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Good news for you lovely Bristolians, we are coming to hold one of our legendary sample sales later this week.

Naomi is out in the back warehouse right now getting the clothes sorted out and packed up.

Once that’s done and we fix a small windscreen wiper problem, Simon will be driving the big black van down to the Bristol shop on Thursday.

There will be the usual collection of great end of line items along with a few amazing one-off samples (some in odd colours) that we never put into production, some otherwise brilliant stuff with dodgy buttons and plenty of other t-shirts and things at bargain prices.

Definitely worth a look if you’re in the area.

The sale will be held upstairs in the shop – here’s the address and opening times -

howies
62 Queens Road
Bristol
BS8 1RE
(map here)

Opening times:

Thursday  18th – 4pm til 8pm
Friday 19th – 9.30am – 6pm
Saturday 20th – 9.30am – 6pm
Sunday 21st – 11am – 5 pm

Bring a bag, ’cause as usual, we wont have any.

Hope to see you there.

Ade got this email the other day – after reading it through properly, I realise I should have posted it up faster! (By the way, Myles, I do remember you. You had an On One and you were damn quick up hills.)

Jon isn’t in this week, he got the train to Méribel for his first ever skiing trip.

Reports are that he’s getting better at it, but still spends a lot of time falling over or going in the wrong direction.

Jon says ‘Don’t hate skiing anymore. I hate how rubbish I am. In my head I rule. But I totally don’t.’

We are expecting a bruised Heslop to return on Monday.

I’ve been running a lot the last few days. A lot more than usual anyway.

Here are my thoughts from Sunday afternoon.

Why am I out here? Sure it’s a nice day. Beautiful light. But I could be enjoying the day without running…

Don’t I deserve to relax on the weekend? Isn’t that the point? I work all week, then earn a rest.

Then it clicked.

I don’t deserve a rest for working all week at a desk in an office.

I deserve a run.

Or a cycle. Or anything to clear my mind and recharge.

Things make more sense when you think of it this way.

I never feel more refreshed and positive than after pushing myself a few miles and getting out of breath.

(Thanks to Ade and his post from last week for getting me out and pointing me to this realisation)

The Do Lectures sent out their first newsletter recently, and if you aren’t already on their mailing list, you can  sign up here.

I’m still working my way through the 2009 talks online, and have yet to see one that disappoints.

If you want to attend the 2010 Do Lectures, you can get tickets now (details here), but I’d be quick… I have a feeling the tickets will be selling out faster each year as these inspiring events gain the reputation they deserve.

Total obsession!

Our friend (and occasional howies model) Dan sent us this rather awesome photo recently -

Check his blog for more updates from the mountains of Switzerland.

After the success of the Unicycle auction last week, which raised £70 for the Haiti disaster, Emma has brought in a banjo which she has had cluttering her loft for a while.

It is surplus to requirements, so Emma thought she might as well let us auction it off as well. Again all proceeds will go to Haiti.

This is a brand new, never used banjo, and it’s quite a good one. Bidding starts at £100.

Here are some more details (if you want any other photos or details, let us know)-

Stagg 5-string Bluegrass deluxe banjo.

• 5-string Bluegrass Banjo Deluxe w/ metal pot
• Resonator: Mahogany
• Pot: all-cast metal alloy
• Bracket hooks: 30 (flat type)
• Top head: 11″ REMO(tm) White Coated
• Bridge: 5-string Maple + Ebony
• Tailpiece: Nickel-plated Brass
• Machine heads: 4 x Open-gear on headstock + High Gear ratio 5th peg on neck, w/ pearloid knobs
• Armrest: nickel-plated Brass
• Neck: Nato set neck, 660 mm (26 in.)
• Fingerboard: Rosewood, 22 frets
• Position markers: Pearloid “clover” inlays
• Resonator & Neck binding: Ivoroid cream
• Finish: Highgloss.

Someone out there must want this! If not you, maybe you know someone?

Let bidding commence!

I just found the Running from Camera blog

The rules are simple… set your camera timer to 2 seconds then get as far away from it as you can.