the cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.

This quote pretty much sums up the holiday.

Some parts were amazing - like going to my favourite beach and spending time with Mum,

whilst others were difficult, like being constantly surrounded by 4 teenage boys

and others were downright hard, like when I got splattered with sand on the beach

(It went in my tea and everything; I burst into tears).

Llangrannog beach at low tide.

 On the Tuesday we visited a beach I've never been to, 

with an amazing Whelsh name - Llangrannog. 

It was so long, and so hot, and so busy. We almost had to sit in the shade(!).

It was down a really, really steep hill 

and we had to get this clapped out minibus down to the seafront.

Adorable houses along the seafront.

Our second beach day was Wednesday.

Pure spur of the moment.

It had been raining all day but suddenly stopped around four.

So we decided to go to Mwnt beach, which is the beach of my childhood.

We've been visiting this same area of Wales for around 9 years now,

so this beach has so many memories
(The most vivid was when we found a dead seagull in the sand!!)

Gorgeous Mwnt Beach from the cliff top.

 The beach is at the bottom of a huge cliff face. 

And this time there was no shuttle service! 

Just a huge number of stone steps, and I tell you,

after going up them for the sixth time I was starting to feel the burn!

We stayed at the beach through the whole of the late afternoon.
As it started to get a bit chillier around 7 o'clock

I went and joined Mum and Nigel who were sat on the cliff.

You see they had the camping stove, so I could have a cup of tea! 

As the evening drew to a close, we witness the most beautiful of sunsets.

And we got to watch the bottlenosed dolphins that this area are reknowed for.

I couldn;t get a photo as they were too fast for the shutter on my camera,

but they were diving beautifully, completely coming out of the water!

What was pretty special was that for the whole hour they were around,

almost everyone on the beach stopped what they were doing and watched.

The whole beach sharing in one magical moment of nature!

All in all we did have a lovely time and I'm glad I went!

But I'm also glad to be back in my bed with phone reception!

Do you and your family camp?
If so, what do you think?
And if not, why not??

lovely london

What with all the madness going on in London at the moment,

I thought now would be a perfect time to show the lovely time

Ollie and I had only a week ago!

You can read about what we had planned here!

sunday, 31st july

Our first day started nice and early for an 8 o'clock bus. Owch.

And then we had a nightmare getting through Victoria station,

with a 55 minute wait for oyster cards.

However, on the other side of this hideous wait

was my wonderful aunt, uncle and two small cousins!

Ollie and I spent the early afternoon babysitting,

but then we were allowed out and into London!!

So we went to....

Covent Garden, hurrah!

I loved all the street entertainment that was going on.

Lots of "human statues" {some better than other}

a VERY grumpy magician,

a comedy duo doing circus acts,

and above - a dog in a basket; something I've never seen!!

We had a mooch around some of the stalls and the independent shops,

we stumbled upon the cutest ice cream parlour called "The Icecreamists"

and between us chose a scoop of 'the vanilla monologues' and 'sex, drugs & choc'n'roll'.

We were worried that being a sunday night,

that we wouldn't have much time before the shops started to close,

but when we left around 8 o'clock everything was still in full swing.

Which was just what we wanted!

monday, 1st august

Monday was the most jam packed day of my life;

river cruise, london eye, yo! sushi lunch, harrods,

bistro pub dinner and a westend show.

And lots and lots of walking!

We had another early start, as we wanted to get our tickets

for the eye and the cruise early because we knew there would be huge queues!

Once we had our tickets we had time to kill until our cruise

so we walked along the embankment next to the Thames.

Along the embankment they had a festival

celebrating the 'festival of Britian'.

Ollie and I had our photo taken in a little photo booth

and had fun looking at the decorated beach houses that were there.

For our River Cruise, we were given a wonderful air conditioned boat

that even had an on board bar!

Originally I was disappointed it wasn't open topped,

but after seeing them packed on like sardines I changed my mind!

There was a bit where we could go outside,

and we took a few photos with the London Bridge,

but soon retreated back to the cool!

Straight after we started queuing for the London Eye

as we expected a long wait, but were pleasantly surprised

that we got put in the short queue! Amazing!

I've been on the Eye before, but it was Ollie's first.

But the experience is always amazing.

I find it interesting to realise that everything in London is so close

because you can often feel detached when you're on and off the tube.

Plus the views are amazing!

Next up in our busy day was a trip to Harrods,

my favourite part is the food courts - especially the chocolate displays.

I've been to Harrods once before, but this time

we discovered rooms that I didn't before.

Like the technology room - which was Ollie's heaven.

And also the chocolate bar, where we had the nicest hot chocolate ever!!

Finally in our jam packed day was a trip to the theatre

to see wonderful show Wicked.

I didn't have any idea what the plot was about,

which was really rather nice as everything was a surprise!

The whole show was so well acted, and the singing impeccable.

And the end the audience gave them a standing ovation.

It also brought me to tears; I definitely welled up!

When we finally got home, we'd been out of the house

for over 14 hours.

Safe to say we collapsed in bed!

tuesday, 2nd august

Our last day in London had been left to do the things

we came up with during our stay.

We went to Westfield shopping center

with my aunt and it was like another world!

So many gorgeous shops - it has the only ugg shop in the UK!

Next up we went to the National History Museum

to visit the dinosaurs as Ollie has wanted to go since he was small.

I remember the exhibit when I was little,

they all seemed bigger, but that's probably because I was smaller!!

Our final stop was a trip to tea room 'Bea's of Bloomsburys'

which I had been eagarly awaiting the whole time.

And I wasn't disappointed.

For my tea I chose 'Earl Grey Supreme' which knocked my socks off

and we enjoyed the lightest scones I've ever tasted,

homemade lemon marshmallow,

raspberry meringue, tiny brownies,

and two beautiful cupcakes there were literally works of art!

After this we had a mad sprint to the bus station to catch the bus home

as the tubes had huge delays on them; stupid London tubes.

But we made it!

Even though London is rioting now, it is a beautiful city

full of culture and history.

It makes me sad that people would seek to destroy it.

But this won't stop me going back, I'm in love with London too much!

we're off on an adventure

Tomorrow morning, nice and early,

Ollie and I are off on our short London break.

We only have three days so we've planned to make them

as jam packed as possible.

Included in our plans is a trip on the London Eye,

a river cruise down the Thames

a trip to the theatre and a meal at a fancy restaurant.

And the one I'm really looking forward to,

afternoon tea at a little shop.

But most of all,

I can't wait to spent three whole days with my fabulous boyfriend!

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visiting the big capital!

Ollie and I are planning to take a trip to London

for a few days at the end of this month.
Seen as we are both broke students it's also a trip on a budget.

We have a whole three days, and want to fit as much in as we can.

Aside from touristy things (which I have done to death)
I don't really know London very well.

So what I'm asking if for suggestions for some where nice to go.

Anyone able to help?

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