This lovely post from our friends from across the big blue at Patagonia landed in my inbox the other day and got me to thinking that it was about time we announced our new repair service. This fantastic new service will be opening at our TYF HQ in May. Our repair service will be running [...]

The dictionary definition of gorse is pretty bland, personally I feel does this tough little shrub an injustice. “(noun) gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus. Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe” The beautiful bright yellow gorse flowers of this hardy shrub are indicative of Pembrokeshire and [...]

We had a stunning morning out climbing today with a group of super keen young climbers, the views looking out across St Brides Bay were fantastic, with the mirror like seas reflecting the striking moody skies. The guys got stuck into heaps of climbs and one or two of them, especially Iysha, got particularly hooked [...]

On Sunday we had a fantastic media frenzy of a day. In the morning Rob Simms and I were working with a film crew from Canada AM, a popular breakfast show who are in Pembrokeshire discovering why National Geographic voted the coastline the 2nd best in the World. They had a great morning coasteering with [...]

Back in September I was lucky enough to attend the Do Lectures, an amazing event, where to say inspiration and ideas were abundant, would be be the biggest understatement. Of the many talks which inspired me Nick Hand’s talk about taking the time to travel slowly and notice more really struck a chord with me. [...]

  We are continually looking for ways to reduce our impact on the environment. The fantastic folks at Dagger kayaks are helping us do just that. Dagger have been working towards producing cradle to cradle kayaks, where excess plastic from production is turned back into new boats. Last season we gave a specifically produced 100% [...]

As most of you will know we work on one of the wildest and harsh environments which gives our gear a thorough battering. For some time we have been searching for a innovative throwline which will stand up to the rigours of everyday use, and hopefully stay out of landfill for longer. We were delighted [...]