Love life outdoors? These days, ‘camping’ doesn’t necessarily mean nights under canvas … there are plenty of campsites around the UK that also offer camping pods – just like those available at Daisy Bank Touring Caravan Park. Set in the beautiful countryside of Montgomery, this adults-only campsite offers nights under either canvas or wood. Their […]

Before and after – our rope is great in the garden! Here’s why our rope is great in the garden… Eighteen months ago we supplied customer Fred Fisher with some synthetic sisal (a polysteel rope) to make a rope rail in his garden. Now Fred has sent us some updated photos, showing how well it […]

Don’t monkey around when it comes to choosing the right rope! Take Trentham Monkey Forest in Staffordshire, a 60-acre woodland that 140 free-roaming Barbary macaques call home. The sanctuary focuses on the conservation of this endangered primate. Visitors can walk the 3/4 mile path and be amazed as the monkeys live freely within the forest. […]

Use our videos to help get it done right! We’ve made a great range of videos to help get your DIY project done right. So you can imagine we were pretty pleased when customer Steve told us that watching one of our short films helped with his decking project. And as you can see … […]

Plant supports made from Manila Rope Natural ropes are ideal to use in the garden. They’re made from plants and therefore only deposit biodegradeable fibres into the soil. And here’s an example of that – super-strong plant supports made from Manila Rope in the beautiful gardens of Newby Hall, close to Ripon in North Yorkshire. […]

WOW! This is how to do decking! We reckon this is how to do decking! Isn’t it cool? A Loch-side platform to spend an evening, sipping a small glass of something. A peaty Scotch perhaps. Our thanks to customer John for sharing this with us. He used 36mm Synthetic Hemp bought from RopesDirect (and delivered […]