A Winter's Walk Through A Flooded Park.

Hello! As a country, we have been experiencing some pretty crazy weather over the past few weeks, with coastal areas being evacuated and flooding near to rivers, because of this my sister and I took Tilly, our beloved springer spaniel, to Higginson Park by the Thames in Marlow. We knew that the pathway would be flooded but could not believe how badly flooded it was:

 

Yep. Those are benches in the river.

This amount of flooding called for one thing: Wading through the water:

 After a short walk, Tilly soon got jealous and decided it was time for a swim as well:

 

Good thing I've got Hunter Wellies!

I relish in the fact that I live so close to beautiful surroundings, and I have an excuse to escape doing anything every day to enjoy it. P.S. get a dog if you want this!

Lydia

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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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Brighton.

Hello Lovelies,

On Sunday my family and I took a little trip to the wonderful town of Brighton, there was only one reason for this trip. My younger sister, Beth, took part in the London to Brighton cycle ride. This is 54 miles on the road with various landscapes to admire. Beth completed this cycle in 4 hours and 38 minutes, which is not bad for a 16 year old. Tearfund is the charity she was completing it for, a wonderful charity that works in third world countries, they are such a deserving cause and any donation to them is amazing.

After meeting Beth, we took a little trip down the pier, I visited it last year and I love it, even if I didn't have any spare change for the 2p arcade machines! Unfortanately the weather was not on our side when we were in Brighton so we decided not to go shopping but, I am already planning another trip to venture into the little lanes filled with rows of querky boutiques. 

 

 

Oh and Tilly loved making new doggy friends on the beach.

 

Bye Lovelies

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