The Stick & Cane Shop Blog

As we approach Easter and with the weather now seeing an improvement, we are hoping that the cold and frosty days of winter are now behind us. The flowers in our gardens are starting to bloom, so we thought we would have an equally floral Spring theme in our blog post this week.

Have you ever wondered how walking sticks are made? Well, today we have a fantastic video from the people at 'How It's Made' on the Discovery Channel, which breaks down the process from sourcing the wood, preparing it, fashioning it to finishing it and adding all the embellishments we know and love on our walking canes.

As we are well into autumn and rapidly approaching winter (where has this year gone?) we are starting to get some new handmade stick designs in for the festive season, which would make lovely gift ideas for friends and family that enjoy getting outdoors into the countryside all year round.

We are delighted to announce that we have a brand new range of gorgeous hand-crafted walking sticks, made in Scotland, by prizewinning craftsman, John Rennie. These sticks proved popular when we introduced them to our customers in summer 2015, so with a new and expanded range, we are sure that these sticks will be a hit!

With Spring now here and the weather improving, many of us will be getting out and about more. In fact the weather was so lovely last weekend I took a little trip down to to Northumberland on Sunday to take in one of the walks around Hadrian's Wall. It was a fresh Spring day, with mostly blue skies and the landscape around there was simply beautiful. I took with me one of my trusty hiking staves, which has seen a lot of use, but after all these years it is still going strong!

Now that the decorations are hanging from most town centres, and not forgetting the first airing of the now-obligatory start to the festive season - the John Lewis ad, the countdown to Christmas truly has begun! And with only around 40-odd shopping days left until Christmas (yes, you read that correctly!), much of our attention is turning to gift shopping and present buying for the big day!

Well, it has been a busy time for us at the Stick and Cane Shop over the past few week as we have been adding some fabulous new products to our ever-increasing ranges. One of the lines we have been adding quite a lot to has been our Country Sticks.

In our blog this week we thought we would feature an item we sell on our sister site, Brolliesgalore, that would be of interest to our Stick & Cane Shop Customers - that is, the 2 in 1 Umbrella & Walking Stick.

One of the more frequently asked questions that we get at the Stick and Cane Shop is 'how do I know what length of walking stick I should buy?' Well, fear not, this is quite a simple measurement to make and we will show you how in this week's blog.