVent Perma gaiter So that takes care of the deli...

Here's the details of our opening hours over the holiday period:

Slightly delayed by all that snow, the Winter edition of Scotland Outdoors is now available in our Peebles store, packed with inspirational ideas for enjoying the best of Scotland this winter.

Parcelforce made it through the snow and ice that's got central Scotland grid locked and we now have The North Face Tent Mules available in Peebles. Hurry because we don't expect stocks to last long. The North Face Tent Mule £29

We have quite a few customers waiting for our stock of The North Face Tent Mules (or North Face slippers to most people) to arrive in our Peebles branch. The North Face Tent Mule £29 We spoke to our distributor at the end of last week and they were on their way to us at that time. We expect to have them available to sell in a few days, but deliveries are being severley hampered by the bad weather so we can't confirm the exact date at this time. We will update this blog when we have them and also our Facebook page. Follow the link in the top right hand corner of our main website or click here to join us on Facebook and get the most up to date information.

With weather like this it's hard not to get into the Christmas Spirit and Peebles Christmas Lights are being switched on tonight. In common with most shops in the town we'll be open from 6:30pm - 8:30pm, a chance to get in out of the cold and do a spot of Christmas shopping too.