The Mr & Mrs Robinson Wedding & Burton

The weekend after my birthday was another busy one; we travelled up to Burton-on-Trent on Friday after work and met Nath's dad and sister for a late dinner before an early start on Saturday for Olivia and Tim's wedding and finally on Sunday we spent the day watching Nath's grandad Brian compete in bike races!

This is one of those posts that's less words more pictures!

Beautiful bride and new husband.

VW camper getaway.

Lunch with Hayley Nath's Mum at The Winery.

The evening do of the wedding!

Arrival of new couple by boat!

Nath and his school friends with some of the bridesmaids.

Our own boat ride.

Nath's Pops on his bike with Hayley and Nat.

Number 53 - go Brian!

Champion with Nath's Nan Barbara!

Too many late nights meant between races snooze.

Great weekend with friends and family!

Xoxo

Quarter of a Century

24 is a strange number and a bit too even, so I didn't mind turning 25 as it seems to have a bit more purpose.

The day before my birthday I went out for a 'few' drinks after work with work friends. A few too many more like, safe to say I think I literally introduced Nath to pretty much everyone in the company. I was desperate not to ruin my birthday the following day but I think a hangover was inevitable. 

I woke up early desperately needing a shower and a large glass of water but despite a hangover it was my birthday so I didn't let it tamper with my big day.

Nathan told me the surprise plan for the day... Which I will tell you all later!

After smartening ourselves up we heading into London and made our way to Covent Garden for a spot of lunch. I introduced Nath to Homeslice pizza (which I wrote a blog about earlier this year) and he was impressed! Unfortunately it was rather noisy being a popular lunchtime spot on a Friday, but the food was great. We had chorizo, corn and coriander for one half and ricotta, mushroom, pumpkin seeds and chilli for the other half. We couldn't handle the whole pizza but it seemed to fix me up a treat, I felt back to normal! 

Then finally it was time for my surprise... 

Nath took me to see Book of Mormom and it exceeded every single one of my expectations! It was definitely controversial but hilarious at the same time. So if you want to see it and you're in the UK get tickets now as it ends this October!

We had a bit of time to kill before our friends were joining us for dinner so we walked through Carnaby St stopping to browse a few shops.

We were eating at Piccalinos Heddon St which was just off Regent St and we had a drink in a bar opposite whilst waiting for the others to join us.

Lychee martini for me yum!

Dinner was great- I shared oysters and prawns with Steph as a starter before indulging in truffle mushroom risotto for my main.

After a lovely meal we hit the tiles for a great night out where the boys had far too many shots and us girls were pretty sensible. It was another late night and we only hit the sack around 3.30am but if if its not for your birthday when can you do it!

Saturday was all about Ride London prep, blog post to follow...

Xoxo

Sunny Weekend Camping in Dorset

After arriving in to Luton from Budapest at the crack of dawn on Friday morning (a few weeks ago now) our thoughts immediately turned to our next adventure and I'm not talking about my impending trip to Ibiza. Nath and I had booked to go camping in Dorset for the rest of the weekend.

However our previous tent was a shambles and we were not prepared so we popped home: packed all our essentials (leftover food, glasses, plates, duvet, blow up mattress and clothes) and headed straight for Argos. 

Due to it being the middle of the day we cruised through to our campsite and we had warm balmy weather to compliment. We were totally wiped after a very early start so we treated ourself to a lengthy afternoon nap before heading to Lidl to get dinner for the evening. 

We got outselves a disposable BBQ and some pork skewers and corn on the cob yumm and a lovely bottle of plonk! Post dinner we obviously has some pudding, what better to have than s'mores - never had them always wanted them. Don't know what s'mores are? Chocolate digestives with melted marshmallows, but we took it to the next level and got caramel chocolate digestives - safe to say I wasn't disappointed.

We woke up feeling almost fully refreshed and we were treated to a slightly overcast day. So we had a blueberry muffin for breakfast and headed off early on our bikes to make our way down to the beach. It got hotter and sunnier as the day warmed up and we definitely weren't prepared as we had no sun cream. After getting our sweat on we arrived at the beach finally and the weather was incredible.

Look at this view - this is exactly what people forget about England, we do have good weather occasionally. 

After a full day in the sun, Nath and I felt completely frazzled and in need of a cool down, luckily the sun went behind some clouds for a while for our cycle home. 

We felt a bit like we were back in Western Australia and cycling to work... One day...

We got back quite late in the end and spent lots of time faffing (looking for dream holidays) before we eventually lit our BBQ so we had to cook in the dark. We had pork cutlets and sausages with garlic bread and a Caesar salad as well as another after dinner treat of s'mores.

We were hoping to wake up to some cloud to give us a rest from the sun and we were lucky-ish. We headed to Sandbanks Beach to ogle beautiful houses and enjoy some final beach time. 

We had a great morning but wanted to make sure we got home earlyish to get organised before the week ahead.

Safe to say we had an amazing week and it was nice to do something different and do 2 different holidays into 1.

Xoxo

Home is where the heart is | Cornwall

I've been slack but I've been too busy enjoying the sunshine soz. So on this rainy Tuesday I'm reminiscing on the Bank Holiday.

This is the best part of the year in the UK because we have multiple bank holiday weekends. For this one we were lucky to have my grandparents visiting from South Africa so we took them down to our house in Cornwall for a weekend at the beach.

After an epically long journey down, where I managed stay awake for all but 20 minutes (thank you Nath for taking over) we finally arrived and hit the sack immediately.

Good morning Saturday!!! The below was just your average wake up call, making even myself envious right now as I cross over Jubilee Bridge brandishing a broken umbrella to try and protect my hair from frizzing.

After a quick breakfast it was time to hit the beach. I'm pretty sure this was the first time this year it was sunny but also warm. Hello to sandals and leaving coats at home.

We stopped by the Inn on the Shore for a pit stop, coffee for some, beers for others - it was midday and a bank holiday weekend no dramas.

It was time to refuel. Post lunch I thought I'd test out my solo yoga skills with a view. Just to give you some background, I've just started yoga properly (iamyoga London) after my local gym just suddenly closed and it's safe to say I'm hooked. 

Such a perfect day to be in Cornwall and I was super excited to see the sunset and it didn't disappoint.

Sunday's weather however, was disappointing. The sea wasn't even visible when we woke up and the rain came to say hello. We had booked to go to The View. It's all in the name, incredible views over Whitsand Bay, unfortunately these wouldn't be making an appearance any time soon. This didn't however ruin the amazing food The View has on offer.

I started with seared Pigeon and it was soooo delicious.

Followed by the Hake, I wish I could provide a better description but I forgot to write it down.

And of course the most chocolatey dessert on the menu. Brownie!!

After being stuffed full it was time to head off and do absolutely nothing (I'm

allowed it's the weekend)! Do you really think I'd be able to sit still and do nothing, you must be kidding. I forced everyone into a game of Trivial Pursuit where Granny wiped the floor and Nath came second.

You'll be impressed as I then headed out on a run with Dad and Nath despite the pants weather and having wine for lunch. 

We woke up on Monday to the same weather, but not to give in to Mother Nature we make the most of the day. We headed into Looe for a spot of pottery painting at Paint-a-Pot.

For lunch we got into the 'summer' vines and had a delicious prawn, lime, chilli and coriander salad! 

Before it was time for Nath and I to bid farewell!

Until next time Cornwall... 

Xoxo