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Mental Health Awareness Week.   What does “Mental Health” mean to you? For some it will be overcoming huge challenges but for many it is simply being mindful and present in the little moments each day.   No doubt you will see plenty of useful hints and tips about how to strengthen your mental health and sometimes it can become a bit over whelming. Indeed there are countless ways you could change the way you do and see things that would help. We are lucky to live in a time where so much information is available at our finger tips....

Firepot have been working hard to bring us more tasty meals.  . . Barbecued Pulled Pork . . Oak-smoked British pork slow-cooked overnight on the bone. Served with a traditional barbecue sauce, rice, and a zingy red onion relish. . ★★★★ TGO Magazine, May 2021. "Recommended: Quality Ingredients" . A slow-cooked favouriteFirepot pull no punches when it comes to their Barbecue Pulled Pork. Each shoulder of pork is generously coated in a homemade spice rub, smoked, and then slow-cooked for 15 hours. While it cooks, the flavours from the smoky-sweet spices, the oak and the meat are left to combine until the pork...

As we all enjoy a little slice of freedom, now is a perfect time to consider how our actions effect others and the environment. Many of these points will be second nature to many of you. Help us to Protect Respect and Enjoy our wonderful United Kingdom by following and sharing these principles.  1. Plan ahead and Prepare Situations and circumstances can change in the blink of an eye, especially with the lovely British weather. Take time to prepare and you will be doing yourself and this wonderful countryside a huge service. A lack of good research and planning can lead to situations...

The Croft Collection.   Keeping warm has been a human necessity since the dawn of time. An essential for many explorers.  In the famous words of Alfred Wainwright "There's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing."  We are all familiar with layering up and down as the weather changes on our adventures. One of the easiest ways to keep warm is the trusted bobble hat. Kept in a pocket, tucked in the front or stuffed in the top of your bag, there aren’t many who would be without one.   WHY WOOL?   We have been using wool since...

We are blessed to live in this wonderful country with its amazing views. If you have a social media account, you've probably stumbled across a mountain top or coastal selfie or 2 over the last few months. It is lovely seeing more people getting outdoors and enjoying this amazing landscape.  Hopefully it has inspired you to look into the wide range of activities that are available in the UK. Those of you lucky enough to be near The Lake District, or any of the other amazing National Parks we have in the UK, are probably no strangers to enjoying a...