Weekend Adventuring

 

We finally had a chance to have a proper Sunday adventure. It was perfect. A walk up on the hills surrounding Bath, walking hand in hand and talking about the future. I cherish the time I get with Matt away from the distractions of day to day life. The time that we can spend talking about where we're heading, what we want and the things we are waiting for.

Time in nature with this man at my side never fails to reinvigorate my very being.

Our Anniversary Weekend

 

 

We had such a lovely weekend to celebrate our first anniversary. We kept it pretty low key but it was nice just to spend time together. We bought Halo 4 as a little anniversary present to ourselves so Saturday was pretty much spent playing that together. Saturday night was full of beer, party food and Halo 4 and we actually saw in our anniversary before we went to sleep. When we woke on the Sunday we had sparkling wine that was left over from the wedding as well as cake we’d bought from the same patisserie that provided our wedding cakes. After a little more Halo we headed out for an autumnal walk in the sunshine before popping in a pub that we’ve been going to since the beginning of our relationship. To finish off the day we went to a Thai restaurant that was also the scene of one of our first dates.
All in all it was a fun trip down memory lane whilst discussing the future that we have together. What more could I ask for out of an anniversary?

Weekend Adventuring...

1. Matt's wedding ring in the grass
2. Matt walking along the canal on Saturday
3. Blackberries!
4. Ice cream for lunch!
5. Bath Abbey. This is the first one I've ever taken even though I've lived in Bath 6 years!
6. Matt relaxing in the grounds of Lacock Abbey
7. Sundial at Lacock
8. Bee! I'm so scared of them so I'm pretty proud I got this photo
9. Plant life at Lacock
10. A glimpse of Lacock Abbey through the trees
11. Matt and I

This weekend was lovely. We spent Saturday walking along the canal and being tourists in our own city, eating ice cream for lunch and generally being silly. It was awesome. It was also the 9 month mark of our marriage. I can't believe we're three quarters of the way through our first year. It's going so fast! Sunday saw us heading to Lacock Abbey for their bee and honey day after waiting for a thunderstorm to pass. The day ended up being really warm and although the events of the honey day weren't great, Lacock was lovely as always. We spent a lot of time wandering the grounds and enjoying the unexpected sunshine.

Normal.

I did already post this for my 366 but I love it too much not to include it here as well

When I started a 366 of documenting delight I really wanted to focus on the little things. The normal, everyday occurrences that would usually get overlooked. I don't really feel like I've achieved this consistently throughout the year but every now and then I manage a photo like this. One that strikes like a lightening bolt to the heart. That is a perfectly ordinary snapshot of our routine but reminds me, just by looking at it, how lucky I am. I can't believe that this is a normal, everyday sight. That I wake up day after day with my husband beside me. When did normal get so perfect?

My last day as a 24 year old

Matt had to work on my actual birthday so we decided to treat Sunday as my unofficial birthday instead. I was treated to breakfast in bed which were home made pop tarts inspired by these. They were delicious, I think I could have eaten them all day long. Yum.

please excuse my just woken up, fresh faced look.

 When we’d finally eaten our fill of pop tarts and got ourselves ready we headed out on a little adventure. The weather was pretty bad though so after a little county drive we decided to stop for lunch and see it cleared up. I had a roast beef dinner and a pint of cider and it was delightful.

We wandered along the canal to walk off our lunch before heading back to the car and on to the Courts which is a National Trust property that I hadn’t actually been to before. Unfortunately the weather didn’t really clear up so we didn’t stay nearly as long as I would have liked. We’ll definitely go back in nicer weather though.

Matt making a sad face because I took so many photos of him. It kind of backfired though because I like this shot

 Once we were home and dried off we spent the evening hanging out together, drinking beer and playing board games. It was truly awesome. I know to a lot of people that day doesn’t sound too exciting but to me it is. It has a little of everything I like to do and a whole lot of my husband…what more could I ask for?

Bath and West Show

 When Matt and I got married last year we decided that we wanted our first year of marriage to be filled with lots of random little adventures. Things that we hadn't done before or wanted to experience together. This idea has seen us going to the New Forest and the Kapow Comic Convention amongst others already this year. Our most recent trip was to the Bath and West show this week. I'd never been to that sort of thing before and although the weather wasn't great we ended up having a really good time.

I really do not look good here but hey any photo of my Grandma and I is a good photo, right?

We spent ages wandering around taking everything in. We had hog roast for lunch whilst watching some horse boarding in the main ring. I had never even heard of horse boarding but it turns out it's pretty fun to watch.

I didn't really take too many photos of the rest of the day because I was too busy soaking it all up. We wandered around all of the stalls, visited the animals, drank local cider whilst watching show jumping and enjoyed the art exhibit and florist competitions. It was so much fun and I really enjoyed the day spent with my Grandma and my husband. Here's the rest of my photos from the day....

I never realised how big some cattle got!

Saturday Adventure 12th May

In celebration of our 0.5 anniversary we decided to head to the seaside for the day. So we got up early, headed out for breakfast before hopping on a train to Weston Super Mare. I've lived in Bath for nearly six years now but I've never been to Weston and seeing as being by the sea always puts me in a good mood (it comes from growing up on the coast) Weston Super Mare seemed like a good destination for our Saturday adventure.

The weather decided to behave for the day and although it wasn't hot it was sunny so we could sit on the beach, wander along the coast and eat chips on the pier. We played in the arcades for a while and then ate greasy doughnuts before heading home. It was a perfect day!

Matt snapping photos on the beach

Matt dreaming of getting to the abandoned pier...

Chips on the pier....we had to fight off the seagulls though!

Matt's 10p winnings....he only started off with 5!