Gul wetsuit spotted on telly!

My parents are getting good at this!

They happened to be watching a documentary on BBC4 the other day called Wild Swimming and the lady, Alice Roberts, was actually wearing one of our wetsuits!  A Vortex in fact!

Well done Mum and Dad!! Good to know that you're taking an interest! ha!

Wow what a day...

This is the kind of weather we have at the moment and my god what a beautiful day!

Isn't it tempting enough to come and see us?

A week ago...

Can you believe it was a week ago it was New Years Day?  A start of another new year?

No nor can we!

After the usual busyness of Christmas and the celebrations of

New Year, January can feel somewhat flat, lifeless and not much to look forward to other than payday!

You're certainly not alone there but we here in Padstow are on hand to uplift your spirits as we still have a brilliant sale with the raise of the new VAT not affecting it one little bit.

And just think we're a few steps closer to those longer, bright evenings with the promise of summer and I know we're all longing for that!
And this picture below of Crantock just as the suns going down, certainly makes us long for the sunny, long evenings.  Oooo its not long now.

But while you're waiting for this why not pop into see us and treat yourself to something special and a dam right bargain at the same time!
It might just help pass the time...
 

Well another year nearly over...

Its coming to that time of year when its a case of 'Oh that's another year gone' with the passing year being a distant memory as soon as 1st January hits and then the realisation that January is a heck of a long month until you get paid!

Well to cheer you up and to make January that little bit bearable, we still have an incredibly good sale going on here! With up to 70% off on many items.

Yeah you maybe broke but at least you'll have some nice things to show for it! 

Further reductions...

...Just to get you more excited than you probably are already, we've added a few items to our 50% off sale.

Its another glorious here day here in Padstow, sun is shining with not a queue insight for anything - unlike some of the citys around here! 

This is what winter is all about...

I had a wonder around the harbour earlier today to see if it is as deadly quiet as it feels.  

Even though its so bitterly cold outside you can not beat it when its like this.  Cold and everything so still with the sun shining-what a perfect day.  I think this poem sums it right up: 

The Winter Sun

Hangs low in the sky

The navy blue sea

Sparkles in the sunlight

The trees are silhouetted

Shafts of lights shining through

Their barren branches

Frosty nights leave icing

Covered lawns and cobwebs

The winter sun

Pale and watery

Hardly warming the hard earth

But welcome like an old friend,

On this cold winter day.

And yes it is as deadly quiet as it seems but perfect for Christmas shopping don't you think?

We've now got 25% off selected items!

Bit skint this Christmas?

Well we've got it solved for you as we have 25% off many items in store and it started today!!

So grab a pressie bargain!

We are now on Facebook!

Well we had to follow the trend so we decided to get ourselves onto Facebook!

We will be putting more pictures and details up very soon so keep a look out or recommend us to a friend!

Oh and we're on Twitter as well!  Oooh get us being all trendy!

A little reminder...

Just a little reminder that its the Padstow Christmas Festival tomorrow and its running through to the 5th December!

We shall be open till 8pm tomorrow night with wine and nibbles.

And did I mention that the harbour is going to be covered in snow?! Well there's no ifs and buts there is going to be snow guaranteed!

And we're having a BEER festival!!  This thing is just getting better and better!

Oh and we're offering 25% off!

Told you it just gets better!

See you all there!

A get together with Reef...

Last Friday the managers at Gul all got together to go and see Reef play in Truro.

Reef was the first concert I ever went to 12 years ago and I was interested to see how they  had aged now.

Well I can tell you now that they haven't lost it one bit!  They were brilliant!

We even had the opportunity to meet the band and this is when I became quite star struck as in my head all I could think about was that Reef were there right in front of me!  At one point I couldn't even look at them - that's how star struck I was!

I somehow got over being this silly and managed to get a photo taken with the main man himself, Gary Stringer and do you know what, they were all so nice and didn't seem all that put out when all I could do was mumble!

Well I supposed they're used to meeting people like me - mumbling, star struck idiots!

If you ever get a chance to see this band and you can remember all the classics then go and see them as I guarantee you will reliving your youth and jumping round with the best of them!

Good times!