This evening we're heading off to Catton Park with a van full of wares.

If you're going too, come and say hi

JC

Each winter I hope for two things.

Snow in the mountains and rain in the derwent valley.

Enough rain to bring up the big surf waves.

Since 2001 I can count on one hand the number of really good floods we've had in Derbyshire. The kind of days when you can hear the river long [...]

Well spring is slowly giving way to Summer.

We've got a busy schedule planned over the next few months.

Keep an eye on our 'events' section of the website which will soon be showing where we'll be and what we're doing for summer 07.

JC

If you've emailed us, or placed an order in the last seven days and heard nothing or received nothing then please drop us an email again.

We've been having some problems with our email server which has been selectively returning some emails to the sender.

All should be sorted now.(fingers crossed)

Technology eh, great whilst it [...]

Today I get my bike back from the shop.

They've repaired my leaking rear shock.

I'm excited to have it back, I know I shouldn't ride it as my arms still too weak but now I've got options!

It's good to have choices

by the way if anyone is looking for a proper quality bike [...]

A few months ago we sponsored a climbing competition for the re-opening of our local climbing / bouldering wall (The Face) at Wirksworth.

Last week we received the photos of the opening!

I guess when you're climbing all day, theres no time for emailing.

Good luck Mark and Malcolm, catch you soon.

Last weekend I decided to fit my new disc brakes.

My old ones had totally had it so I thought I'd get some new ones and fit them so my bikes ready to go once my shoulder feels a bit tighter!

the first brake went well, and quickly,

Great, I was almost done and [...]

We're in this months MBR magazine.

It's their 10th birthday edition so they're reviewing all the good stuff from the last decade.

Makes some good reading.

Last month I read an amazing book,

Depths by Henning Mankell.

It's a dark tale of life after the first world war on the seas and amongst the rocky archepelagos of sweden.

Each chapter is no more than 3 pages long, I raced through it and then felt disspointed that I'd finished it!

Last [...]

We're just running off our early prototypes for Autumn 07.

It's an exciting time, there's still a few more rounds of sampling to go yet, but it's really good to see designs move from paper to merino.

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