Well we are open, Last night we had a very successful open evening after another hectic day.
The shop is more or less complete, with a few bits of behind the scene stuff to add in after Canoe Expo. We even had a delivery of new Novacraft Canoes. Six in, and four out last night!
Oh and we have a few beers left if you want one come on in !!
We had the first look at our new Catalogue, please call us for your copy
After opening the shop, the following weekend we were closed for Canoexpo! It was a great success, Here are some pics of the staff on the Saturday night, and some of the stands before we opened on Sunday….. bring on next year!
The past few days we have been dealing with all the orders, and extra stock we got. latest products include aquabound, h2o paddles, goretex socks, keen footwear, bliss stick kayaks, and north shore sea kayaks and accessories
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Monday was rather busy, We took a delivery of 45 boats in two vans first thing. Then we took 4 van loads from the old shop – there’s not much left now!!
The new shop is now jammed with kit!! Most of the buoyancy aids, helmets and cags are out on the slat wall. Late on we received a delivery of boat racking. All six of us were a bit tired so it was a quite yet hungry group that once again took advantage of the two meals for £10 offer qat the nearby pub….
Tuesday the phones transfered over, and another two loads including boat racking turned up. Half the shop was tidyed.
Now on Wednesday we are up and running, with a few more boats to move to and from the Arches store. Hopefully sending the Stockport crew (Mike, Kev and Ricky) home on time!!) So by Thursday we should be well and truly settled in.
We have to all intents moved shops. there is now nothing left at Wigton Road, bar a few cardboard boxes. You are welcome to come and browse as from today. More updates later when we have more time!
Still a bit of moving/tidying to do!! Phone lines have transfered over as well
Pete & Antony
We haven’t done too much in the new shop this week, been to busy sending out orders from the old shop. Just a bit of tidying up.
We were due to get a van and trailer full of canoes and kayaks, but bad weather put paid to this both Thursday and Friday.
The racking will now come up on Monday, together with two vans full of boats. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we plan to empty the old shop then the Arches, with the help of 3 staff from Stockport. Don’t worry,once we see an empty space, we fill it! We plan to fill the Arches with boats, and the old shop with boxes of stock with all the new kit we are buying for Canoexpo.
We are now in full preparation for Canoexpo on the 16th and 17th of February, we had a planning meeting on Wednesday to finalise the plans. We will have 68 speakers in the programme all included in the price of admission. Cavavans, Motor homes and Camping will be available on site too, see here
Well as we are almost there with the move, I thought we would publish directions for the new shop. Next week we will be moving in, This Saturday the 2nd we will be at the old shop. please give us a call to confirm. See the pages bar on the right for directions.
The last 2 days as seen further frenzied activity in the new shop. Chris, Mike Hulme, and Simon G have been up with Antony fitting all they could. Antony sorted out all the gridwall late last week.
Yesterdays’ big job was fitting the carpet…. completed but not without some expletives…. maybe we should have employed the professionals? we also completed most of the Slat wall fitting.
Today we finished off the partition walls for the changing room, and behind the main counter. The counter itself was also finished,we also sorted some storage/display units.
The Nice man from BT was in today to look at the phones, we now have a telephone line! , so the major issue of no phone line in nice new shop is now avoided! just need to get a telephone up there!
Antony and Mike moved the three big double open boat racks from the Arches, into the new Unit, using a trailer with no problems.
Next weeks plans:-
The following week we will be moving the old shop, to the new shop, everything should fit!! the exact day of opening is TBA still – hopefully we will be open before our big open evening on the 7th!!
Well yesterday we got started with fitting out the new shop. Ant, together with some staff from two of the other shops – Mike H, Chris, and Simon have been working hard 
(this was at the end of the day!)
The Carpet arrived, and we started fitting out. We have started battening the wall for the software slatwall, and the desk has been started. hopefully today we will finish something!!!
The place still looks huge but it is still nice and warm. You can see from the second photo, we have managed to get the new Remix 59 demo boat as the first boat in the shop!
The racking has just arrived this morning, so over the next few days that will be getting up. the new Canoe and kayak racks should arrive next week.
The old shop is still busy, with lots of new kit arriving all the time, ready for the move. Our storage is also full, ready to expand and fill the space we will have
We will be having an open evening on the 7th of February, but should actually be open by the end of January. In the mean time, you can still contact us on our telephone number 01228 531703
Well we now have the keys for the new Unit, Electrics went in this week. Next week we have the big outfitting party, with carpet, and shopfitting going in. Its all looking good at the moment. The new racking, and carpet has been ordered, and we have a good idea of the boats we want in.
Watch this space about the phones, but we will be keeping our old number, despite moving into a new phone district…..(don’t ask me how!) and we will be using the internet even more than the Skype we currently use between shops. More electrickery coming soon!
Well the new lease has been signed as of this week, the plan at the moment is that we get hold of the keys on the 2nd January. we will then be outfitting the now shop in January. ready to open on the 1st February.
We plan to keep the old shop running before transferring shops in the last week of January…… Watch this space.
We will be located within 1 mile of the M6,
