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Winter Workwear....it's what Carhartt is made for...

Winter Workwear....it's what Carhartt is made for...

Whether or not 'Winter is Coming' or it's already arrived, Carhartt workwear is the perfect solution to cold, or just dank and muddy winter months...
Our Skatewood garden tools featured in Country Life Magazine!

Our Skatewood garden tools featured in Country Life Magazine!

We're delighted that Country Life Magazine has included our Skatewood garden tools in their Christmas Gift Guide!  The two Skatewood gardening...
The "Black Noir" Black Friday Hatchet

The "Black Noir" Black Friday Hatchet

This whole culture of "Black Friday" sucks... It came about as a term used by American retailers to mark the point in the year when they moved fr...
Tool chalet at Burghley Christmas Fair!

Tool chalet at Burghley Christmas Fair!

The Burghley Christmas Fair is a great event - it's traditional and really rather lovely.  The house is a beautiful backdrop, and they fill their...
Launching our Christmas gift guides!

Launching our Christmas gift guides!

We know it's only the beginning of November, but we also know people are already Christmas shopping!  So... if you are looking for Christmas pres...
Our regular (rant) reminder - that we don't 'do' discounting...

Our regular (rant) reminder - that we don't 'do' discounting...

We write a version of this post every year, sorry if we sound like a broken record – but we think it’s worth saying it repeatedly. We don't 'do' ...
We need to talk about Christmas...

We need to talk about Christmas...

We (personally) don't normally like to talk about Christmas until after Halloween (i.e. from November onwards). For others, there's a clear line t...
Co-piloting Tinker and Fix

Co-piloting Tinker and Fix

Many moons ago we said ‘I do’ to each other - way before Tinker and Fix was a ‘thing’. On that October 9th (18 years ago!), we vowed a few thi...
Our next event... we're heading to Holkham garden fair

Our next event... we're heading to Holkham garden fair

We love Holkham Hall in Norfolk and have been visiting it for many years.  The Walled Gardens are just beautiful and we've enjoyed seeing it chang...
Returning to Goodwood Revival!

Returning to Goodwood Revival!

We are so excited to be returning to Goodwood Revival in a couple of weeks time! Last year we didn’t really know what to expect, having neve...
Stand building...Tinker and Fix style!

Stand building...Tinker and Fix style!

We’re not sure our approach to building our events stand is ‘normal’. It usually involves a scrap of paper, a discussion over a coffee and the...
Christmas starts in the Summer months (no really, for us it does!)

Christmas starts in the Summer months (no really, for us it does!)

Anyone in retail or the magazine industry will tell you that Christmas starts in the summer months. That Christmas in July is a well known phrase...