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Due to its popularity we have a short term SMIDGE shortage. Should be restocked by mid-week & other repellents are available meantime. — Out and About (@outandaboutp) July 18, 2014

Here's a handy little object for the camping season. Lifesystems®' new Glow marker (£5) is for attaching to anything you want to be able to locate easily in the dark- be it the zipper of your tent door, your electronic devices or your water bottle inside the tent. Using photo-luminescent technology, leaving it outside in the sunlight for 5 minutes during the day to recharge will create a glow that lasts up to 12 hours. It has a rechargeable life of up to 10 years and is supplied with a cable-ring attachment to secure it to a wide range of objects.

It seems to come round quicker each year but here's a reminder for anyone from out of town that Peebles is in the middle of its annual festival week.We are open as usual throughout with the exception of Saturday 21st June . In common with many shops in the town, we will be CLOSED on that day. If you need any assistance during this time, please call staff at our Harrogate Branch  - they'll be happy to help.

In Peebles we've just taken delivery of the New Scarpa Cyrus GTX, a little brother (or sister) for our best-selling Scarpa Terra GTX boot. Women's Cyrus GTX £125 (available sizes 38-41)

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.

The emphasis in recent weeks has been, necessarily, on kit to keep you dry but with some colder weather forecast over the weekend we thought we'd remind you of some fantastic thermal base layers we've been stocking from Odlo .  Odlo's heritage goes back to 1946 when Norwegian sportsman, Od d Roar Lo fterød started the company by producing  training tights for ice-skating athletes that protected from the cold, and from there the concept grew to encompass a wide range of next-to-skin and winter sports garments.  You will see Odlo products being used by many athletes at this year's Winter Olympics and we stock classic base layer pieces from the WARM and Cubic ranges. Here's a lovely pink example from the women's selection- men's alternatives also available (not in pink though). The softness of the brushed inner surface of this base layer is just gorgeous. The fabric incorporates functional < > fibres woven into it that contain silver ions which preven...