The point of this tiny range of goods is to create things that we truly, genuinely believe in and that we would use at Glen Dye and -crucially- in every other place that we go. It seems to Caroline and I that the perfect design is everyday design, things that can be used in multiple circumstances.

We want this range to be absolutely true; true to our taste, truly useful, stylish and well made.

We don’t need to do this range, we just want to. Does that make sense?

The photographs here will, we hope, underline that having been shot on proper film and reminding us deeply of the holidays that we both so enjoyed at Glen Dye before we moved here (a long time ago!).

To the parka.

This parka is our perfect coat. It’s our idea of a kind of ‘the only coat you need if you have just one’. Not that we do have just one, but you know what I mean.

It is made in England using British fabrics (the waxed cotton is woven by the fabled Halley Stevensons). Here we have a dry wax (deep, peaty brown) and a wet wax (dark green). Both are excellent fabrics. I prefer the dry wax, Caroline the wet. Hence two parkas.

Both are fully lined in a lovely black cotton, making it comfortable and a bit warmer. We have not built it so much for warmth because it is a year-round thing and it is gently oversized to both accommodate a thick jumper and look good on a warmer day without that jumper. (Plus, I hate being too hot).

To the hood. Not everyone loves a hood, but the truth is that they are the most useful way of keeping your head and neck dry in a proper downpour. You can use a hat, and you can use a scarf, but a big, peaked hood is best. And we believe that this hood works perfectly and looks good with the bulk and length of the coat.

I think this looks great over a suit or whatever but also works on rain-drenched moorland.

What else? Well, there are sturdy snap buttons and a chunky two-way zip and two deep side pockets with flaps.

We believe in this and we think that you will too. It isn’t a cheap bit of kit, but I hope you’ll see that its value is real.

We have experienced delays with the manufacture here; they are brilliant, so it will be worth the wait, but…. So, please let us know if you’d like us to email you when it’s in stock.