In reply to mrbird:
I went to Mountain Spirit in Aviemore for everything except the boots. I don't have specific touring boots, I use my downhill ones. They're heat-moulded, and they're comfortable. Or as comfortable as boots ever get for me
Mountain Spirit's gear was not cheap, but they were very helpful and had lots of good advice, and the Black Apple skis + touring bindings + skins I bought there are a really great bit of kit. In downhill mode, too, they're easily the best skis I've ever owned; I use them for both, because they're just so much nicer than my old downhill skis.
Unless you have a mate who's shifting second-hand stuff, I doubt you can be sure of getting good ski-mountaineering kit except by laying out quite a lot of notes.