brasher's recent SS11 product launch took place at Seahouses and Bamburgh, on the Northumberland coast.

The 2 day event gave us the opportunity to try out new and challenging activities. The sports tournament brought back fond memories for a lot us from our school sports days with the spacehopper and sack races proving a lot more difficult then we remembered.

We also got to try out Kite Surfing which was new to all of us. After a practice session using the power kites on the beach some of us had the chance to try out the kite with the board in the sea. It was hard enough controling the kites on the sand and even more difficult in the freezing cold North sea but several of the brave team gave it a shot.

 ...and the activities didn't stop there!

The afternoon saw us saddling up for a spot of horse riding. Kitted out in our riding gear we cantered around the obstacle course, weaving around cones before heading into the fields for a trot.

During the launch we were given a 'Striclty Come Selling' style presentation of the new SS11 footwear and marketing campaign with voting for the best presentation from our very own panel of brasher judges.

You'll get the chance to see the new products but will have to wait until February next year when the new range hits stores!

"On the evening of Saturday 17th April we arrived at Sedbury Cliffs, (myself, Alex and my dog) near Chepstow on the Severn Estuary, after completing the Offa's Dyke National Trail, in aid of The Multiple Sclerosis Society. Thirteen days earlier we had stood in Prestatyn, 185 miles away, on the North Wales coast, with our full backpacks and clean boots, ready for an epic adventure.

Disaster struck a week before we were due to set off when my trusty old pair of boots finally fell apart. Fortunately brasher came to the rescue and posted out a pair of new Supalite II GTX boots for me to try out on the trek.

The Offa's Dyke path weaves in and out of the England-Wales border, and is Britain's largest man made monument, built by Offa, King of Mercia from 757 to 796 A.D to try and create a boundry between his kingdom and the independent Welsh kingdoms. It takes in some wonderful and picturesque parts of the country-the Clwydian Range, the Severn Valley, the Shropshire Hills, the Black Mountains and the Wye Valley. We were lucky with the weather, with only one wet night of camping, in fact the only weather conditions we had not really prepared for was for glorious sunshine, which we had for most of the trip!

Our favourite day of the walk has to be between Gweryd Lakes, a campsite tucked away in the Clwydian Range and Llangollen. The day had an amazing array of scenery - moorland as we left the hills, lush fertile farmland, forest tracks through Llandegla Forest, more moorland, and finally scree on the side of a hill with wonderful views to one side and imposing rocky crags to the other as we approached the hilltop castle of Dinas Bran overlooking Llangollen.

The Supalite II GTX performed brilliantly, they were so comfortable straight from the box, and the weight (or rather lack of) is surprising. Despite being so light, I still had the support I needed, and several times during the walk the boots prevented me from twisting, or doing worse damage to my ankles.

In total we raised over £3800 for MS Society. Multiple sclerosis is the most common disabling neurological condition affecting young adults and around 100,000 people in the UK have MS."

More great feedback from one of our consumers who has happily worn his Hillmaster GTX for the past 10 years.

Gordon Anderson has done a fair amount of globetrotting visiting countries including Hong Kong, Madagascar, China, France, Italy, Australia, America and of course the UK.

"I will be really sad to part with them...nuts about boots eh! 
Anyway, I am a geologist and an engineer and they have been the best thing I have ever worn on my feet. I travel in aircraft in them as well. 
For some reason the temperature is always perfect inside the boots. The heels are completely worn now but they have been the most durable footwear I have ever had. All my shoes are leather and I tend to buy upmarket but nothing I have ever bought has ever come close to my boots."

Thanks for your comments Gordon and the great photo!

We recently showed a selection of photos taken on our brasher outdoor day to Hadrian's Wall.

We asked you to decide on your favourite photo and leave us a comment why and the person leaving the best comment would recieve a pair of New Supalite GTX.

We decided the best comment was from Janet Jones who chose photo 2 commenting....

"great place for a picnic!!

Do you think she meant a teddy bears picnic!

Congratulations Janet - you're the lucky winner of a pair of new Supalite II GTX. Contact sshanley@brasher.co.uk to arrange delivery of your new footwear.

It is that time of year when the brasher team are heading off into the great outdoors for their annual spring summer product launch.

Always a mystery where we are going...and the clues get less and less each year!

It starts the conversations flowing around the office and lots of questions being asked to seek a few clues...are we heading north or south? How many miles will we be driving? Are we driving or catchinfg a train? Do we need a sleeping bag?

All we got in return was a kit list...to state just a few of the items listed...

Knee and elbow pads - are we going caving? Assault course maybe? A game of rugby?

Swimwear, oh and don't forget your pool shoes! - are we going for a day at the beach? Or being more adventurous with a spot of canoeing?

Torch - night time walking or is the venue hard to find after dark?

Multi active footwear and outdoor clothes - that's an easy one, we are an outdoor brand after all, but are we going walking or mountain biking?

Stretchy long trousers - maybe we are going climbing?

Towel - obviously going to get wet!

So all is a mystery...drop us a line if you have any ideas what we might be letting ourselves in for.

Only a week to wait, we will keep you posted on where we end up!