I spotted this place at West Denton before Christmas, while collecting dog food. It wasn't actually open at the time, they were still swapping it over, from a Wickes diy shop.
Anyway I've been meaning to call in, to see whats what and with all the snow more or less gone,I finally had a look this afternoon.
Apart from the actual location; which is a tiny 'retail park' thing, just off the A1
First impressions are pretty good.
I wandered in, past a small Vaude tent set up in the entrance, sadly; the only tent they have bothered to try to display
Anyway the next thing I saw was a huge floor area, packed with kit. It appears to be mostly good quality, branded stuff. I am quite puzzled as to why they don't have any tents on display, given the massive floor area but, hey ho!
I quickly got my eye on heavily discounted Craghopper Kiwi's, and amazingly, they had my size! ( 32 short ) I grabbed two pairs in 'bark' as my two original pairs of craghoppers, are getting very tired after more than 10 years of use These were £14.99 a pair and they appeared to have plenty of other sizes available.
I also spotted among other things; 5 litre bottles of meths! discounted price:£13.50 odd iirc ,£15 if you don't have the card.
The thing is; if you buy it from the likes of B&Q in 500ml bottles, its almost £3! so even without the go outdoors discount, its still half the price I'm used to.
Just thought I'd flag this one up anyway, its the only decent sized,dedicated outdoor outlet (that I'm aware of) in the North East of England and I suspect it might not last all that long (It certainly won't if no one uses it)
A point to note: You have to take their 'discount card' which cost you £4, to get the discounted prices!
I was more than happy to pay for the card too, as it would have cost more than that ,for p+p if I had shopped online
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R.B.
Anyway I've been meaning to call in, to see whats what and with all the snow more or less gone,I finally had a look this afternoon.
Apart from the actual location; which is a tiny 'retail park' thing, just off the A1
First impressions are pretty good. I wandered in, past a small Vaude tent set up in the entrance, sadly; the only tent they have bothered to try to display
Anyway the next thing I saw was a huge floor area, packed with kit. It appears to be mostly good quality, branded stuff. I am quite puzzled as to why they don't have any tents on display, given the massive floor area but, hey ho!
I quickly got my eye on heavily discounted Craghopper Kiwi's, and amazingly, they had my size! ( 32 short ) I grabbed two pairs in 'bark' as my two original pairs of craghoppers, are getting very tired after more than 10 years of use
These were £14.99 a pair and they appeared to have plenty of other sizes available. I also spotted among other things; 5 litre bottles of meths! discounted price:£13.50 odd iirc ,£15 if you don't have the card.
The thing is; if you buy it from the likes of B&Q in 500ml bottles, its almost £3! so even without the go outdoors discount, its still half the price I'm used to.
Just thought I'd flag this one up anyway, its the only decent sized,dedicated outdoor outlet (that I'm aware of) in the North East of England and I suspect it might not last all that long
(It certainly won't if no one uses it) A point to note: You have to take their 'discount card' which cost you £4, to get the discounted prices!
I was more than happy to pay for the card too, as it would have cost more than that ,for p+p if I had shopped online
No connection as usual
atb
R.B.
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