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  • We were looking to buy a puppy but have fell in love with a 2 year old Cocker Spaniel that’s being sold by its owner. This has opened a whole new can of worms and now I just want to adopt all the unwanted dogs and can totally see why people say adopt instead. But the problem is I now go to sleep at night and think of all the dogs that need homes and it’s making me feel very sad. Yesterday I literally saw someone selling a dog online for £100 saying the price is negotiable because they basically want to be rid of him. Now I can’t get his fluffy face out my mind and I’m scared they will sell him to an owner that won’t care for him, how do I stop myself adopting all the dogs? 🐶 . Anyway. Must stop thinking about this. I’m totally in an autumnal mind frame but last night was 8 degrees and I’m really not sure I’m okay or ready for this yet. A quick snapshot to my quick trick to Wells the other week on my way to Devon. I’ve really not been very lucky with the weather recently have I 🤣 . This is one of the oldest streets in Europe, in fact it is THE oldest complete medieval street in Europe. What you can’t see is the sound of someone playing the saxophone 🎷🎶
  • Things I like about September in Britain: . - No one knows what to wear. You’ll often see a man in shorts and flip flops stand next to someone in jeans and a winter coat - The leaves changing colour - People looking angry about worsening weather - Not feeling bad about having flickering thoughts of Christmas - Buying burnt orange clothing - Only one month till I might be able to wear a scarf again - School holidays are over, I can now walk down the street without getting stuck behind day trippers. Even though I am a day tripper - Spotting a crunchy looking leaf and going out of my way to stand on it 🍁 - CONKERS - Butternut squash soup - Remembering the ‘ the apples are ripe, the plums are read, broad beans sleeping in their blankety bed, YEAH’ song 🍎 - ALMOST PUMPKIN SEASON 🎃 - Autumnal TV is brilliant - Yorkshire puddings instead of salads - Wearing a knitted jumper without having to wear a coat on top - Goodbye hayfever - Did I mention leaf crunching!? 🍂 . What’s your favourite thing about Autumn? 💖
  • The weather has been so mean the last few days, even this morning. As soon as our driver came to take us to Cardiff station to get the train back to London, the sun came out, blue sky, coastline looks absolutely gorgeous and we are stuck in the car. . I always tell people ‘it doesn’t always rain in the U.K., it’s a stereotype’, but the weather has really tested me the last few days. However, no matter what, all the locations have been absolutely gorgeous, rain or shine, the photos can’t do it justice. . I have been wanting to go to Tenby for a few years, ever since I discovered it, I will definitely be coming back again too! . Tenby was taken by the Normans, when they invaded West Wales in the early 12th century. The town's first stone-wall fortification was on Castle Hill. Tenby's mercantile trade grew as it developed as a major seaport in Norman controlled Little England beyond Wales. However, the need for additional defences became paramount after the settlement and castle were successfully attacked and sacked by Welsh forces of Maredudd ap Gruffydd and Rhys ap Gruffydd in 1153. Sacking of the town was repeated in 1187 and again by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in 1260. After the final attack, William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke ordered the construction of the town's large outer walls in the late 13th century! . Thank you to @lovegreatbritain for organising such a lovely trip to Wales. The people have been lovely and I had absolutely no clue the beaches were quite so beautiful here. The hotels have been fab, we stayed in @twryfelinhotel_stdavids last night which is a beautiful contemporary hotel in a very historic city ❤️ . #lovegreatbritain #greatbritishsurprise [ad]
  • So yesterday on my stories I asked you where we should go and you guys picked Castell Coch, so we did go but when we got there it was completely covered in scaffolding which ya know, killed the vibe a bit so we had a quick peek inside the castle (it was groovy) but then made our way to Caerphilly Castle which was about 15 minutes away. . Caerphilly is not in Cardiff city, it’s a smaller town on the outskirts but the castle is well worth a visit, so if you come here for a weekend and have some spare time then I’d highly recommend it. You can actually get the train from Cardiff and it only costs around £5 and takes 19 minutes. . The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as part of his campaign to conquer Glamorgan, and saw extensive fighting between Gilbert, his descendants, and the native Welsh rulers. Surrounded by complex artificial lakes – considered by historian Allen Brown to be "the most elaborate water defences in all Britain" – it occupies around 30 acres (and is the second largest castle in Britain! . In facttt Wales is very famous for its castles and has more castles per square mile than any other country in the world. That’s a heck of a lot of castles, over 600 in fact! Some are still holding it together and some are completely ruined. All romantic in their own way! . We are off to Pembrokeshire today. The weather is completely vile (September is usually nice, I promise!), so please keep your fingers crossed for me as I get super frustrated in bad weather for so many reasons. Mainly because as soon as my hair is alerted to any kind of moisture it turns me into a poodle, but I also feel the cold easy and hate cloudy skies in photos 🤣🤣 . Let’s see what today has in store hey! @lovegreatbritain #GreatBritishSurprise [ad] . Thanks for the drone flying @benleodavis 📸
  • So you might have seen from my stories yesterday I’ve embarked on a trip with @lovegreatbritain for a journey all about surprises... by surprises I mean I literally did not have a clue until yesterday morning 30 mins before getting on the train where I was going! I also don’t know what the weekend has in store for me as I will be learning along the way. . So yesterday I hopped on the train at London’s Paddington Station and 2 and a half hours later I was walking through Cardiff. Did you know the city has seven Victorian shopping arcades? I had no clue these snippets of history were dotted around the city centre. These arcades are filled with shops, cafes, and even a wine bar or two 😍😍 . Excited to see what today holds for me, I’m off to breakfast! Happy almost weekend day 🙌🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 . #GreatBritishSurprise [ad]
  • Blue sky and pink sweetie shop. This time last week I was in Devon and whilst we had a rainy day we also had a gloriously sunny day. Fast forward to now and it’s windy, rainy, cloudy. All the stereotypes you can think of for British weather and we have it at the moment. So I hope you don’t mind, but I’m going to place my brain back in the sun. . This sweetie shop popped up half way through the reign of Queen Victoria. The boiled sweets and toffees they sold were made by hand in copper pans in a small back room. The shop was run by the Cranch family until Gladys Cranch, who lived above the shop, sold the business in 1970. This is one of the busiest shops in Salcombe and during summer it’s completely normal that people will be queueing out the door for a bit of fudge 🍭 . I have some exciting news later too my lovelies so please keep your eyes peeled on my stories because I am off on a bit of an adventure over the next few days 📸
  • Damn the pesky scaffolding ruining this little corner of seaside paradise. Not sure I’ve bombarded you with enough photos of Robin Hoods Bay. Just kidding. Crazy to think smugglers once passed through these streets. Why such a fascination with olden days? I have no clue, it’s mad to think in 100 years time someone might go crazy thinking about our era. Of course everyone will be living in pods in space by then. . Thinking of space always reminds me of My Parents are Aliens.... 👽 did anyone else watch that? I was completely obsessed with it. Nothing like coming home from school with a biscuit (usually a Bourbon) in hand watching My Parents are Aliens followed by something equally as impressive like Byker Grove or Art Attack. Kid’s tv just isn’t the same these days 📺 . What was your favourite tv show from when you were younger? Other than My Parents are Aliens the pinnacle of my childhood tv was watching Gareth Gates on Pop Idol. Oh how I loved him. Oh how angry I was when Will Young beat him in the final. It’s a tough old world when you’re 11 🎶
  • How cute is this cottage?! What’s even better and what you can’t see is that it is only around a minute walk to the seafront. A beautiful bit of coastline too! . In 1588 the ships of the Spanish Armada passed the village as they moved up the English Channel. After the Armada was defeated and headed back through storms, the San Pedro el Mayor, a transport ship fitted out as a hospital, was blown onto the rocks into this village. The 140 survivors were initially sentenced to death, but were eventually ransomed and sent back to Spain 🇪🇸 . You can reach the village from the South West Coast Path, England's longest waymarked long-distance footpath and a National Trail. It stretches for 630 miles (1,014 km), running from Minehead in Somerset, along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, to Poole Harbour in Dorset. Since it rises and falls with every river mouth, it is also one of the more challenging trails. The total height climbed has been calculated to be 114,931 ft (35,031 m), almost four times the height of Mount Everest. . It took us around 1 hr 45 minutes to walk here from @soarmillcovehotel, the walk is absolutely gorgeous! It makes me want to walk the entire coastal path 😍 The path originated as a route for the Coastguard to walk from lighthouse to lighthouse patrolling for smugglers. They needed to be able to look down into every bay and cove: as a result, the path closely hugs the coast providing excellent views but rarely the most direct path between two points.
  • Last time I visited this shop there was a springer spaniel sat outside. Springer spaniels always make me happy because they remind me of our old family dog, Tommy, the springiest spaniel there has ever been. Also the best, although I am a little bias. . Alex wants a dog, so do I. We both want a spaniel but can’t decide between a King Charles Spaniel or a Cocker. We have ruled out a springer because they take A LOT of exercise and I would want to live on a farm or something. Any advice on either breed would be welcome 🙏🏼 The one thing that scares me about getting a dog is the day they die, morbid I know. But the day we lost Tommy was the worst day of my life (sorry for the dramatics). It really was horrible, it was 9 years ago and I still cry when I think of him 🐶💔 . Do you have a dog? What have you got? We love Golden Retrievers also and I’ve recently fell in love with Fox Terriers, they look like teddy bears 🤣

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