High House, Seathwaite, owned by K Shoes was the meeting place of Chris Brasher and Ken Ledward of KLETS back in the 1980's, for their many product testing meetings.

Situated just off the popular valley of Borrowdale in the English Lake District, it was the perfect place for testing boots out on the fell.

In 1986, Chris Brasher and KLETS team of testers took their first footsteps in a brasher fabric boot.
Chris Brasher said to the team of testers that day "If you get a blister in my boots, I will give you a bottle of champagne".

As always, the boots delivered out-of-the-box comfort and the team of testers were grieved they never got that bottle of champagne!

High House was where the "Lightweight Revolution" started all those years ago and a perfect place for the brasher team to return to for the lightweight Lithium XCR launch day.

On the 12th January 2009, it was a typical winter's day in the Lake District and the brasher team met at High House for a product test day.
Everyone was presented with a belated Christmas present, a brand new pair of Lithium XCR's, a new extremely lightweight, fabric walking boot.

The team followed the same steps that Chris Brasher took back in 1986, and the Lithium XCR was put to the test.
As Ken Ledward led the walk with stories of Chris Brasher the team were enjoying the 5 mile walk and so were their feet.

We finished the walk back at High House with tea and cake, and as before no champagne was in sight as no blisters were seen, just like all those years ago.

If you would like to enjoy out-of-the-box-comfort from the new lightweight Lithium XCR, the boot will be available in-stores from next week.
For your nearest stockist please give us a call on 0191 5165780.

More pics from the day can be seen on Flickr.