Customer Stories
Travel and Outdoor Bags: Simon’s Three Montrose Bags
Simon is a primary school teacher who kayaks, walks and travels whenever he can. Here’s how three Montrose bags earned a place in his everyday life.
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Customer Stories
Open Water Swimming Bag: Donna’s Jura Holdall Story
Swimming all year round, Donna needed a bag that could keep up. Here’s how the Jura Holdall keeps her kit together, from icy lake mornings to weekends away.
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Guest Journal - Mike McLaggan - Tayside Mountain Rescue
In our guest journal this week, we caught up with Mike McLaggan from Tayside Mountain Rescue. We’re thrilled to share insights from Mike McLaggan, a dedicated member of Tayside Mountain Rescue and Scottish Mountain Rescue Equipment Officer. In this exclusive Q&A, Mike talks about what inspired him…
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Guest Journal - Bothies and Bannocks
In our guest journal this week, we caught up with Calum Lockerbie from Bothies & Bannocks.
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Guest Journal - Simon Calvin
We recently caught up with Simon Calvin , who is a huge outdoor enthusiast and fan of our Montrose Bag Company products.
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Guest Journal - MacHardy Mountain Journeys
In our guest journal this week, we caught up with George from MacHardy Mountain Journeys.
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Guest Journal - Dan The Merman
We recently caught up with Dan, Swim_DanTheMerman who is an open water swim coach based on the west coast of Scotland in Argyll.
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Guest Journal - Everyday is a Mountain
We recently caught up with Lee Sutherland, an adventure and outdoors lifestyle photographer based in Scotland.
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Guest Journal - Dave Does Outdoors
Guest Journal - Dave Does Outdoors In our guest journal this week, we caught up with Dave from Dave Does Outdoors, who was the lucky winner of our Summer Photography Competition winning a Jura 24” Kit Bag and the complete Clova Travel Set.
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Guest Journal - Adventures Around Scotland
An island-hopping day trip to Rousay with my LEE Day Rucksack – Susanne Arbuckle Thanks to its compact size, Scotland is the perfect country to go sightseeing on a day trip.
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Open Water Swimming: Beyond the Water
We spoke to Sarah from Beyond the Water recently about all things open water swimming after we saw on social media that she uses one of our kit bags to take with her. Sarah is an open water swim coach based in Aviemore, Scotland.
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Montrose Rope and Sail 'Vintage' Tarpaulin Cover
We were recently sent this picture of an old tarpaulin cover from a customer of ours! We reckon that this one was first manufactured back in the late 1980’s. In extremely good condition, this tarpaulin really does show how our products withstand the Scottish outdoors.
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Your Bespoke Montrose Bags: Miniatures transport case
We were approached by a customer who was looking for a good way to transport Wargame Miniatures. There are various products on the market for transporting miniatures, but none quite suited their needs.
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Match of the day!
We were approached by Mearns Vintage Vehicle Club to manufacture a giant football which would be battered around a pitch by vintage tractors at the Fettercairn Show 2018. The old workhorses owned by members of Mearns Vintage Vehicle Club are regularly on show at the annual event and club chairman…
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Retirement of a 13 year old Kitbag
Derick Macleod from the Isle of Lewis has announced that his blue Montrose Rope and Sail kitbag is going into retirement after racking up an impressive 13 years of offshore service. It has done many a trip to Brazil, Mozambique and it's last couple of years were spent back and forth from Tanzania,…
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