Exciting News...

I entered this picture into a competition on Facebook for the National Trust about a month ago. The competition was being used as a way to collect people's Special Places from around the country and this tree is most certainly ours. I've talked about our tree on this blog before and this photo was the most recent one we had.

Anyway, long story short, we made the shortlist for the competition! So we're down to the final 10 and we now rely on people voting for our entry on Facebook. So if you do have an account please head over here and vote for us, I'd really appreciate it.

Thank you in advance!

Weekend Adventuring

Technically this was a little Monday adventuring but seeing as I had to work all weekend and it was a bank holiday so I think that it still counts. The weather looked deceptively nice so we headed out for a walk through the park. It wasn't long before we were fed up of battling the wind though so we headed back inside and cuddled up watching movies and playing computer games. We had fun whilst we were out although I must admit that it was Matt that took the photo of the squirrel. I managed to convince myself that the squirrel was much too close and therefore likely to attack us so I slowly backed away while Matt happily snapped pictures. It was a nice little walk outside and unsurprisingly there were no squirrel attacks!

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.

Being Outside

On holiday we tried to spend as much time as we could outside. I find that being out in nature is the best thing possible for my soul. If I'm sad or stressed a walk through the park is really the only cure for me. To spend all day on walks through the forest and then the evening chatting with good friends was perfect for me. My heart feels full again and I feel ready to conquer our day to day problems. Just looking at these pictures makes me smile and I'm excited for our next adventure.

Morning Spider Webs

When we were away Matt and I tried to go out for a walk every morning whilst everyone else was getting up and ready. The first time we went out we came across this field of spider webs. It was truly magical to see them covered in dew with the morning sun shining through the trees. It was one of those moments where I squeezed my husband's hand a little harder and found myself thankful for this world that I live in, this life that I have. And then I ran off to take these photos. I found myself smiling and giggling like a child and I think I carried some of that magic through the rest of the day.

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?

Sorry for my Absence....

I'm back now. I'm not sure why I was gone so long. After I'd missed a couple of days it became harder and harder to get back into blogging. I've set myself some weekly guidelines now though and I feel that I'm ready to jump back in so here I am. I'll try not to put up too many out of date posts but Matt and I have just spent a week away in Ringwood Forest and I have hundreds of photos from there so I'm going to blog about that. This is my apology in advance, you're going to have to look at our Halloween photos almost three weeks later. We have been up to other fun little adventures since I last wrote on here so here's just a quick photo update of our life to get you up to date....

A weekend in September. We baked bread together and then went on a local walk. A beautiful, perfect weekend spent walking hand in hand talking of our future.

Headed to Prior Park in early October. We'd never been before despite it being only a short walk away.

And spending an autumnal day visiting Stourhead. It was ridiculously busy but we still managed to enjoy a short picnic and take some leaf photos.

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.