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Kit for Kids

Kit for Kids

Thank you to Jen and Sim for including us in the Walk Magazine feature.  "Incredibly useful and versatile, these great-looking, British-made mats come in a vast range of sizes and designs. ..." Read the full article here. Read Jen and Sim's blog here.

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Exploring London, Review -

Camino Ultra

Camino Ultra

When not lounging on PACMATs DaznBone are busy organising ultra trail races around London with Camino Ultra. Next up is the Lea Valley 50k. Rubbastuff is very pleased to be donating two PACMATs on the day. "We've had ours for years and the quality is exceptional"   

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Exploring Cornwall -

Life savers!

Life savers!

After loving spending time at Gwenver beach in the summer our eldest set her sights on becoming qualified to be a life guard. She found a course in Newquay with 4 elements adventure, got permission to take a few days off school and signed up.  The qualification is called the NVBLQ, National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualification. With this you can be come an RNLI lifeguard. It's also recognised by the International Life Saving Federation, so allows you to work worldwide. To get onto the course, you have to apply and then be approved. Every candidate must be a strong swimmer...

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Buy once, buy well

Buy once, buy well

We are all doing our best to do what is right by our planet and live sustainably. One of the biggest barriers to this in our fast paced society is over consumption. We are constantly swarmed by an endless array of products that lure us in with novelty and bargains. We are buying more and wasting more, with many products being poor quality and throwaway, which is not only a false economy, but is adding to the problem of unsustainable and over produced goods.  We believe less is more and that buying well means buying once. Our products are built...

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Walking -

Autumn days in Epping

Autumn days in Epping

A perfect day for wet walk in Epping Forest.  There's a smell of Autumn in the air. Leaves are thick on the ground from which the trees stretch up, twist tall and shine. The golden colours warm my eyes and yet there's a lurking of the coolness of winter to come. Guy's leg is getting stronger. He's able to walk a little now, with the aid of a stick but the PACMAT Poncho came in handy for a few rest stops along the way. It's a beautiful time of year but everything is a bit damp.      

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