I am back to my blog finally after a very busy few weeks and a few adventures mixed in! Lots of wedding rings have been made and some new designs on the way too involving some extraordinary diamonds {more to come about that later}. But anyways, I have a bit of a back log of posts now, so these are from a while ago.

The other day we met up with my brother and his new girlfriend in Claremont Landscape Gardens which is in or near Esher, a kind of suburb of London, half in the countryside and half in the city.

We had a spot of luncheon, and a few bottles of wine and a cream tea later, we went our separate ways.

As it was turning into a rather splendid evening, we went in search of a place near the river we could have a nap. We ended up in a little meadow/woodland area...

we spied a small farm though the hedge too...

we then found our meadow, perfect for napping...

I recommend you go and get a cuppa, 'cause this is another longen'!.

We decided we'd had enough of this crappy weather, and determined to have a summer outing regardless if it was not above 25 degrees. I have been dreaming of jumping into the sea, and couldn't believe I had got to the end of July without being in the brine! So we packed up some bits and bobs, jumped into the car for a day trip, then thought 'have we forgotten anything? um TENT?...just in case?! then back to the flat and quickly grabbed all camping equipments within 5 mins. I had been reading up on a few hidden beaches around the East Sussex region, so we headed in the direction of Hastings to find one of them {also stopping at Hastings to spend lots of money in the junk shops, oop}.

following the directions in the book..."stop at the radar, across the road, past the farm, turn right then left past the stream...etc..etc..."

and we arrived at a not exactly exotic looking beach.

it turned out to be a Naturists beach {that means nudies to me and you}. Gosh and blimey I didn't know where to look. In fact those nudies were so brown they were camouflaged against the rocks so quite easy to step on one. MOST embarrassing.

anyhow, after such a mahoosive trip, we decided to sit down and eat our tasty morsels.

Nao fell asleep after a couple glasses of wine, and I watched the hilarious naked man flying a kite that near lifted him off the ground.

...and went for a paddle. It wasn't a very swim inducing beach unfortunately. However I loved the peace and quite and the prehistoric feel. Its very like some of the beaches on the Isle of Wight actually, because of the clay landslides, ...Compton, Luccombe, Whale Chine...that kind of beach if you know them.

the tide came up so we headed off to find a campsite somewhere.

it was such a trek up the hill, but so beautiful with deep gorges with streams and ferns and such like.

{yes that is my bikini you can see, not my pants thank you!}

We managed to find a little campsite that is actually someones large back garden. It was near to Rye, and had only a toilet and some rabbits. Oh, and also some bats.

we had a wee barbecue...

and the sun began to set and the bunnies came out! I love'em, the way their ears stick up when they hear something is hilarious. And their white bums!

after the barbecue we found some branches and got a proper fire going. It gave out so much heat and was kind of hypnotic too.

Our best ever purchase I reckon! It is a little heavy to carry long distance, but fine for us. We can just leave it in the car for when-ever. {very easy to clean too and there is a little draw in the bottom to empty the ashes}.

Next morning, after a cuppa and some brioche, we headed off to a beach we've been to before...

but, I did go for a very lovely swim, I feel sooooo much better now.

{i bought that hat from a junk shop in Hastings, its from Haiti!}

Then we had to go home, BUT, decided to go to Rye on the way to see the junk shops ; )

I love this place, the buildings are amazing, and also the Pimms.

 

 

Then i thought, I've got too much stuff, i got all ruthless chucking things in bags, one for the bin and one for the charity shop. It was a spectacular event. Anyway, i painted the floor, re-arranged my desk and shelves to different places, put all my bits of fabric neatly in the shelves, sat back with a cuppa tea and thought 'yes, this is how i want to live my life' minimalist {well, kind of}.

ok, so I know it might not look that different to you, but to me its 100 times better, oh yes indeedo.