Okehampton

My little car is off the road at the moment so I'm limited as to the places I can get to explore at the moment.  Luckily I have lots of happy memories to relive from trips earlier this year which will keep me going for the time being.

Earlier this year I took myself off to Devon for the weekend to spend some time in the great outdoors doing a bit of walking. I took a wonderful walk around the Teign Valley but unfortunately I managed to delete all the photos I took from that walk off my camera ..... first time I've ever done something that silly!!

Never mind, no use crying over spilt milk as the saying goes. I did manage to save the photos I took from a lovely short wander round the town of Okehampton.

Zennor

Just a few shots that I found and realised that I hadn't posted from my few days away in Cornwall earlier this year. Looking at these makes me want to go back right now, lol.

These were all taken on a fabulous walk round the South West Coast Path from St Ives to Zennor.

In Zennor church there is a chair with a beautiful carving of a mermaid.  This is not a great picture but it's the best one I managed to get.

I absolutely loved seeing this beautiful art work.  It's something that I've wanted to see for many years, it was pretty much a life changing experience for me, which I know might sound a bit strange it's only a chair after all!!

I've visited Cornwall many times over the years and this has always been on my list of things that I wanted to see, but I never got round to it, mostly because I always gave in to doing the things that the person I was with wanted to do in lieu of my own preferences.  So this trip when I visited on my own I got to do what I wanted and when I wanted to do it, it was nice to feel independent and empowered and somehow I have felt like a better version of me since then.

Godrevy

I really am turning in to a bad blogger aren't I? I must make the time to get back here more often. I love posting but it's the same old thing  ... time just keeps disappearing and weeks have flown by before I know it. Can hardly believe that we are half way through the year already.

I'm enjoying a few days off work at the moment which is nice. Am off to see my family for a couple of days and when I get back I'm hoping that weather will be dry enough for me to get out for some walking. We've had what seems like nothing but rain these last few weeks. So to encourage the sunshine to make an appearance again I thought I'd post some pictures from a weekend away in Cornwall earlier this year.

Check out all the seals lying on the beach, not a particularly clear shot as I had to have my little camera on maximum zoom which makes images a bit shaky but worth posting nonetheless I thought.

Perfect Weekend

It's been a while since I posted here I know. Things have been hectic at work and at home and I just haven't had the time to keep up with everything.

We've been enjoying a long weekend here in the UK in celebration of the Queen's Jubilee.  As is usual for a bank holiday the weather has been pretty awful, but spirits have been high and I have had one of those perfect weekends that come along once in a while.

There has been time spent with family, my brother and nephew working hard preparing a barbecue....

Time spent with friends, eating, drinking and sat around the brazier chatting the night away......

And some me time out in the great British countryside, wandering to my hearts content.  (I managed to twist my ankle pretty painfully down a rabbit hole a couple of weeks ago so today has been the first time I've been able to get out for a while, which made it even more wonderful despite the rain).

Nothing can beat the great British summer complete with soggy feet and rain splattered trousers, lol.

Hope you have all been having some perfect weekends of your own, I'll get round to catching up on some blog reading soon :) x

Osmington Mills

You might remember a few posts ago I shared some pictures of Portland that I took on a weekend away a couple of months back.  That same weekend I also went on another walk round the coast and countryside near Osmington Mills.

If you look back at the Portland pictures you'll be able to see that the Saturday was for the most part grey and overcast ... well what a difference a day makes, check out the blue skies that kept me company on my Sunday walk.  I had felt a bit ill on the Saturday night and didn't get much sleep, I had pretty much resolved to just drive straight home on Sunday morning, but when I opened the curtains to find blue skies and sunshine I had to stay and walk some more :)

It's nice revisiting these photos now a few weeks have gone by, reminds me of what an amazing weekend I had .... and just what an amazing year I have had in general.  Of course I love being with family and friends but I'm getting more confident in my navigation skills and I love spending time out walking on my own, me, fresh air and whatever wonders mother nature decides that she will share with me.

Portland

Time for another out and about post. I took a trip down to the Dorset coast, actually it was the weekend before Easter so quite a few weeks ago now.  I stayed in a lovely little b&b and did plenty of walking.  Saturday saw me walking round Portland, just outside Weymouth.  It was an overcast day but I had an amazing time in the sea air none the less. 

A few photos from my walk

Last weekend I went to Avalon

Not many words to say today, mostly just pictures. Glastonbury Tor, the Challis Well gardens and Glastonbury Abbey, and lots of memories of a wonderful weekend.

Family Time

After a long and extremely busy week at work last week it was some much needed relief to escape to my family for the weekend.  Sadly I forgot to take my camera with me, so no pictures of my cute nephews running riot I'm afraid.

My oldest nephew is eleven next week and it's become our thing to go to the movies together.  This time round we went to see this film.  It was a slightly bizarre concept but the animation was beautiful.

I have another busy week coming up but I'm determined to squeeze in some creative time, which has been much lacking these last couple of weeks.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend just like I did.  X