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Seems that most people had a decent May Bank Holiday with at least a hint of some nice weather. We seem to have left the winter weather behind and can start focusing on evening cragging and other outdoor activities.
Si's still mad keen on his dinghy sailing and is dragging anyone willing to dangle off a trapeze harness down to Bala in Wales to crew for him. Here's Al Whittaker after surviving his first sail in fifteen years and still looking happy – he even wants to go again...
More on Geocaching...
 As we supply more GPS units to walkers and climbers, some people are struggling to get to grips with using the technology. Why not log onto the International Geocaching website and go and explore your locality in greater detail?
www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?zip=OL1+1TA
The link above shows you the nearest geocaches to our shop – just put your own postcode in and get searching...
Get to know your feet...
 With the recent addition of our gait analysis treadmill and video capture capability, we're seeing more and more people for comprehensive boot fitting every month.
What we are regularly finding is that many folk are wearing footwear that is too small for them which in turn is leading to various problems that could be easily avoided.
Do yourself a huge favour and let us carry out a thorough assessment of your feet and current walking boots, particularly if you bought in haste from a non-specialist shop last time. We can also advise whether a low cost but high quality orthotic might be of special benefit to you.
Be sure we won't force a purchase of either footwear or orthotics on you unless we truly feel it's needed but you might be surprised by our findings and we may well save you some problems in later life and enhance your walking comfort.
We are getting more and more people coming in for foot and gait analysis and at times we are quite busy. For the best attention, try and visit us midweek and to be sure we can accommodate you and have the footwear you need, it's worth phoning us first...
Read more about our bootfitting service here.
Cap's Corner
 Cap's just returned from Wales where he was guest at a Collie convention!
His mates Nip and Tuck came over from the Isle of Man and they were all billeted together with four cats! The pack soon sorted out a pecking order – unfortunately with Cap being an old boy, he lost out on the position of Alpha male. Still, once he got back to the shop he was the boss again...
 After the sad news about SARDA dog Tal's death, there came word that another of Cap's contemporaries had been put to sleep. Ben had lived in Spain for many years and was well known for his charisma amongst the paragliding fraternity both here and abroad. His main trick was to leap at low flying gliders as they traversed the take off slope - once he even managed to grap hold of some unfortunates reserve parachute handle! Guess what happened next... Ben had a very full life and was never short of people to make a fuss of him – if every dog was as happy as he'd been it'd not be a bad world at all...
So, massive sympathies go to our friends Baz and Samantha in Algodonales. An article about a trip to their brilliant place in Southern Spain is already on the site – here's a link. And on a brighter note, they got married at the back end of last year (at last) so big congratulations are in order!
Please come and see our lad Cap when you visit the shop – if you're lucky he might be in a showing off mood and treat you to some mad behaviour! (Ask about the brush...!!!)
Featured photo of the month...
Here is Cap with Nip and Tuck from the Isle of Man. |
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