Getting to Work

Check out our latest video 'Getting to Work', filmed last week as the West Country received it's second installment of heavy snow.

Pitti Starts & so do my sausages...

Autumn Winter 2010-11 has started pitti this week, the weekend is Milan and next week is Paris.. Of course Nyc is in the middle just to make it easy... NOT! We are snowed in so Fashion... No lets make sausages... Anyone interested.... l found a great recipe for Northern Italian sausages... But l'm having trouble with this Christmas present a sausage maker..... Can anyone help??? is the sausage meet too heavy? jeff

Still alot of snow..

Got out in the landrovers up on the hill. Only to find every misfit of Landrover, Bobtail, Kitesurfer and Snowboard having fun.....coming very soon a short film of Ollie on the board and bob in the landrover, plus the quad bike relaying back to the top of the hill. Save on the air miles, and board the West Country way.

New Arrivals... Rare breed Oxford Sandy and Black.

So done NYC, Tokyo, Kamakura, Drunk on New Year and the snow.. And its only Friday 9th January ..... Plus the pigs have arrived.. After visited Japan for many years and falling in love with their food, there is a simple point. The quality of the food, the right season, where it has come from, why does it taste so great!

The Japanese Empire loved The Middle White Pig for its Pork, its a small rare breed pig which has a mouth watering taste, not a commercial pig as its small and slow growing. We got these after 8 weeks once its weined off the mother. What l didn't know is you can't get pork and bacon from the same animal because pork comes from a younger animal, for the bacon we have gone for a Oxford Sandy & Black which is a great bacon pig but can be used for pork. l went for the Oxford Sandy and Black because l saw it at the Bath & West Show and it looks so great, ginger with black markings.. very good looking and alot of fun running and jumping..

So how does this fit with fashion...

The way l see it fashion was always about looking forward and what will be fashionable. l believe traceability and knowledge of the old ways will be become more important.. l can drink Stella, but l know its a licensed chemical lager and l will have a sore head in the morning. lf l eat a bacon sandwich and the package says 87% Pork (what is the 13%) and from Denmark, what does this mean? l've been told all that means is its packaged in Denmark. What was this pig, where did it come from, what did it eat, what am l eating?

lts the same with our clothing l know where the fabric has come from, sometimes the designer and family of the mill plus the machinists.... When you see jeans and clothing for silly £cheap where is this from? Anyway its Friday night and off for some of that chemical Lager..... Do l sound to old to say a pint of IPA, real Ale...? Sh*t l'm getting old....

The Snow has Arrived!

Second day back at work and the snow is here, so the office is closed to have some fun.. and its great snow as well.. Well the factory is closed also in Italy so l don't feel so bad... Tomorrow is another day...

Get back on the bike!

Yes its 2010 Sunday and l'm not in the mood at 8am but at 9.30 we are out on the SPAM New Year Mountain bike race, a nice 25km ride around Imber... And its back to work..... No more drunkness..... See you Friday Night...

New Year... Drunk

New Years Eve...

We had the lovely Americans over for New Year and down to the Kings... blah blah blah...Thanks all and On with 2010 and world Peace..