British get-up today. Sports. China Study.

I've started my day at 0515 hours for my morning exercise: 8 kilometers of running. I do this on Wednesdays and Fridays. And around 0900 hours on Saturdays or Sundays.

In the early morning, the world is still quiet, dark and peaceful. It's just me and my dog. And the creatures of the night, which live along the river Ruhr, our favorite running track.

Running really helps me to get in shape and to feel great.

Besides that, I've totally quit on meat and dairy, after reading the "China Study". 

But I don't live true vegan, as I still do eat honey and eggs (and sometimes fish), do wear leather shoes, belts and wool/cashmere clothes.

So if you care for clothes, you must care for your body as well!

Barbour Beaufort from the 90s

Funny iPhone cam: Is this sweater green, charcoal or blue?

Golden Corduroy

Chukka Boots

Texture and colour

TGIF!

Shetland sweater

Golden corduroy

Brogue boots by Clarks

Montacute Lord Wool-lined

Today's get-up with new boots.

Here are my new Clarks boots: Montacute Lord with a wool lining. Nice and warm.

Nice antique finish on the toe box

Clarks Montacute Lord

A little more colour today.

I'm in a quite well mood, so I've added some colour to my get-up.

Steel blue shetland sweater

Wheat corduroy

Chukka boots

Still not fully recovered from my bronchitis...

Cashmere scarf and cashmere blend sweater

Wheat-coloured corduroy

Waxed-leather boots with Dainite sole

Saint Nicholas Presents and today's get-up.

As you might know, we Germans celebrate Nikolaus or Saint Nicholas Day on the 6th of December.

Many children (every age!) put a boot called Nikolaus-Stiefel (Nikolaus boot) outside the front door on the night of 5 December. 

St. Nicholas fills the boot with gifts and sweets overnight, and at the same time checks up on the children to see if they were good, polite and helpful the last year. If they were not, they will have a stick (Eine Rute) in their boots instead.

This Nikolaus, my Mum had a special present for me: A "Piccadilly Tea Time Hamper" from "The British Shop".

It contains

• "Shortbread Fingers" and "Belgian Chocolate Chunk Biscuits" by Walkers/Scottland
• "6 Tea Cakes" by Tunnock's
• "Chocolate Mints Crisps" by Bendicks
• "Twinings Tea Selection"
• a small bottle (0,375 l) Amontillado-Sherry "Los Arcos" by Emilio Lustau
• "After Dinner Mints" by Ross's of Edinburgh
• "Toffees" by Walker's Nonsuch
• 4 small jars of jam and Marmalade by Wilkin & Sons Ltd.

Here's today's get-up:

Herringbone Tweed Jacket, Tattersall shirt and merino sweater vest. This get-up begs for a tie!

Wheat-coloured corduroy trousers

Half-Brogues

Detail

Frosty Monday.

Tweed Driver's cap

Barbour Liddesdale and a cashmere scarf

Polo Ralph Lauren Wool sweater

Wheat-coloured corduroy

Timberland Mocs and Burlington over the calf socks

Another day. Another pair of corduroys.

Herringbone Tweed and yellow corduroy.

ALARM!

 

15°C. But still time for tweed.

 

I like my Chukka Boots!

And it was all yellow...