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Whilst in Sweden

While over in the land of lakes and elks we did a few things for howies new company...teepay. It's a cool idea and me thinks it should do pretty well, and shooting these tee designs was much, much fun!

me hand

this is about me, now i love to write, but writing about yourself…now thats not easy.

this should be going up on the website...soon as poss.

byron love

visit this if you have a chance. It's my good chum Jonno's blog. He was one of my hosts over in oz and has a great little thing going down in byron bay. 

Sorry about the board buddy! 

Sweden for 15 seconds

Just a quick update from sweden...Fredrik and his chums shaping the trails...

Wellingtons Hut

Hidden steep on the slopes of Mount Wellington is this wonderfull little hut. It's hard to find, hard to get too and even harder to breath once the stove is lit inside.

Escapades

So I'm back from a wondrous time of going AWOL over in Australia, and now it's time to get back to work.

Shortly after arriving back I got handed a copy of the howies Summer 2009 catalogue, and I was pretty chuffed with the outcome. My train escapade is featured in a 26 page feature in the middle of the book and even the cover, Not only that, but the product work I did with Anna and Zoe in australia is looking good on the other pages. So massive thanks to the howies guys for giving me the opportunity to do something a little different for them. 

Yesterday I rushed up to bristol to set up a small exhibit I will have running in the howies stores in Bristol and London, my train and Factory work is being featured in their 'Staircase Galleries' and you might spot a few other pieces of mine scattered around the shop. So if you find yourself in either Carnaby Street, London or Queens Road, Bristol...pop in a have a peruse, hopefully I will be able to change the prints a couple of times, to keep things fresh as a daisy...

Now I'm enjoying the sunshine in Tenby Wales, before heading off to Sweden on Sunday for the next...Job? (sounds strange calling it that) 

Reasons

10 Reasons to go slow

1. Footprints, those dirty little carbon ones
2. It’s cheaper
3. To challenge yourself
4. Because the other people tell you that you can’t
5. Because you realise you can
6. To go somewhere new
7. To learn how to pack light
8. To realise that the journey is important
9. It’s something to talk about over a wine fuelled dinner
10. To travel.

Slow Down

You need to go somewhere far away, somewhere eight time zones and seven thousand miles away, or somewhere just a little too much of a walk away. How do you do it, well you chose the easiest and quickest way, don’t you? Book your flight, check in at the airport, twelve hours and your there. Pick up the car keys, hop in the front seat, ten minutes and your there. Job done.

It’s not the only way though, there is another way. 

It’s called Slow Travel. 

It takes longer, it’s harder, takes organisation and at times it’s just not comfortable. But slow travel isn’t about comfort, effort or time. Slow is taking the train to china, or taking the bike to the shop a few miles away, slow is about enjoyment and reward. But what slow is mostly about is simply going slower, enjoying the ride and stopping off to smell the roses along the way. 

After all, there isn’t a rose to smell in an airliner.