A classy 'polysilk' mooring rope!
We sell a lot of boat rope - from rigging and mooring to crab pot lines! So we were delighted when customer Ann Louise kindly sent us some shots of...
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We love our colourful Polysilk rope!
We love our colourful Polysilk Rope! It is a refreshing change from ordinary colours - brown white and blue. And it seems our customers agree. We have just made this...
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Synthetic hemp – a great choice for the great outdoors
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...
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Flax hemp – a timeless choice for furniture renovations
Flax hemp – a timeless choice for furniture renovationsFlax hemp. It’s a fibre as old as time. In fact, it’s the oldest fibre known to mankind. The earliest evidence of...
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It's amazing what skilled hands can do with our rope...
It's amazing what skilled hands can do with our rope... Steve "Tag" Saint used to be an RNLI Coxswain and grew up with boats and ropes. Now he uses that...
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Sisal rope: the hairy rope that’s perfect for making chairs (and lots of other things too)
Sisal rope: the hairy rope that’s perfect for making chairs (and lots of other things too) We love it when customers send us photos of our ropes in action. It’s...
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Before and after - our rope is great in the garden!
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...
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Don't monkey around when it comes to choosing the right rope!
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...
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Use our videos to help get it done right!
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...
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Plant supports made from Manila Rope
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...
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WOW! This is how to do decking!
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...
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Put the Butser Ancient Farm in Hampshire on your 'to do' list.
Put the Butser Ancient Farm in Hampshire on your 'to do' list. Put the Butser Ancient Farm in Hampshire on your 'to do' list. We at RopesDirect think it's an...
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Trooli versatile - our draw cord / duct rope !
Our draw cord / duct rope is being used to bring ultra-fast broadband to homes in the South and East of the UK. We're proud to supply Trooli, a company...
