cap n chris
Well-known member
ianball11 said:
Jeez your life isn't very exciting.
Bernies ...
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Jeez your life isn't very exciting.
cap n chris
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Little things...
paul
Moderator
ianball11 said:
I bet it's YOU who's always parked right in front when I come looking for a parking place!
Nick's right - Steve just wants to retire, like Bernie before him. I hope somebody does invest in the business and continues with Bernies: a solid caving tradition in the Dales.
Judging by the number of holidays Steve enjoys (often to far-flung places), I suspect the business provides a reasonable profit!
I suspect that the reason both shops can exist is because they stock different brands, etc. and offer different deals
Another reason I suspect they both exist in such a small place is they sell via t'interweb.
Still, I shall miss seeing Steve's happy smiling face when he retires :
Scoff
I suspect that the reason both shops can exist is because they stock different brands, etc. and offer different deals
Another reason I suspect they both exist in such a small place is they sell via t'interweb.
Still, I shall miss seeing Steve's happy smiling face when he retires :
Scoff
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DARBY
Guest
I currently run a small catering business and most of my holiday time is spent in Ingleton and the only place i will use is Bernies. Bernies and Inglesport are two different businesess and are run as such. The reason i use Bernies and many others do is so not to be confronted by a K2 (well ingleton waterfall) Goretex Clad Statue who knows f##k all about caving or Climbing and to meet like minded people which is almost a certainty and the menu is reasonably priced. This has got to be sold into caving as Ingleton without Bernies is like Lancaster without Easegill Really Crap for Caving. I might even buy it myself.
francis
New member
I have always got very good advice and service @ Inglesport, and it's where I have purchased most of my caving gear. I think saying that the staff (if I have understood correctly) know f*** all about caving is going a bit far. Alan even lent me a descender for the rest of the week when my Stop had cracked a bit in case it gave up on a trip .
Bernies on the other hand was cheaper when I got myself a load of MR's so I got them there.
Francis
.Bernies on the other hand was cheaper when I got myself a load of MR's so I got them there.
Francis
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DARBY
Guest
Francis, sorry for the misunderstanding the staff in Inglesport are very good i was talking about some of the clientelle we have bumped into in the past. No problem with inglesport but my loyalty has and always will be with bernies for obvious reasons.
Hatstand
New member
My impression is that Bernies is a Kaff wot also sells Kit, whilst Inglethief is a Kit shop that also has a Kaff. I may be totally mistaken as to their respective business plans, but thats the impression I get.
My loyalty is in relation to BREAKFAST. Bernies wins hands down in my book, primarily in quality, although I also find Bernies a nicer environment in which to relax and enjoy it.
As for Kit, I usually end up with something from both!!! :
My loyalty is in relation to BREAKFAST. Bernies wins hands down in my book, primarily in quality, although I also find Bernies a nicer environment in which to relax and enjoy it.
As for Kit, I usually end up with something from both!!! :
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DARBY
Guest
Enviroment precisely, that wouldnt happen to be the one of a caving nature would it????
paul
Moderator
Hatstand said:paul said:
Quite correct, I don't... ...pray tell
Once upon a time there was a cafe which just sold food and next door but one (before the intervening shop was expaned into), a gear shop which just sold gear.
Then the gear shop opened a cafe and started selling food and some time later, the cafe then started selling gear...
kay
Well-known member
I heard the story the other way round:
Once upon a time there was a cafe which just sold food and next door but one (before the intervening shop was expanded into), a gear shop which just sold gear.
Then the cafe started selling gear and some time later, the gear shop opened a cafe ...
I suppose it depends on who is doing the telling ...
Once upon a time there was a cafe which just sold food and next door but one (before the intervening shop was expanded into), a gear shop which just sold gear.
Then the cafe started selling gear and some time later, the gear shop opened a cafe ...
I suppose it depends on who is doing the telling ...
hell little caver
New member
i heard it's pauls way from the guy who got me into caving!
Glenn
Member
"i heard it's pauls way from the guy who got me into caving!"
Paul is correct (ish). It's because Bernies closes on a Tuesday and there was no where to get a brew and food on a Tuesday in Ingleton, so Inglesport started doing food.
But Bernies have always sold gear on a small scale, even though primarily it was a cafe. It was only following Inglesports move into catering that Steve significantly expanded his range.
Glenn
Paul is correct (ish). It's because Bernies closes on a Tuesday and there was no where to get a brew and food on a Tuesday in Ingleton, so Inglesport started doing food.
But Bernies have always sold gear on a small scale, even though primarily it was a cafe. It was only following Inglesports move into catering that Steve significantly expanded his range.
Glenn
