Abraham’s Tea Round is a 30 mile route with 12,00ft+ of ascent that starts and finishes at the doors of our store in Keswick.

Our customer Peter Jobes recently returned to Keswick to complete the Tea Round in a very respectable 9 hours and 16 minutes!

This is his story…

The Arc’teryx Big Mountain Weekend is back again in the beautiful Langdale Valley on the 8th - 10th May 2020. Join us for clinics aimed to educate and improve your mountain and crags skills with the very best instruction from the International School of Mountaineering. Tickets are available from the...

It’s no myth that down jackets just aren’t ideal for our wet British climate. You can go from being wrapped up warm in your lovely puffer jacket to being soggy and cold on the arrival of a rain shower, wearing something resembling a bag of porridge. That’s not to say...

Stare long enough into the Hestra logo and you’ll be transported into a snowy wilderness, filled with crackling fires and dark mountains. A place where gloves have a purpose and functionality, a necessary tool to see out the day. Or is it just me? My first pair of Hestra’s were...

Osprey want to celebrate Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja’s completion of the superhuman feat of summiting 14 of the world’s highest mountains in under 7 months. The previous world record? 7 years. Nims is an incredible force; an extraordinary mountaineer who, because of his training, mindset and sheer determination, is capable of...

At the end of last year George Fisher kindly presented us with some North Face Resolve kids waterproofs to give them a thorough testing. Fortunately the Lake District Weather has given us plenty of opportunity! Rosie age 4, an avid lover of Frozen, was thrilled that her blue waterproof jacket...