The Retreat

BLUF Bristol 11 - The Boots Edition

Wesco Pete working on BLUF 3005's boots Boots were the centre of attention at BLUF Bristol’s Spring meet, reports Leatherwest reporter Sam Benger. BLUF Bristol had its first gathering of the year last week and it certainly proved to be a leather clad example of what BLUF men are all about and [...]

By |2016-10-24T16:07:35+01:00April 12th, 2016|BLUF Bristol, Bristol|0 Comments

BLUF Bristol #11: A Busy Leather Night Ahead

BLUF Bristol holds its 11th meet in the City, marking a busy day and night for leathermen in Bristol's Old Market Quarter. Established in 2011, and now on its 11th meet, with a record 100+ attending the 10th meet during UK Leather Pride, the local BLUF Bristol group are taking over the cellars downstairs in the The [...]

BLUF Bristol #9 | The Leather Radio Podcasts

BLUF Bristol saw some new features - including new "Leather Radio" podcasts. Take a few minutes to listen, and being leather radio, you can do something else whilst listening. [no_toc] You can also read about the build up to BLUF Bristol at Easter, a report on the event itself and also take a look at the leather [...]

By |2016-10-24T16:07:45+01:00April 13th, 2015|BLUF Bristol, Bristol, Event Reports|0 Comments

BLUF Bristol #9 | Leather Pups Make an Entrance

Easter got very leather, reports Sam Benger, where everyone wanted a bit of the BLUF action and leather pups made an appearance for the first time in Bristol.[no_toc] For BLUF men, the full on leather crowd, Easter always marks a time for some some good quality leisure time. An Easter break trip to Berlin springs to mind. [...]

Leather Easter: It’s “Ja Bristol”

Easter's a time when leather men get away for a break. This can usually mean 'Easter in Berlin'. Chris Malford discovers that for those at home, there's an alternative: it's "Ja Bristol". Easter 2015 in Leather Bristol In the past decade, Easter conjures up a weekend away in Berlin. Check out any social [...]

By |2016-10-24T16:10:24+01:00March 26th, 2015|Bristol, Culture, Events, Socials and Parties|0 Comments

UNION: Leather Men Gain in Confidence

Leather brothers gaining in confidence. UNION Leather had its best attended event since launching a year ago. So it was a great mix of leather men sporting their best gear: bikers in tight leathers, bears with harnesses, the odd 'German cop', full leather uniform BLUF men - all mixing well and spreading a great amount of 'leather [...]

By |2016-10-24T16:10:25+01:00March 15th, 2015|Bristol, Events, Socials and Parties, UNION|10 Comments

UNION: The Urban Leather Theme

Sam Benger is digging out his leather braces for the first UNION Leather night of 2015 UNION Leather, launched by LeatherWest a year ago, was designed to bring "all the tribes of leather together in union": be they pups and handlers, bikers (on and off their bikes), the full on leather uniform BLUF men, leather skins [...]

By |2016-10-24T16:10:28+01:00February 10th, 2015|Bristol, Events, Socials and Parties, UNION|0 Comments

UNION: The #LeatherXmas Edition

UNION Leather nights designed for all the tribes of leather to come together: BLUF, bikers, street, pups, Masters, boys, leather skins, urban and leatherbears. UNION Leather returns for its "#LeatherXmas" edition on Saturday 13th December in underground of the cellars of the The Retreat. Plenty of enquirers from leathermen about what they can wear [...]

By |2016-10-24T16:10:32+01:00November 22nd, 2014|Bristol, Events, Socials and Parties, UNION|16 Comments

FOCUS: A View on the Bristol Leather Weekend

FOCUS - where guest writers give us their take on all things leather and opinions that concern the leather community in the West.[no_toc] Visiting from Ireland, Leather Colt reports that the Bristol Leather Weekend was definitely one of the best leather gatherings in the UK in recent years. Well, blow me! What a weekend! My [...]

By |2016-10-24T16:10:36+01:00October 24th, 2014|Bristol, FOCUS|0 Comments