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March’s Archive T-shirt of the Month is ‘Breathe’

By bike, by board, by foot and by yourself.
Get out there and find your diversion.
Look for some solitude.
And breathe it in…

Inhale, exhale.

Available in Sinatra Junior for men & Banana for women.

From 10pm until 2am our servers-somewhere-in-the-sky are under going maintenance.  So if you can’t read our blogs don’t worry we’ll be back in the by the time you wake up tomorrow.

It’s only affecting our blog not the main howies site.

So while we’re down, why not step outside and stare at the sky.

If you need an internet fix, you could head over to Ye olde brainfood blog circa 2008.

I really like this.

Fixed on the road. BMX off the road. Perfect.

We are coming to Manchester  this week for what I think will be our most Northerly Sample Sale this year. (Time and staff levels are the only reason)

Last year we came to the Triangle shopping centre and it worked so well that we are using a larger space.

The address is The Triangle shopping Centre, Exchange Square, Manchester. M4 3TR and opening times;

Thursday 18th 4pm to 8pm.

Friday 19th 10am to 6pm

Saturday 20th 10am to 6pm

Sunday 21st 11am to 4pm

This time we are upstairs in Unit 28. Our friends at Thoughtful are helping out and have made a MASSIVE howies banner, so look up when you come in and you should see us.

Mel and Lisa our clothing designers went through all their samples 3 weeks ago and have pulled out some unseen gems.

Naomi and Clare have spent 10 days in our cold back warehouse sorting and hanging and boxing.

Sinead is up from our London store (she’s a local) and Barney from our Bristol store and little ol’ me from Cardigan to work the 4 days and do some running, ride the fixeds round town and judging by how busy the hotels are, Saturday night should be fun.

Thursdays at every sample sale are always the busiest, and where you get the pick of the crop, but be prepared to hustle and bustle for your bargain.

Oh and as ever, bring a good bag as we will not have any.

And if your up for a 6 mile urban run, I am.

We are upto Manchester for a 4 day sample sale this week, Thursday to Sunday.

Anyone fancy running the city with semi fit me?

Heads up.

We’ve just uploaded some fruity new t-shirt colours for you..

All of our Spring designs in spangly new colourways.

Some blue, some red and even a bit of purple for the gents,
also a red, a blue and a delicious banana yellow for the ladies.

No fruit hats though sorry…

It was such a lovely weekend ‘weatherwise’

There wasn’t a cloud in the sky over Cardigan yesterday, and although it was still pretty cold it finally feels as if we’re starting to shake off the last bits of winter and can look forward to Spring.

What better way to sum up springtime than snowdrops – I took this yesterday afternoon while on a walk through Cwm Degwel. lovely stuff! Viva la primavera!

I can’t wait for some warmth. 600 film

Amy from Big Top Design just emailed in asking us to persuade her husband to wash his jeans!

James has had them six months and has worn them every day apart from when he was at wedding according to Amy.

We think they look amazing plus think of all that saved water too.

Here’s a tip to stop the ’smell:’ Freeze them over night, kills all the dirty bacteria.

Available for Men Here and Women Here

UPDATE: If you have an opinion on this issue, you can make your voice heard over here on the BBC’s Strategy Review survey.