So, my lovely non camping husband and I were in Dublin recently, and found the best outdoor shop… Like heaven for me! It feels like a lot of readers of these fora have great outdoors shops near them or access to the wonderful cottage industries in the US. now the fabulous said shops sell to me for the best postage they can but I'd love to know about some good entrepreneurs in the UK or Ireland – cheaper because of the postage and import duties! I know ultralightoutdoorgearco.uk any one got other suggestions?
I'm a total gear nut and gram weenier – and tend to stick to my gear until it's worn out! But the time has come and Im currently upgrading my kit as some of it has been with me for more than 20 years and either weighs too much though it still works (a lovely primus stove with teeny cannisters, an Eco gel stove, a slightly bigger Primus stove, and a jetboil for example) or it has ceased to function as it was originally intended – a pair of goretex gaiters which don't keep water out, a big hard shell that is heavy as hell and now partly non waterproof, a pair of delicious thermal gloves which have a hole in one finger, you get the idea. In a house move a box with my rohan shirts and bags and a jacket went missing! And was never recovered, so I'm replacing those as well.
I love supporting the small players so suggestions for UK based people would be super – I went into one of the big retailers and askedn about Cuben and the assistant spend a great ten minutes talking about havanna! So I know that I want some people with a little more knowledge than that and small is often beautiful.
