Lakeland Bushcraft ceased trading?

[Silverhill]

Gutting. Nearly every bushy-related purchase I made since joining this site went through Mark. All the best mate.

 

[sandbender]

That is a pity, they were a great firm to deal with.

 

[Pandabean]

I found this out yesterday when visiting certain pages on the website and gave Lurch a shout on here via PM, it was only after being told to refresh the page and cache that I saw the message.

As mentioned above he was pretty good to deal with and his store will be missed.

 

[Martyn]

That's really sad. I've never heard a bad report about Mark's company, either here or anywhere else. You have to work very hard to maintain that kind of reputation and its gutting to see someone who grafts like that go under. I guess the recession means that people are more concerned with putting food on the table these days. Bad times, but the recession wont last forever and you cant keep someone like Mark down for long.

One for you Mark....

[video=youtube;kS-zK1S5Dws]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-zK1S5Dws[/video]

All the best mate.

 

[udamiano]

A real shame, bought a lot of kit from him recently, and was going to get a load after Christmas. Have always found them pleasant and helpful and a pleasure to deal with..

Will be sadly missed

 

[mountainm]

Do we know for sure that he's gone under? Maybe we're jumping to assumptions - perhaps Mark's just changed direction.

 

[Claudiasboris]

Very sad to hear this. Mark's been a great resource for BCUK I feel and I've never heard any bad comments about the company. Good luck for the future.

Claudiasboris

 

[TeeDee]

Gutted. Great bloke and generous .

I really do wish him the best of luck for the future. I sincerely hope all is well.

 

[Teepee]

Along with all others, I'm wounded. I dearly hope its not because of the bad times.

Fantastic service and one of the good guys. I'm grateful for the dealings I've had.

 

[bilmo-p5]

Superb service and a nice bloke with it.

Good luck.

 

[Simon H]

That's a terrible shame. There aren't many firms that offer a service as good as Mark's.I wish you all the best for whatever you choose next mate.

 

[mrcairney]

Oh that's quite a blow. Mark is a great guy and he was my go-to guy for kit. I'm sorry I didn't order more. Best of luck for the future.

 

[British Red]

Gret guy, great attitude, great company. Damned shame.

 

[spiritwalker]

as above gutted i did notice the catalogue suspended i just thought he was on holiday or something...
i hope its another venture rather than going under

 

[Kepis]

i cant add anything other than to echo all of the above comments - Lakeland Bushcraft will be sadly missed.

 

[Lurch]

Mark was a true gent

You make it sound like I'm dead. Fairly sure I'm not but I'll get someone to check.

Thank you everyone for your kind words, moistness of eyes for sure.

It's been a hard trading year living hand to mouth, not unusual for a relatively new business, but the last few months of trading have been abysmal with no realistic prospect of an upturn. Take a look at Blacks as an example of how hard it is for retailers in the outdoors industry, or a walk down an outdoors town like Keswick or Ambleside.
Time to admit defeat and throw in the towel before the debts got out of control.

 

[Mesquite]

You make it sound like I'm dead. Fairly sure I'm not but I'll get someone to check.

Thank you everyone for your kind words, moistness of eyes for sure.

It's been a hard trading year living hand to mouth, not unusual for a relatively new business, but the last few months of trading have been abysmal with no realistic prospect of an upturn. Take a look at Blacks as an example of how hard it is for retailers in the outdoors industry, or a walk down an outdoors town like Keswick or Ambleside.
Time to admit defeat and throw in the towel before the debts got out of control.

I'm really sorry to hear that Mark... as everyone else has said it was a real pleasure dealing with you.

I wish you all the best in the future and no doubt you'll bounce back soon

 

[mountainm]

Go Outdoors have just managed to open a whole boatload of new shops yet Blacks is suffering, amd we're losing great independents like Mark. Seems you've got to be a really big store (outdoor supermarket) to succeed as it gives you buying power and stock holding capabilities...

 

[Shewie]

You make it sound like I'm dead. Fairly sure I'm not but I'll get someone to check.

Thank you everyone for your kind words, moistness of eyes for sure.

It's been a hard trading year living hand to mouth, not unusual for a relatively new business, but the last few months of trading have been abysmal with no realistic prospect of an upturn. Take a look at Blacks as an example of how hard it is for retailers in the outdoors industry, or a walk down an outdoors town like Keswick or Ambleside.
Time to admit defeat and throw in the towel before the debts got out of control.

Sorry to hear it's gone this way Mark, it sounds like you've made the right decision though

Despite the faithful following it must be hard to try and price match the other online retailers all the time. These days anyone in the market for new toys looks for the best price and 99% of the time goes with the cheapest.

Do you think the bushcraft bubble has finally burst then?

Good luck for the future buddy

 

[BillyBlade]

Go Outdoors have just managed to open a whole boatload of new shops yet Blacks is suffering, amd we're losing great independents like Mark. Seems you've got to be a really big store (outdoor supermarket) to succeed as it gives you buying power and stock holding capabilities...

Are go outdoors a serious outdoor stockist though? Not in my very humble opinion.

They sell cheap and cheerfull to mum and dad weatherspoons drinker, all done in a well packaged store. The Woolworths of the outdoors scene I think.

I'd go specialist retailer every time. Probably why I still go to the Tiso near me.