After a day at the River Cottage Festival Mr C and I headed south to the coast and Lyme Regis. Dark clouds were beginning to surround us, but luckily it remained dry for long enough for us to explore the sea front. It was lovely to see a couple of young lads enjoying a hobby that many would associate with people much older. As we explored this part of the beach we found a large number of rock pools to explore. A couple of small fish were spotted, but sadly not much more. This beautiful piece of what I guess is seaweed on a rock really caught my eye. The shades of purple were fantastically ... read more
A magical weekend in Jersey
I've just returned from what was quite simply the best weekend away I've ever had. It was my birthday last Friday so Mr C organised a weekend away for us and we went to Jersey. Now I've always wanted to travel to the Channel Islands as I've head so much about the scenery and have always wanted to learn more about what life on the Islands was like during the war-time German Occupation. I'll provide more details of our trip later (once I've finished unpacking and the mountain of washing that's come back with us) but it summarise Jersey is quite simply spectacular and the people there are some of ... read more