Around St.Ives

 

Top - Zara

Cardigan - New Look

Skirt - New Look

Shoes - Charity shop

Scarf - Jumble sale

Holidays are tough to come back from aren't they? I have been away in different parts of the west country for three out of the last four weekends. The furthest I went was to St.Ives in Cornwall. A place of wides skies and rugged coastline. It was only a couple of days but I could have stayed much longer. My favourite parts were lying on the beach and finding pieces of glass and ceramic, eating ice cream and visiting the Barbara Hepworth museum, a place of much inspiration. It is also where I was to watch the Royal Wedding, crammed into a cafe with many other stranded tourists. I think I was feeling subconsciously patriotic in my red, white and blue outfit. Also these are possibly the only New Look things I own and I am wearing them together. The skirt is new, I couldn't quite resist the 1970s style lace up front. I hope everyone else enjoyed those long weekends too.

The idle hours

 

Trench - H&M

Shirt - Jumble sale, 20p

Waistcoat - Jumble sale, 20p

Trousers - Gap sale

Shoes - Charity shopBag - jumble sale - 50p

I have just come back from a long weekend at a friends farm near Bristol. I had a really realxing time and did many country-like things including; canoeing, collecting duck eggs, sleeping in a caravan, and eating never ending Easter biscuits. I didn't take any photos for the blog however. So instead there are these photos from from the second part of last week's surprise trip away. They were taken at the very lovely B and B we stayed in near a little place called Rode. The building was built in the 1800s and when we arrived we were allowed to chose our room, plus for breakfast the following day we were given some champagne with breakfast. All things conducive to a happy stay there. This outfit is very simple but super comfy. I really like wearing trousers and not jeans for a change and these Gap cotton trousers are great. I did feel a little bit 1980s with the shirt/floral waistcoat combo but never mind. These shoes are the ones I took on my trip to America last year and I am rather sentimentally attached to them; I feel like they tread a fine line between quirky and ugly but still I love them regardless. Once we left the B&B we drove on to Longleat. I'm not sure I have ever been there, except maybe when I was very young. I really enjoyed it, although having a monkey sit on the bonnet of the car was slightly surreal. I hope everyone has been able to make the most of the long weekend and the glorious weather this week.

Another Circus

Top - Jumble sale, 20p

Necklace - Charity shop

Skirt - Charity shop, £1

Cardigan - Primark

Shoes - Urban Outfitters

Listening to  ~ Regina Spektor  - on the radio ~

These photos are from my weekend trip to Bath (and beyond). The trip was actually a surprise courtesy of my lovely boyfriend. He is generally the one behind the camera although I never mention him. Anyway we had a great time, basically eating our way around town. On the friday night we went to same-same which had a great low-key laid back atmosphere. Then on Saturday we went to a little flea market  - the old cattle market - which was right by where we stayed. I picked up a pretty blouse which I will show later. Then breakfast - a brownie is obviously breakfast- at the very tasty Boston tea party. We then wandered around plenty, visiting the Circus, the Royal Crescent, Victoria Park, and the Fashion museum. They had a display of vintage wedding dresses dating back to the late 1800s in honour of the soon to be royal wedding. Despite various changes in fashion they were mostly fairly similar. Most interesting to me was the way styles repeated themselves. Some of the more romantic and ostentatious dresses of the late 1970s could have come from a century earlier. They also had a display of photos from the house of Worth (I think) of ladies in their dresses from the 1920s/30s, such as the image above. I have to say the simplicity of that era is my personal favourite, for wedding dresses at least. Appropriately someone had just got married there - (the museum is housed in the assembly rooms) and as we left there was confetti all over the floor. After that we had a late lunch at the Raven, famous for it's pies. Honestly they were so good, if you get a chance I highly recommend it. More wandering and then some strudel at Hansel und Gretel, which I mentioned in my previous Bath post. We left in the late afternoon for further adventures. Bath is such a great place to visit, that city always treats me well.