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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A month ago?!

Its been nearly a whole month since I last posted...I'm rubbish.
But I have been quite busy so I suppose that's going to be my awful excuse.

I don't even have much to say, all I know is I'm bloody tired from working. But the next week or so are looking pretty good so I'm quite excited!

But let's see if we can get back into this Blogging business!

@HanMcFly
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Birthday Celebrations 2

Hii, I thought I'd try something a bit different and do a sort of  'get ready with me' post. I wasn't particularly dressed up for the occasion but I thought hey, you've got to start somewhere!

It was one of my closest friends birthday and our group of friends were celebrating with a meal and a few drinks at her house. It wasn't particularly dressy but it was a heels occasion, and they're always the best!

I don't get ready all in one go, so it was spread through out the day. But I started with a bath, which included Lush Fun bubble bar type thing and Lush Snow fairy. I used John Frieda's Luxurious Volume shampoo and conditioner on my hair.

 

Once I'd gotten out of the bath and then my shower(I'm very good at conserving water) I towel dried my hair and used John Frieda's Luxurious Volume mouse. 

I was also blessed with very sensitive skin so I have to be extra careful with anything I use on my skin. My newest favorite  moisturizer is currently Soap and Glory and luckily I can use it without my face blowing up to look like a tomato.  It smells soooo nice and is really moisturizing but I do find it a bit greasy.

To dry my hair I use a Tresemme hair dryer and to style I use GHD straighteners. I don't tend to use heat protection spray because I don't like how it makes my hair feel and how it burns on the straightening plates. I know I should but I haven't found a decent one to use. I straightened my hair, which is how I normally wear it, with my sweeping fringe across the right to the left. 

For my eyes I use Maybelline New York, The colossal Volum' Express mascara, its my regular favourite and reasonably priced to! I love the volume it gives and the fullness it gives my lashes. The brush is brilliant to use to! 

Obviously I'm forcing my eyes open to be that wide, but I quite like how the
mascara makes my eyes look 

I don't often wear face make up other than on my eyes, but seeing as it was a bit of a special occasion I used blusher and eye shadow, which was a massive change for me! 

I got this Technic blusher in a set with different colours and eye shadows. I don't know its name or anything but I like the way it sits on the skin and how it looks natural yet still enhances. I cant often tell the difference when I wear make up, but I wore it on my cheek bones and just slightly next to my eyes slightly lighter than on my cheeks.  I then put a silvery and grey coloured eye shadow on to just add a bit of colour and dimension.

Oh yeah, well done Hannah, Very in focus

As I said before I don't get ready in one go so I then went back to my hair. I made sure it was straight and added hair spray. I then thought I'd clip the fronts back with little bobby pins.  I then got dressed and ready; 

Sorry for the dirty mirror

I wore a cream/slightly off white t shirt from River Island, which is open on the back apart from little bows, which £15 in the sale. I wore it with dark blue jeans, from F&F at Tesco(comfy and reasonable), along with nude and black heels from New Look, £11 in the sale! I'm a massive sucker for a nice pair of heels! My little clutch bag was given to me as a present for my 17th birthday by a close friend and I LOVE it!

Sorry for such a word heavy post but I wanted to blog about my little routine! I might do some more of these; I'm quite enjoying writing and posting lifestyle and beauty posts. 

The birthday girl and myself, clearly enjoying a good night 

 Hope everyone had a lovely June and has a lovely July!

@HanMcFly
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