High tea, at the summit of a mountain

Every season we take one of our inventions on an adventure (aka ‘inventure’). This usually means lugging some strangely shaped wood & metal to a remote location & seeing what happens. To celebrate spring, we set out to climb a mountain with our bowing teapot, Pours.

We’ve recently been inspired by the idea of a literal ‘high tea’, so we chose the highest summit in England as the destination, Scafell Pike.

We gathered some trusty comrades — namely our good old (in attitude not years) friend James and his pal; runner, ambassador and local area expert, Rory. Rory is sponsored by Salomon. He mentioned this about 78,625,367 times.

Summit strangers

Strangers on the summit were intrigued. Some were brave and approached us with curiosity, others mused quietly among themselves. A few came and joined us for a cup of tea.

It was surreal to see Pours at the summit. I thought it would look strange and out of place but it absolutely belonged. The materials seemed to seep into the ground from which they came as if it had grown there, patterns and textures creatively formed by the earth beneath.

This idea was reflected within other elements of The Lake District. James pointed out subtle human features channeling waterways, and the stone walls defining pathways. A human touch on natural beauty. The kind where we’re working in harmony and not in opposition.

Curious?

Over the coming months, we will be setting out on more ‘high tea’ adventures. We’d love for you to join us on one of these curiosity quenching quests. Sign up below to get an invite next time.