Tag: travels

  • Brighton Bloggers Meet Up

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    So last Sunday I got up nice and early, headed off to the train station with my Kindle, breakfast yoghurt and coffee in hand to journey up to one of my favourite places in the UK…Brighton! 
    My mission for the day? An informal blogger’s meet up organised by the lovely Skye. It was an intimate affair of six bloggers. We gossiped outside the Mash Tun under grey skies, talking everything from old school TV shows, zombie running apps, the latest blogger craze (Apocalips, hello?) and babies all the while enjoying people watching, munching on Pinterest inspired snacks (thanks to Skye and Lauren) and avoiding the eye of a rather creepy looking clown – Brighton Fringe was on, should’ve expected some odd ones walking around. 
    When the sun finally many an appearance, we decided to take to the lanes, popping into a vintage shop and Tiger (which I’m officially in love with!), before getting to the seafront. After a leisurely stroll down the pier – spotting some lovely Lindy hop dancers too! – we spent the last few moments together in the Pavilion Gardens, with the sun having dried up the grass enough for us to sit on till we went our separate ways to get trains/buses etc home. 
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    And because we’re so organised – haha not – we managed to go the whole day without doing a group photo =S #Oops But the lovely bloggers who made it down were:
    Lauren from Belle Du Brighton
    Michelle from DaisyButter
    and Erin from E-Elise and the organisational force of nature behind Blogger’s Bookshelf. (Hate to pick favourite moments but it was great to finally meet Erin, seeing as we run a freaking blog together! :P)

    All in all a chill day with some lovely people. We all agreed this type of meet up was definitely on the cards to do in the future – weather permitting! – so keep an eye out on the blogsphere for the next one :)

    R.xoxo
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  • Travels | Southampton Maritime Festival 2013

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    Last Bank Holiday Monday, me and fam decided to get out of the house and enjoy the random burst of Spring sunshine and headed down to the Southampton Maritime Festival. At only £5 admission we spent the day exploring and learning about the historical ships and many maritime exhibitions with items dating back to the First World War, and even watched a Hard Hat Diving demonstration. There was also an array of vintage Rolls Royce’s on display, a few of which I’m sure a certain Jay Gatsby would’ve been proud to have owned. 
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    medical-equipment diving-demonstration
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    On top of the historical exhibitions there was an abundance of International food stands, lots of vintage clothing stalls, small independent sellers and (of course this is the one I swerved to) a massive book sale with books, old and new, selling for a £1! 
    All in all it was a lovely way to spend the Bank Holiday and was made even better by the clear blue skies up ahead. 
    R.xoxo
  • Two Weeks | #1

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    – Day #204 – Day #205 – Blog Inc – Day # 206- West Quay Student Lock-In – What I wore that evening – Afternoon in Starbucks – Special birthday package from my best friend – NEW CAMERA! – A little vino on Saturday afternoon – The Market Inn in Salisbury – Birthday card from my parents – Present Haul – Les Mis movie soundtrack – 100 days till LeakyCon – Day # – Banana cake baking – Day #207 – Day #208 – Day #209 – Currently reading, Nocturnes, Kazuo Ishiguro – French plait courtesy of le sis – Costa Cooler kinda afternoon – pretty blossoms – Vogue treat yesterday – 

    Phew well it’s been a busy two weeks! First of all…turning 21. Yep that happened. Birthdays are weird things, especially big ticket age like 21 years old, you kinda expect to change overnight but nope. I’m still the same ol’ nerdy little me ^_^ This was only reinforced by my present haul of nerdy Harry Potter, Musical Theatre and Literature gifts from my family and best friend. I had a chill one, which you can read about from my birthday post from the other day. 
    Apart from the excitement (?) of now really being ‘in my 20’s’ I’ve been taking my blog up to next level with Blog Inc (which I’m very tempted to review soon, it’s so good) and…*drum roll* a brand new camera! I bought a new Olympus D-750. It’s a compact but from what I’ve played around with so far, it’s pretty decent for someone like me who’s a hobbyist blogger. A new camera hopefully means more photography because…let’s face it, it’s my new play thing and I love it. 
    I know I’ve been saying the past few weeks that I’m updating and trying out new content and graphics blah blah blah…but really now I’m rolling it out starting with these posts. This weeks are turning into two week posts and means I now have an extra blogging spot to write about other things! Hopefully I can keep this. Keep an eye out for other new/improved bits and pieces in the coming weeks =)
    soundtrack: Heartless by Dia Frampton
    R.xoxo