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  • 6:27am and I am waking up to the sound of gentle thunder rolling across the Caribbean Sea. I am usually terrified of thunder but when I’m somewhere tropical the fear tends to go away, largely because I assume everywhere has a lightning conductor ⛈ . Well I survived the flight, just about 🤪 I completely lost my voice and now my voice is about 9 octaves lower so my singing in the shower has greatly improved. But that could be down to the fact my voice is only working at 20% capacity 🤔 . Whilst I’m here in the tropics, this photo clearly is not, although the greenery suggests otherwise. We may complain about the weather in Britain but if we didn’t get the rain, our gardens would not look like this. Although, I’ll have to be honest and say not everyone keeps their front garden as spectacular as this, can you imagine what their back garden must be like?! 😍🌸🌻🌳 Baxter has dashed all my hopes and dreams of having a perfectly landscaped garden.... I feel like the basis of having a great garden in England is to plant roses, and lots of them, and then just chuck hundreds of other seeds everywhere and just see what pops up!
  • I would say I wish I was sat here waiting for some food and soaking up the morning sun but I’m quite happy with my current situation of sitting on the motorway not moving 🙄🙄🙄 said no one ever! However, I am off somewhere exciting 🌴🌞 🌊 and by exciting I don’t mean Heathrow Airport, I mean the Cayman Islands which I will be in in around 14 and a half hours time (if I make the flight that is ✈️ thanks M25). . This is my last planned trip, it was organised before we got Baxter so last night I had to heartbreakingly say goodbye to him again for a week, although I know Alex and his mum will do a fab job of keeping him happy! Someone told me dogs don’t have a sense of time so whether you’re gone for a day or a week they won’t know, but I’m not sure I believe that?? Can anyone enlighten me? . Wishing you all a wonderful week, do you have any nice plans? Looks like the weather could be improving ever so slightly so wishing you all a sunny week! Now I’m off to hunt down some breakfast 🥞🍳 . (PS I’m not texting and driving, there has been no movement for 13 minutes 🚗)
  • I usually hate being photobombed but when it’s an elderly Greek couple going about their day I am more than happy to have them walking through my shot. This was a very quiet corner of Lefkes but as soon as we arrived, the couple walked down, I originally wondered if they were on their way to church. . There are many of these churches dotted around the Greek islands. And whilst a blue domed church might make you think of Santorini, they are all across the Cyclades, and further! These churches are a great place to cool down on a hot day, but you do need your shoulders covered if you want to go inside. Greece is an orthodox country, so the way they practice their religion is different to the rest of Christians across Europe. They even celebrate Easter a week later than everyone else! . There are lots of Greek traditions that interest me, firstly the pinning of money on the dress at weddings (ohhh if only I was Greek!)... although is this just Greek Cypriot or all of Greece? Someone let me know as I don’t want to be ignorant! I also love the food, all fresh, tasty Mediterranean vegetables, so much fresh fish (not for me but for others!), and of course FETA CHEESE 🧀🤤 . I often thought I wanted to retire to a hilltop village in Italy, eat pasta and pizza for breakfast lunch and dinner and awake to the sound of church bells. But the more time I spend in these streets of Greece the more I think maybe that’s where I’d want to be?
  • I normally avoid posting on Saturdays but the husband is at the dentist and the puppy is asleep and I’m enjoying a quiet moment (except for the buses that keep driving past...) in the garden as the sun is out 🌞 . Enjoying a bit of reflection today. My mood is always better in the summer, I travel more, I sit in the sun, I eat ice cream, what more could a gal ask for? I really enjoyed my time in Greece, it was a holiday for my sister and I, I didn’t have the pressure of having to Captured certain content. I could have put my camera away if I wanted but I enjoy taking photos for myself as well as for work purposes. When I travel abroad for work people usually ask me how my ‘holiday’ was. Holiday? What holiday? If waking up at 5:30am, taking photos all day, trying to get specific shots, getting stressed if the weather isn’t right, if it’s too busy, doing hotel visits, taking tours that can often make you feel like you’re on a school trip, and finally going to bed at 12pm, then suddenly panicking because the client wants the photos NOW, so you have to edit everything until 2 in the morning and restart everything all over again in the morning, then yeah maybe it’s a holiday. But it definitely doesn’t involve a midday pina colada in the pool followed by an hours reading a chick flick on the beach. . I love what I do but it really is hard work, effort and stress, but I still get excited with each trip and project and feel blessed that I am able to do something creative with my time and get paid for it. . When I was at school I loved painting, art was my favourite subject, my friend and I would spend all our spare time in the art room doing extra work. I guess it paid off. I got an A* in my exams which was the best mark I have ever gotten (I was usually a B student). Since leaving school I haven’t really picked up a paintbrush, haven’t had the time. But Greece was one of those places that reignited my need to create more than just a picture. I want to start drawing and painting again 🎨😍✏️
  • Dreaming of Greece, looking at my soggy garden 🌳 I wrote a blog post on Paros yesterday (blog link in my bio). Travel & Leisure readers voted it the best island in Europe in 2018! I do agree with it to be honest, but then I haven’t been to every island in Europe... . This sunny spot was where my sister and I had lunch on the day we arrived here. We sat here for ages feeling like we had finally reached paradise. We had the whole place to ourselves, because island life is a slow life and people wake up late and sleep late. . Naousa was much less busy than nearby Mykonos, it’s common here to hire a car and explore the island, all its beaches and lovely little fishing villages, and lots of day trips too. You can go on boat excursions, or head to the south of the island for windsurfing 💨 whilst we were here we went to Antiparos, Lefkes and Parikia, and had a couple of afternoons on the beach! The perfect mix of relaxation and exploration ♥️ . The ever increasing tourist numbers in Greece however is quite a worry. Whilst our first two days in Mykonos were quiet, the second two days had a number of cruise ships in port so the town was rammed. In 2018 visitor numbers to Greece grew to 32 million, in 1998 it was around 6 million. Tourism here has been the fastest growing in Europe! I wonder if the islands can cope with this? We went in June which was great, but August and July are supposedly manic. These fishing villages were not made to sustain so many guests. . Overpopulation is something that plays on my mind a lot. I wonder how much pressure will be on Earth in a few years. I wonder how much the earth can take? 🌎
  • €105 euros down on excess baggage and just like that I’m home already! 🤦🏻‍♀️ . Arriving back to England is always a shock. I don’t think I have ever once arrived back to a heatwave. Today was 12 degrees and rain all the way around the M25. Summer, where did you go?! . Maybe if I close my eyes and think hard enough, I will be teleported back to Greece, where the sun shone every day and I could sit and enjoy a sea breeze... no? Ok, not all is lost as today I can snuggle Baxter! . It was only whilst I was away I learnt these pink flowers so I’m fact have a name, one I recognise too. These are Bougainvillea and it seems they are on every corner. But when do they bloom? They start to bloom in May and by June they are brimming with petals! The petals drop periodically but then reappear again! They should be there throughout summer but early June is a great time to visit as the crowds are smaller and the hotels are cheaper! . Mykonos is definitely one of the more pricey destinations I have been to, and I had no idea before I arrived! Prices were pretty similar to London, the poor exchange rate from pound to euro stings too! But alas, it’s all worth it 🌸🌸🌸
  • Yesterday something terrified me. The realisation that I am now older than Meredith Blake. Yes THE Meredith Blake ‘Here's what's going on, buddy: the day we get married is the day I ship those brats off to Switzerland, get the picture? It's me, or them. Take your pick.’. Meredith Blake, San Francisco publicist, fiancé of Nick Parker, future stepmother to Hallie and Annie. . Can we all just appreciate Meredith for who she was, because she gets some serious stick for a woman whose husband hid his twin daughter from both her and her twin’s other twin. Nick Parker May have been a major hottie (and he still is, aged like a fine Napa wine), but he made some seriously poor judgements (mainly not fighting for THE Elizabeth James). . In Meredith’s defence, she did try and befriend Hallie (or should I say, Annie...), but Annie just wasn’t having any of it, she never had the chance! Now. As a 28 year old I am wondering when I will suddenly fall into the same style, charm and class that Meredith had. Can anyone find it for me? . Oh. And if you have NO clue what I’m talking about. Please just enjoy the photo. Paros was just as beautiful as Mykonos, but quieter! Happy hump day xxxx 🐫
  • How many times have you had a conversation with someone that started ‘what would you do if...’. . Having this conversation with my sister yesterday, listing all my wildest dreams, I realised those dreams aren’t actually so wild or out of reach. It’s not like I want to grow a pair of wings and start flying. I wonder why it is we hold ourselves back from following our dreams so much? When I quit my job most people thought I was crazy, because I was pressuring something I would enjoy, rather than something that was secure. . I don’t believe we were put on this earth to be bored. I will always try and do what I can do to fulfil the very long bucket list I have. It has taken me four years to visit Mykonos but it feels good to tick it off! . My original dream was to get a camper van and travel round the U.K. for 6 months, I wanted to see everything. I haven’t quite done that but I have squeezed in more places in the U.K. in the last 3 years than I ever have done in my whole life! . So, after discovering these pink blooms of Mykonos were even better than I could have imagined, I have some other places on my list! Santorini, Puglia, the Amalfi Coast, Menton in the south of France, the lavender fields of Provence and of course, my number 1, Bora Bora!! 🍹🌴🌞
  • Reminiscing with my sister last night about past holidays. We realised you don’t need to go very far to have the best time. When I was 2/3 we would go to Bournemouth in Dorset with our parents and other sister. We would have days on the beach and my parents would rent a beach hut and our parents would make us sandwiches. This is why I always thought sandwiches were called sandwiches because you’d eat them on the beach, on the sand. . It was in Bournemouth I learnt how to spin plates on a stick. I was pretty good at spinning plates, and I really wonder who’s idea it was to stick a plate on a stick? I remember being taught how to lift my leg and spin the plate underneath it. I actually won a competition (I was 3 years old), I even beat my older sisters, and won a giant Coca Cola bottle lolly, to the jealousy of all the other kids.... I’ve finally just realised now, that I do in fact have a talent, it’s spinning plates on a stick with a promise of a lolly at the end. . It was my time in Bournemouth that my 8 year old sister rescued me and saved my life, because whilst my parents were not watching me in the pool, I decided to slip out of my rubber ring and sink to the bottom. Big thanks to Amie for swimming down and getting me, probably much to her regret once we reached our teenage years. I then told her I was just having a cup of tea with Beauty and the Beast! . Enjoy your Monday xxx

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