Goodwood Revival. Part Two.

I hope you all enjoyed reading this post about the Goodwood revival last week. And as promised here is part 2.

After the cars we decided to head to 'Gasoline Alley' the American swing with trailers as bars and a live swing band. 

As the band played the wonderful songs of the 50's the crowd was bouncing and there was a bit of hand-jiving going on.

These photos may be my favourite from the day, I love the movement and I was waiting ever so patiently for a partner...they never came though. Oh well.

 

 Once the band had finished their set we took a stroll to play with the old arcade games. Where we found this;

Urm Okay? We decided not to test our manhood, but took a look round the other games.

There are so many more photos I want to show off, it was a fabulous day with so much to do. So I recommned heading along next year, book early for the weekend tickets. 

Thank You Goodwood.

Lydia

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Goodwood Revival. Part One.

Last Friday my sister and I took a trip to the Goodwood Racecourse which, in turn, felt like we had turned back time by 50 years.

Be warned, you may want a cup of tea and a biscuit, the next two posts are very picture heavy!

After a drive down the m25 and sitting through rush-hour and event traffic we were very relieved to get out of the car and be surrounded by people dressed to the nines in 40s, 50s and 60s attire. 

Before you get to the gates you are invited to take a wander through lanes of vintage cars, rows of vintage shops and names you recognise drifted back in time. 

Butlins, Now, I've only ever been for the day to Butlins but with their roller-skating rink I'm sure many people were reminded of family holidays taken.

After a while of wondering we decided to head into the event, the theme, Brighton and summer by the seaside.

This features all of the mods and the beautiful mopeds. The rockers would come up later. 

For a 20 year old, an aspect of the revival I found amazing was all of the familiar brands that I had no idea had been around for so long. I guess I thought everything had been invented fairly recently.

 

After the long drive and a bit of walking through the 50s we decided it was time for a snack and some water. There was only one place we knew, Tesco.

Except this was not Tesco as we know it, in true Goodwood fashion, this too was reverted back in time, 

Well, you don't get ladies singing outside your local Tesco everyday, do you?

I was so surprised when I found that we could buy some chocolate-shaped goodies that were in the packaging of the 50s. 

And yes, we also found that we could use our clubcard!

Now, I love my fair share of cars, and the ones on show were right up my street, my eyes did tint green at points wishing I could own one of these beautiful machines.

*Drools*

After we looked at the cars on show, we took time in Gasoline Alley. You'll have to wait until Tuesday to find out what that is. Sorry!

Lydia

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This Is Me.

Hello,

If you follow this blog, you may remember the post back in June about giving the blog a good go and with determination to update at least once a week with lifestyle, fun, and all sorts of posts.

It didn't happen. 

During the past months I have still thought about my little blog and how I should really write something, but something just told me no. Then it came to me, why I felt like this. I was putting pressure, pressure that made me worry in case I didn't get a post up, worry about the time to write a half-decent post, and my brain said no. I don't like having to complete any activity that I love if I've been put under pressure to do it. 

I feel I needed to share the 'why' part with you guys. It allows me to move on and say 'This Is Me' a 20 year old student, who's a hopeless dreamer, procrastinator who loves her faith, write and do a whole bunch of other fun things. 

But... 

I am not perfect and definitely will never be perfect.  I just want to share parts of my life with you on a Lydia time frame. That may mean not having a post for a couple of weeks, not a tweet every day, but I want to share that I love this and will keep sharing the other things I love.

Lydia
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