Holiday snaps

Now I've been very stupid these past few weeks. I scheduled some posts and then proceeded to forget to check on my blog, until now and have noticed that NONE of them have posted, sigh. But now I've got a back log of posts just ready to go, wahoo for accidentally being prepared! Anyway, here you are :-)

I recently went on a bit of a holiday with my mum to visit a close family friend and her husband at their apartment in Spain. I took a few snaps, only a few though, I was too busy enjoying the company, weather, food and drink to really take as many photos as I had hoped! But I thought I'd share a few of the ones I did take, Enjoy :-)

Early morning swim? I think so 

Evening beach walks

  

The old square, social hub of the town

Kinder Bueno Ice cream, the best thing ever to be invented 

One day I'll own a boat here 

Sucker for a palm tree

Local symbols

How pretty 

Evening beach walks became my favourite thing to do 

   

Such a lovely Spanish area

Safe to say I got to stay in a very beautiful, Spanish town. I've stayed here before but never quite understood how lovely it is. I honestly hope in the future I get to travel and explore more of Spain because its history is so fascinating and the Spanish way of life is just brilliant; afternoon naps and heaps of family time, yes please!!

I heart summer | TAG

After a week or so suffering from major bloggers block, with some suggestions from a few people to do some tags, I thought i'd do the I Heart Summer tag, which I found on touchofcrimson which is one of my favorite blogs to read; make sure you go read her blog :-)!

 So hey lets give it ago;

What's your favourite summer nail polish?

I'm one of those insanly annoying nail biters so I hardly ever where nail polish, however recently me and my mum have delved into the world of gel nails, so my favorite has to be a Hot pink gel nail polish! Its so girly and summery and definitely my favourite! 

What's your favourite lip colour this summer?

Its not really a lip colour as such but I have been loving The Body Shop, Born lippy lip balm in Strawberry flavour. It's more like a lip balm than a lipstick or colour but it does tint the lips ever so slightly which has been brilliant seen as I've been too lazy and busy for make up recently.

What is your favourite summer accessory?

This year because of the brilliant weather we've had, sunglasses have definitely been my favourite this year; absolute life savers!

What is your favourite summer candle?

I don't actually own candles; purely because i'd properly forget they were lit and set something on fire, I might try some though; I've heard a lot about Yankee candles!

What is your favourite summer body spray and perfume?

For body spray I'd definately go for the boots Vanilla body spray, which I use all year anyway, but it always reminds me of summer and holidays. For perfume I'd go for Jlo, live rouxe or Britney Spears, Radiance. I've worn them both for ages but I just think they're quite fruity, so perfect for summer!

What is the weather like where you live in the summer?

Living by the sea its normally very windy and rainy here in Blackpool, but this year we have been lucky enough to have a good 4 or 5 weeks of decent weather! Unfortunately the past few days have been close to normal 'summer' weather in Blackpool; cloudy and windy. 

What is your favorite thing about the summer?

If you'd have asked me this last year I would have said all the time off but this year I've been working quite a lot and I've been mega busy. But for me the best thing about summer is having that extra time to do more things and the break from the stresses of college work/life!

What are your plans for summer vacation?

I've only got a few weeks left now:-( but I've got a night away in Chester next week, results day celebrations/commiserations with friends, two nights away in York type area the week after, my theory test and some shopping to look forward to! All very exciting!

I hope you enjoyed reading this tag; I love doing things like this!
Let me know if you do the tag in the comments so I can give them a read! 

@HanMcFly

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Bloggers block

So now I've blogged all my summer holidays and done my summer favorites post, I'm all out of ideas. I suppose you could say I've got bloggers block.

I want to do some Tags or get to know me type things or something a bit different but I'm not sure what to do, soo if any one could give me some little ideas or some inspiration for my blog id appreciate it SO much! 

If you have any ideas(any at all!) please leave them in a comment and I shall attempt to get out of this annoying bloggers block which I now have. 

Thank you lovelies :-)

P.S. I REALLY want to read some more blogs, so if you want to leave your favourites in the comments I'd appreciate that too!(oh and link your own, and I'll check them out!) Thanks again :-)

@HanMcFly

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My Summer Favourites

I'm not one of those people who buys new things every month and uses different things all the time, I pretty much just use the same things all the time, especially if I know they're good! But I thought, with my inspiration coming from other bloggers and from YouTubers, that I might do a little favourites post about my favourite beauty, clothing and other items so far over this glorious period of weather we've had in Britain! 

One of my favourite shops is New Look, purely because they sell some really nice clothes which are reasonably priced, considering I cant spend all my wages on clothes each month! Oh but how I wish I could! When I was on holiday I did a bit of shopping in Newquay, which is where I picked up my first favourite of the summery season! 

Oatmeal Crochet Back T-shsirt - £5 from New Look (Possibly might be back to £9.99)

I loved the material and the speckled type pattern that it has and the colour is neutral and quite summery I thought! The back is crochet and laps onto the shoulders, which looks really nice. The tshirt is oversised but I went for a size smaller than I normally would and I'm glad I did because I don't feel like its too small or too big! When I got to the checkout in New look and found out that it was only £5 I was even happier with my little purchase, I wish I'd got a few more, maybe in different colours now! I find that this tshirt is great for casual days out and is extremely comfy for travelling!

With the weather being rather warm and not being able to find a decent pair of sandals yet I've pretty much lived in my grey Toms. 

Toms University Classic, Light Grey Canvas- £36.99, Office 

They're the comfiest and most practical shoes I think I've ever owned! I've worn them far too much and they're looking really scruffy now but they're still incredibly comfy and I wont be getting rid of them any time soon! Highly recommend Toms because they're so comfy and practical! As well as the amazing work the company does giving shoes to the poorer in the third world countries. 

Apart from the odd pair of labelled shoes; Converse, Toms and Vans which I own I'm not a labelled clothing type of person; I prefer the high street shops. But recently my dad bought me this lovely Superdry Vest whilst on my holidays, as a little present. I am completely in love with it! 

Superdry vintage low arm vest- £19.99 Superdry store 

I love the colours which are reallllly girly and summery. The vest has low cut arms so a lot of side/bra is on show but if I wear it with a white bandeau I feel more comfortable with wearing the vest! I just love it and its been worn quite often over the past few weeks with this lovely weather we've had! So thank you father for buying this for me! 

Finally I have some random favourites which I've fallen in love with and used quite a lot over the past few weeks! 

1- Hayfever Tablets
2- Sunglasses- £1 Primark
3- The Mortal Instruments, Cassandra Clare, book three
4- The Body Shop, Born Lippy, Strawberry Lip Balm- £3 The body Shop

First is the Hayfever and Allergy Relief tablets which have been an absolute GOD SEND these past few weeks! I've never had hayfever before but this year it has been awful! I've tried several types of tablets since the hayfever season started and these seem to be the best ones I've found! Plus they're only about 40p!

The sunglasses have also been a God send and have been everywhere with me! They're just simple black framed sunglasses, with pink and grey rims, which I originally bought to take to a concert with me for the queue during the day. They only cost me £1 and they're possibly the best things I bought this year(I cant be trusted with expensive sunglasses because I just loose them, oops!)

My summer reading this year has been given to me by a close friend, who has given me a full summer reading list! With the weather being so nice I've had lots of time sat in the sun so I've read rather a lot just recently! I'm currently reading The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, and I'm only on book 3 but I am truly IN LOVE with the series! I recommend the series to ANYONE who wants a book they won't be able to put down! And whats even more exciting is that they've made the first book into a film, EEEK!

And finally this The Body Shop, Born Lippy Strawberry lip balm has also been a favourite of mine! It was only about £3 to and has been brilliant to put in my bag for work, days out or before bed! It slightly tints the lips to so for someone like me who either doesn't have time or is too lazy to put a full face of make up on is brill! 

Hope you enjoyed :-)! 

@HanMcFly

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Summer Holidays- caves and home

As my previous summer holidays post(s) explained I headed to Cornwall for my summer trip this year with my mum and dad. I've decided to blog about my trip, but split them up into separate posts, because I know full well its going to be a long post otherwise!

Our final day in Cornwall was an early start, with us packing up and leaving our little house by half 8 in the morning! Safe to say I was pretty tired! But I settled down in the care ready for the 3 hour drive to get to our final destination. We were heading for Cheddar Gorge!

With me being massively into all things geographical and nerdy I knew full well that I was going to love Cheddar Gorge and I did! A little too much if I'm honest.
We spent nearly 2 hours in one cave, listening to all the information and wandering round. I thought the caves were amazing and I spent the whole time telling my mum and dad all about the caves and how they form and nerdy things like that.

 

The caves were so interesting, plus the funky tricks of light make it hard to tell what you're looking at

 After the caves me and my dad headed up the 274 steps to the viewing tower, halfway up I started to regret my option to climb it. But once I got to the top and saw the views I was very happy I'd decided to do it!

The views were pretty impressive!

Straight after we headed for a little bakery for dinner and then to Costa! 

Our last stop of the day was back to the original Travelodge we had stayed at literally 4 days before, for our last night away, however I did get my own room again, which meant that I could rest up, after the nicest meal ever at the Carvery, ready for our 4 hour drive back to Blackpool the following morning!

My whole holiday/road trip/get away was fantastic and I loved every minute of it, exploring such a beautiful place with my parents! I only wish we did it more often and I cannot WAIT until I can go back to Cornwall again! 

Hope anyone reading this has enjoyed my ramblings, I'd love to visit more of England/the world!

I do apologize for the awful quality of pictures, but these were all the best ones that I took, which were all taken on my Iphone, considering they turned out better than my digital camera photos did. 

@HanMcFly

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Summer Holidays- Sanctuary and shopping

As my previous summer holidays post(s) explained I headed to Cornwall for my summer trip this year with my mum and dad. I've decided to blog about my trip, but split them up into separate posts, because I know full well its going to be a long post otherwise!

Our last day in our local area and we decided to go to Gweek to see the seal sanctuary. The sanctuary was so cute and they do such an amazing job; some of the stories about the animals there were heartbreaking!

The Penguins were so cute too!

We then decided it was far too hot to be outside so we headed back to Newquay for some shopping and lunch at Costa! Yum yum! The day was pretty much over by this point, but not until we went and got pizza back at our little house, which was so so so good! If nothing else Cornwall has amazing food and weather!

@HanMcFly

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Summer Holidays- Busy day

As my previous summer holidays post(s) explained I headed to Cornwall for my summer trip this year with my mum and dad. I've decided to blog about my trip, but split them up into separate posts, because I know full well its going to be a long post otherwise!

Our third day we headed for Lands End, The Minack theartre and Newquay! It was a lot of driving to do all in one day, but the weather was amazing so we wanted to make the most out of it!

Lands End was so pretty but there was a lot of walking involved if you wanted to see the area fully! We went quite early in the morning and it was lovely and quite so we could wander around enjoying the peace and the views!

Lands End was lovely! We even got to see a low flying helicopter, hope noone was stuck out at sea

My mum had said that she wanted to visit Minack theatre, which is a thearte carved into a cliff side, where they still perform plays now. The place was so nice and it was honestly hard to remember we were still in the UK! The beaches and sea surrounding the theartre were crystal clear like something from a remote island you see on the telly! If you're ever in the area, you MUST visit the theartre!

The views were amazing, like something in a film

Newquay was our last stop of the day, to see the aquarium! I'm usually majorly disappointed with aquariums and I find them quite tedious, but this one was pretty good! The beach and the main shopping streets wee my favourite parts of Newquay though. It just has a lovely feel to the area!

Newquay beach is so so nice

We headed back to our little house for a well deserved bath and early night! By this point in the trip I'd already decided I didn't ever want to go home and was already considering moving to Cornwall in the future rather than abroad!

@HanMcFly
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Summer Holidays- Going to prison

As my previous summer holidays post explained I headed to Cornwall for my summer trip this year with my mum and dad. Ive decided to blog about my trip, but split them up into separate posts, because I know full well its going to be a long post otherwise!

We finally hit Cornwall on the Friday, which I was rather excited about! We couldn't pick our little house keys up until the late afternoon so we'd planned to see some sites first before heading to the site!

I didn't really know what there was to see and I wasn't too fused about what we saw! We headed for Bodmin Jail, which was such an interesting place to visit! The buildings were so nice to walk around and the history was so interesting (I'm secretly a MASSIVE geek).  We spent the whole morning wandering around, seeing all the cells and reading all the inmates stories.

One of the prison wings, which is no longer accessible, but still uniquely pretty

After this we headed for some more history and geek filled fun at Tintagel castle. The area was so so pretty! Although its not very friendly to get too if you're not very good with hills and steps!

It was hard to believe I was still in the UK. It was such a pretty place to visit and the views were amazing! I only wish I had a decent camera to take really good photos, instead I had to put up with my Iphone, seen as the pictures I took on there were far better than the ones I took on my actual digital camera!

But after we visited the castle we headed to the camp type thing we were staying on for the next three nights. Another hour and a half of driving.  We were staying in Perranporth, so we weren't far away from the beach. We spent the evening exploring Perranporth itself, which was such a lovely cute town. The fish and chips in Perranporth were amazing too, so that was a selling feature for me!

@HanMcFly

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Summer Holidays- One night stop and Longleat

My whole summer holiday/roadtrip was 6 nights long and we did SO much, so I'll split it up over a few posts as not to overload with text!

This year my mum, dad and I(we're just a little three person family:-) headed to Cornwall for our summer holiday! We don't often go away as a family as me and my mum tend to travel abroad and my dad doesn't like the heat and stuff. But seen as I'm heading for University next year my mum thought it would be nice for us all to go away together! Id never been to Cornwall before but my mum and dad said I'd love it so I was defiantly up for going!

We left Blackpool on the Wednesday evening and stopped off in Tewkesbury at a Travelodge for the night to split up the driving, seen as I couldn't drive share with my mum because I've not passed my test yet; boo!
I love one night stays at travelodge's(well all hotels in general) and I don't know why, there's just something about settling into a hotel for a single night before moving on that I really enjoy! We'd booked the hotel literally three days before so I had to share my room with my parents and I had a bed no wider than myself so it wasn't the comfiest nights sleep I'd ever had, but still it was a nice break!

The next morning we set out for Longleat! We had another couple of hours driving until we reached it but it was defiantly worth the driving! It wasn't quite school summer holidays yet so it was rather quiet! The weather was amazing which made the whole day even better!

We spent the morning wandering around the grounds, looking at the animals and having Costa Coffee and cakes sat in a little garden with the most amazing views! We visited the house, which is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen!

Longleat house was so pretty 

All the animals were cute and aw 

We also got ridiculously lost in the maze!

Our Costa and cake views were AMAZING

After we'd explored all the grounds we headed for the safari! Which was brill! I defiantly recommend Longleat for a day out!

We then had another hour or so driving to our next hotel, ready to head into Cornwall the next morning. We stayed at another travelodge, only I got to spend the night in my own room, which was brilliant! I was so tired I spent most the evening in bed, after the nicest meal I've ever eaten at a service station from Little Chef!

But that was our first day and by this point I was SO excited to finally head to Cornwall!

@HanMcFly
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June 8th

Another lovely day so I took my dog for a lovely walk in the sunshine. I've never noticed how nice the field/woodland area near my house actually is! I feel like I've waste it, not going walking very often. 

June 5th

End of exams today so my picture for the day could have been a very very happy 'selfie' but I refrained. I chose this sunflower as my snap for today seen as yet again I spent the majority of the day in the garden, plus I think it's a very pretty flower.

June 2nd

Another day of relaxed sunshine bliss with the added bonus of revision.

June 1st

My little piece of British paradise