March's Dozen.

Now, it's no secret that I am a fan of Country & Western Music, I may even be a little addicted! I love the authenticity of the music, so for March, I'm doing a Country-Style-Barn Dancing-Line Dancing-Musical Dozen. So get your Stetson on and dance the night away!

Banjo-Rascal Flatts

Why Don't We Just Dance- Josh Turner

The Wind- Zac Brown Band

Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine-Billie Joe & Norah

Beat This Summer- Brad Paisley

Perfect Day- Lady Antebellum

Merry Go 'Round- Kacey Musgraves

Mama's Broken Heart- Miranda Lambert

Redneck Woman- Gretchen Wilson

One Kiss Later- Ashton Lane

Stay- Florida Georgia Line

Bless The Broken Road- Rascal Flatts

Lydia

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Bluegrass BBQ.

A few friends and I went out for dinner to celebrate a birthday.

We headed to our favourite new restaurant in town: Bluegrass BBQ, where meat is slow-roasted for up to 18 hours. And the atmosphere is relaxed and laid-back with Folk and Country & Western music playing in the background.

The team in the kitchen include the only 'non-American Grand Champion of the Jack Daniels Invitational BBQ contest.'

Oh Yes.

It sounds good, doesn't it?

We headed straight to the burgers, I ordered the BBQ Chicken Hot Deli Sandwich.

 

The stripped chicken is placed in a toasted Brioche bun on a pile of lettuce & tomatoes, topped with Bluegrass's own cheese. 

It tastes seriously good.

Matt ordered the Pulled Pork.

 

 

All of the meals come served on plastic trays with handfuls of chips thrown on. 

Each table has its homemade, special sauces, no ketchup here!

 

These include my favourite, the Carolina, an amazing, sauce with hints of mustard.

Now, back onto the meat.

 

Lisa and Tim both ordered the Bluegrass Burger, topped with cheese.

The chips are cooked skin-on with plenty of seasoning. 

 

I think I'll stop with all these food photos, before I get too hungry!

If you're ever in South Buckinghamshire, I definitely recommend taking a trip to Bluegrass BBQ. 

 Lydia

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A Weekend At Home.

I thought I would share with you and average weekend for me when I'm not working. They are usually filled by trying to relax, but socialize at the same time!

 

Whenever I get time, especially on the weekends, I make time to spend some time walking Tilly, always wrapping up in a coat & scarf. I love scrambling over stiles and into woodlands.

Saturday was spent tidying up the kitchen and drinking coffee. It was crazy to see how many dishes, pots, pans that my parents have collected of the years that they have been married.

Sunday is always a time to head to church and socialize, today was spent having lunch at a local pub getting to know knew people in the town.

Sunday evening's for me are spent joining in with Lifestyle Bloggers Chat on Twitter and writing up new posts.

I hope this post has shown how I spend my time, what do you do when you have nothing else planned?

Lydia

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October's Dozen

So, it is October already!? This year is flying by far too quickly, but a new month means a new month's worth of music. 12 of my favourite songs at the moment, enjoy!

 

Jasmine Thompson-Ain't Nobody, iTunes

The Vamps-Can We Dance, iTunes

London Grammar-Strong, iTunes

Haim-The Wire, iTunes

Bruno Mars-Treasure, iTunes

Bastille-We Can't Stop (Miley Cyrus Cover)

One Republic-Counting Stars, iTunes

Lissie-Further Away, iTunes 

Le Youth-Cool, iTunes

John Newman-Cheating, iTunes

Kathryn Williams-Count, iTunes

Lady Antebellum-Compass (Unavailable in the UK, but definitely worth a listen)

A Day Celebrating All Things Agricultural.

Hello Lovelies,

I am very sorry that I haven't blogged so far this week, however, I have been a little busy starting a new job. This job has made me a very happy person because it means I am still doing aspects of what I love in my time away from university. 

Over the weekend, I visited The Henley Show. This is annual celebration of Oxfordshires agriculture and farming communities. This year was a first for me and I thoroughly loved it. 

If you were anywhere in the UK on Friday you would know that there was a serious amount of rain pouring down which put my friend from coming with us, but being in the country seems second-nature to me so rain is not an issue! Anyway we didn't have any rain on Saturday at the show :)

There were lots of activities going on, such as an equestrian competition with show-jumping and dressage (I think!), there were local farmers there selling chickens as well as showing their cattle off, as well as a group of dancing sheep...

Unfortunately for us the sheep didn't feel the beat in the music during the performance but it did not stop us from having a good ole' laugh. 

Walking around the site we had the lovely music of Lucky To Be Alive, a function band that are really good! 

Another part of the show we took interest in was the dog show. We entered Tilly into the Prettiest Bitch contest in the novice category. She didn't win and I don't think we will get to Crufts with her, but how could you say this gorgeous pup isn't pretty!?

We took in all aspects of the show and spent some money buying Christmas Presents for friends and just had a really fun time. Here are some of the things on display:

 This shampoo smells so good! We spoil our dog a little too much sometimes.

 

I think if I was going to own a tractor, I would buy a pink one too :)

There was some abnormally large fruit & veg in the produce tent.

If you want to visit your local country show, a full list can be found here;

http://www.countryshowguide.co.uk/

Bye Lovelies 

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