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Some people stand out in a crowd. There could be a hundred reasons why. For example this lady would be easy to spot in a crowd (she’s big and blue)…

This is Paul!

A lot of people I know would say that he definitely stands out of a crowd. Can you find him? (Comment on the bottom if you can find him. If you don’t want to cheat don’t look at the comments…)

I’ll add another one soon…

We have been very lucky recently in Cardigan. We have had our River and food festival last Saturday. This Saturday we have had our 900th year celebration. So during the sleepy hours of the night Maggie, Tracy and myself (Scott), Started sorting the shop for yet another Sample sale.

From Kev displaying his hand built boats, to climbing walls,

It was the river and Food festival but much bigger…

Saturday was the day of the River & Food festival, and I started my working day with a giant tipi and the smell of freshly made stone baked pizza.

Without saying too much it was a day full of sample sales,

beer,

and Cardigan’s very own Presley from Preseli.

and the day was finished off with a Canoe Vs Dragon showdown on the river by the bridge.

There is a lot more to come next Saturday (21/08/10).

Hollie just sent me this message she just got from one of our lovely customers -

Dear howies,

I thought you would appreciate some positive feedback on your Epic  jeans.

I popped into your shop in Cardigan while on holiday. The salesman (bit of an unfair title,  it felt more like a chat with a mate) told me all about a canoeing trip he had done wearing his Epic jeans, and generally raved about the brilliance of Epic cotton. He even sent for an assistant to come bearing glasses of water which got chucked across the jeans (and the counter) in a epic demonstration of Epic.

I bought the jeans.

The next day dawned dark and gloomy along with a planned canoe trip with the nice folks at heritage. No guesses as to what I wore . . . . . .

We had a great trip on the Teifi, and although the rain stayed away my son managed to find some interesting routes under wet low hanging branches. His paddle work was often somewhat splashy and the net result can be seen in the attached. The second picture of my dry and surprisingly clean jeans was taken a short while later

Credit where its due these jeans really are Epic (they also feel really nice and comfy). Please pass on my thanks to the man in the shop.

Phil

Glad you like the jeans and that Scott was helpful.
It’s always good to hear stories about what our products get up to after they leave us!

You can find our Epic jeans online here.

On Sunday the 29th August, the high street in Cardigan and the one way system round the back of town will be closed to motorcars for a day of criterium racing.

The Cardigan Street Racing event is being organised by the Velo Teifi cycling club and howies are proud to be sponsoring the event.

On Friday Ade and I went for a meeting with Tom from New Image Bicycles (our local bike shop) and Velo Tefi’s Chairman, Carl, to chat about stuff that needs doing.

A few of us from howies will be racing in the traders category on the day and we will also be providing some prizes as well.

More details to come. We’re looking forward to it.

we are all having a pretty spectacular sale to make way for all the lovely new autumn/winter stock, Carnaby Shop, Bristol Shop, Cardigan Shop and the Website all have plenty of bargains available. All prices are the same in store as they are on the website and it’s worth giving us a call because we have plenty of gems that may well have sold out online already.

Carnaby Street – 0207 287 2345

Bristol Shop – 0117 929 8928

Cardigan Shop – 01239 623 745

Well It’s that time of year again, the sun is out (some of the time), and everyone seems to be looking for time to go for a paddle. It’s the perfect time to get the gang together and go to the Bitches. For those who don’t know what the bitches is, it’s a place off the coast of St David’s, It was given it’s name because of the amount of ships it has caught out and sunk, it’s in the sea and it’s not just a case of paddling a mile off the coast and finding it, you need the tide to be perfect. It’s definitely not a place for beginner paddlers. There are many risks on the way and even more on the way back.

 But once you get there, you have perfect standing waves and holes (a bit like a weir). It’s almost the perfect play spot for kayakers. I remember the first time I went and I saw the sea change in front of me. It’s so strange to see it go from a perfect flat to seeing a standing wave in the middle of calm(ish) waters. Brilliant!

As the sale is now in full swing we just want to remind you that the shops will have things in stock that Cardigan have sold out of. For example, we have plenty of Orange Mighty Whoosh jackets and some Charcoal Vincent Tee left that are sold out online, we also have many of the trousers that have sold out too.

So contact Bristol on 01179 298 928 or email bristolshop@howies.co.uk , contact Carnaby St London shop on 020 phone 0207 287 2345 , email carnabyst@howies.co.uk, the guys at the Cardigan shop may be able to help you out too, they just had a delivery of merino  phone: 01239 623745 email: cardiganshop@howies.co.uk. All shops can send items directly to you in the post.

Recently cardigan shop has been bit of a crazy place. It all started with a few chalkboards, the next thing I know Pete and Davie are sticking stuff to the walls and helping me put some new a-frames in the store…

 Well, to cut a long story short, new a-frames meant we needed more stock. So I went to see Kim and Robin and discovered that they had a hidden stash of merino, not only that but we also found lots of stock from summer 2009. So we filled the biggest box we could find and took it to the shop. Topped with the summer sale it’s definitely worth having a look…

It’s that time of year again.

Walking down the high street, every shop seems to have a big Sale sign in the window.

So not to be left out, we will be going to sale this weekend as well.

Our shops in Bristol, London and Cardigan will be on sale when they open tomorrow morning.

And we will be launching our online sale at 12 noon on Monday (the 5th July).

With more than 50% off some lines, there’s bound to be a rush to get the best stuff first.

So if you’ve had your eye on something but haven’t had the budget, this is for you.

See you when the doors open.

Join the queue.