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Chaira Bullin puts together a list of the pefect gifts for the outdoors enthusiast in you life. "Be more adventurous with your picnics with this waterproof picnic rug featuring the Snowdonia National Park and Snowdon from OS Landranger mapping. This rug is lightweight and compact, meaning you can easily carry it to your preferred picnic spot. It also comes with its own stuff sack and is 140cm x 140cm when spread out. " Read the full article here.

We are very pleased to tell you that you can now buy the Ordnance Survey PACMAT in Dartmoor - the National Park that gave us the inspiration! Cafe on the Green is one of our favourite places to go for a bite to eat before or after a walk on the moor. It's in the heart of Widecombe-in-the-moor, opposite the church, just around the corner from the National Trust shop. The cafe shop sells books about the area, locally made produce and now our Ordnance Survey Dartmoor PACMAT.  It's a really family and dog friendly place and they do take always too, so...

It's that time of year again... and what a useful list from Karen at mini travellers. We are very pleased to see the OS Games PACMAT included along with Micro Scooters, Skateboards, Travel games, Trangias, Dry Pouch, Bundle beds, Travel pillows, Float suits, Travel bags and Activity sets. Everything a travelling family could need. Find out more here .

We were so pleased to be part of the fair this year. It was an amazing day. The weather was beautiful and we loved meeting everyone who came by our PACMAT stand. Widecombe Fair takes place on the second Tuesday of September, every year, in the village of Widecombe, Dartmoor. It is the subject of a folk song featuring Uncle Tom Cobley and his friends.The fair first recorded in 1850, when it was described as ‘a cattle fair’. It soon became a place to show and sell other livestock, particularly locally-bred sheep and Dartmoor ponies, and by the 1920s it had also become a sports day for local schoolchildren. In 1933, stalls...

     Emily, adventure writer and founder of Intrepid Magazine, reviews PACMAT Solo. "It has been a good companion on several trips to the hills and the beach – as well as for use in the back garden... It is surprisingly light and definitely waterproof. I’ve often used it on soaked grass. While I don’t mind getting wet, I wouldn’t want my papers or electronics to get damp. No problems here and I have complete faith in the PACMAT. Also, I give my gear a lot of abuse and the PACMAT has come out without a scratch. Being able to sling it...