A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in the UK
They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had tried this item:
They also have a type of Velcro called Duotec which instead of having two different bits that lock together, both sides are the same and consist of mushroom shaped projections which lock together - it seems to give a very strong connection but it's quite expensive. I've just bought a metre length on Ebay for =A37