The Outdoor Warehouse

New Multifuel burner for social, festival, van or car camping

We have just added the Frontier Multifuel Stove to our online store. Its an attractive and easy to assemble multi-fuel stove, the Frontier is ideal for festivals, vans,  family camping trips, people with motor homes, or for use in conjunction with, or even instead of barbecues at social gatherings.

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Any type of solid fuel can be used. Basically styled, the Frontier also packs down neatly after use, and can be carried by hand. This lightweight portability ensures that the Frontier is the ultimate cooking facility for any outdoor scenario. There is even a chimney attachment that will boil your water for you, or you can pop your kettle on top. The Frontier can also be used inside as a more permanent room heater/cooker or inside a Yurt Type structure. With correct installation the Frontier will provide all the heat for your room/shelter. Its classic look will ensure you have a fully functioning heater/cooker that will add a touch of nostalgia to any room. The Frontier Stove was designed in partnership with the humanitarian community, and has been deployed and used in a number of disaster situations worldwide, be it natural or manmade disaster areas.

A morning jaunt over Garbun Pass, Kentmere

Just been for a morning run with Myles Uren of Spinlock UK around Garbun Pass & Kentmere Common. I had to be up at 3am to drop Nicola & kids off at Manchester Airport for their holiday to Madera, so when Myles texted me last night asking if I wanted to go for a morning run (he is up from the Isle of White for a few days) I thought, well why not. I'll be tired, but maybe it will energise me for the day.

Knowing it was going to be a clear night, which meant frosty morning & hopefully blue skys, it seemed the perfect way to get a 3 hour drive to Manchester & back out of my system. I picked Myles up around 7.45 in Kendal & we drove to the start of Dubs Lane. This is the metaled road that runs up the east side of Troutbeck & then heads over Garbun Pass. It was a hard slog up the hill, on not so fresh legs & a tired head. We both bared up quite well, Myles only runs the flatlands of the Isle of White at the moment & my 3am start was taking its toll.... I need my sleep!!

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The sun was just rising as we set off & as we headed up over Garbun Pass we were bathed in golden sunlight. Amazing. From here you head down to Kentmere Hall & then back over Kentmere Common, heading right at Green Lane, bringing you round to High Borrans. The air was beautifully fresh, the ground frosty on the grass & puddles frozen over with 0.5cm of ice. I wore my new, but now out of production Lowe Alpine Ninga hoody, underneath a Montane Windshirt, my trusty Inov-8 212's on my feet & a new pair of Smartwool running socks I have been testing out, which are by the way, very nice. Could do with a shower now, but it will have to wait until tonights climbing wall session is out of the way. Ah, the joy's of living in the mountainous region of the North West of England. Accessability into the fells counts for more than money is worth. These days are priceless & should always be squeesed in when you can.

Charlie

Apples everywhere

Its been hard to get out on the hill at the moment, but at least I can stay fit doing the other things I have to in life. This at the moment is picking and pressing apple for making into Cider.

My sisters husband, Simon Paterson, decided 3 years ago to make his own cider from the apple tree in their garden & this year, we will finish the season picking & pressing 14 tons of apples. We collect these from a few key orchards around the South & West Lakes & pick from many different smaller orchards around Silverdale, the Lythe Valley, the Kendal area and on Tuesday I will be picking Sizergh Castle on Tuesday. Our Cider at present is called Ancient Orchard Cider, to reflect the ancient orchards we pick from.But we will have more brews on the way as our orchard, that we planted earlier this year, matures.

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Its a different type of work to what I am used to, but it makes you very satisfied to be working on & with the land & producing a product that is picked, made & matured in Cumbria, rather than shipped across the world. And witrh the weather as it is right now, it is the perfect way to spend a day!!

Charlie