Durlston country park

Another sunny day, another dog walk. We decided to go for a walk around Durlston country park in Swanage. It was another welcome break from normal life, we were able to lay in the grass and cloud watch with pup running circles around us and frolicking in the long grass (her favourite). We managed to find a lovely little spot from which we could see the sail yachts sailing past, which has just increased our longing for our sailing trip in Greece next month (you'll notice some fitness type posts coming soon as I get ready for our adventures). And after a little while got back up and continued our ramble along the gorgeous Dorset coastline, sadly we didn't spot any dolphins though! When our legs were tired and pup was finally padding along side us instead of bounding in front we headed back to normality.

This week I'm really trying to focus on my essay writing, I really seem to struggle to write anything worth reading now I'm a second year (my grades seem to have dropped 30% - if you've got any tips please let me know!


What've you been up to lately? xo

a day in bath

I guess by now you all know we love a good day trip in the sunshine, we decided to visit Bath last weekend. Bath is a city in South West England which is filled with history, it's possibly most famous for the Roman baths which sit in the city centre. We wondered around the city centre giving the museums and big tourist attractions a miss as they were so busy, instead we strolled up to the Royal crescent and lazed on the lawn before a spot of shopping and a little trip to Cosy club for Tapas, drinks and a some people watching from the balcony. We then got a lovely phone call from home inviting us to a BBQ so we hurried back, via the supermarket to stock up on cider ( it's not a BBQ without an ice cold cider right?!). I should probably point out when I say ''hurry'' I mean with an hour long detour to Kilver Court where we spent forever in the Jack Wills sales and then to the mulberry outlet store where I spoilt myself with this iphone case. I also bought some lovely floral bikini bottoms whilst we were in Bath, perfect for our little sailing trip next month ( I'm already SO excited we've had to make gyros- I definitely reccomend Rosie's post and recipe for homemade gyro goodness).

Have you been to Bath before? 

Have you ever been to Kilver court or a mulberry outlet store - what did you buy?!

xo

iphone lomography

I just want to apologise for the quality of the photos- my blog layout stretches everything so they've gone a bit pixelated! 


There's 10 golden rules in lomography, the first is take your camera everywhere you go & this is something I definitely do- be it one of my DSLRs, a point and shoot, a disposable film camera or, most commonly, my beloved iphone I always have a camera with me. I see life in pictures, so the thought of seeing something incredible and not being able to capture it in a photograph is devastating, equally I love to play around with my photography and take silly pictures, edit them & use home made lens filters. So when the lovely folks at three sent me a holga case* for my iphone I was understandably excited, in fact I bounced down the stairs when I saw good old Mr post man waiting at the front door to hand it over- complete with the you do far too much internet shopping look that postmen give us bloggers. I ripped open the parcel and took out the little device and clipped it straight on to the back of my iphone ready to play in the garden taking pictures. I'm going to be pretty honest, the actual device looks and feels rather naff, the packaging is terrible (think 99p order from ebay type packaging) but the results are awesome. The case has 10 different filter effects from colours and blur to split images, you can probably tell these were my favourites by far. It was super fun being able to achieve so many effects with my iphone and encouraged me to get a little bit more creative when using it to take photos.

I've found an exact replica of the case on ebay for £4.14 clickity click, so if you fancy pimping your iphone or buying a present for a photography loving friend definitely invest!

Are you and your camera inseparable? If you take photos I'd love to see some of your work!
xo