In message , Alistair
Riddell writes
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Christian McArdle wrote:

I normally have to go to France to pick up metric only tapes and my supply
is running low.

RS do metric only tapes.

As do York Survey Supplies

http://www.yorksurvey.co.uk/products/prods2/tapes/yptapes.htm

And Axminster

http://www.axminster.co.uk/recno/9/p...Grip-Tapes--Me
tric-298657.htm

http://www.axminster.co.uk/recno/15/...ine-Tape-23386.
htm

I keep meaning to get some. I mostly use metric now, I suspect I tend to
use imperial because often they are the marks which are easier to read
for a particular measurement

--
Chris French