Carry on Camping - final instalment

I believe we left the last camping post with the tomfoolery of the Saturday night BBQ, so today we continue and finally leave our weekend with the Sunday walk in to West Bay. I have to say it's not my most favourite of places but when you are with good people and the sun is shining good times are still to be had (plus I loved Broadchurch - if you haven't seen it why not??? - which was filmed in the small town so it's gone slightly up in my estimation!). The coastal path ran from our campsite in to West Bay so we strolled down after packing up the tents, skimmed stones on the beach, had an enormous fry up at the greasy spoon and played in the park for a bit. Sunday heaven...

What are your favourite things to do on a Sunday?

Photo credit: G.Atwell/J.Taylor/H.Workman

Carry on Camping - part 2

So it was my birthday this weekend (happy day to moi) and it was lovely to spend it in the sunshine, however as I had a market to work on Sunday and a few of my besties were away the celebrations are actually being postponed until next weekend, therefore I am going to save that post for another day and today bring you part two of the camping trip of last weekend.

Where did we leave it last time? Ah that's right, a little beer had been consumed and the camera had come out! Well here is the fun and games in action, you may feel you needed to be there to appreciate it but I can honestly say we were all having a lot of laughs being like kids (actually more silly than the kids).

We started by having a little photo shoot which rapidly turned into an exercise in hill rolling (so not a good idea whilst having BBQ food and booze!) and uncontrollable belly laughs.

We then realised the potential of the ridge in the land and the power the optical illusion, some of the pics are a bit gross and juvenile but that's boys for you, ha!

When we ran out of ideas for 'borrower' photo's we had a little dance and chilled out for the rest of the evening before spending a final night sleeping under canvas... 

Our last day in West Bay will follow another day. Have a good Monday lovelies xx

Photo credit: G.Atwell/J.Taylor/H.Workman

Carry On Camping part 1

Hello lovelies, my what a tiring but amazing weekend I have had, I really don't think I stopped laughing the entire time! It started on a high note as I had some exciting orders come through on Thursday (I love wedding orders, they are so special to make for), so when Friday came and I was all packed up for my trip to the Jurassic Coast nothing was going to dampen my spirits.

My band of wenches and I set off with our tents and tin mugs and headed on down to Eype in Dorset where we set up camp for two nights, this is the first time we had been camping together and certainly the first trip for the three kiddos that were with us. We prayed for good weather and were rewarded with a bright and sunny weekend, although it was pretty cold on the cliff top once the sun went down!

After setting up we just kicked back with our cups of tea enjoying the spectacular views of West Bay and Lyme Regis and letting the little 'uns play. We decided to stay on site at Highlands End Holiday Park for the rest of the day and ate in the pub that was on the park. The facilities were pretty good and we have said that we would all go back to stay again.

On Saturday we woke up early (I didn't actually sleep so great as I was so cold that night, I forgot my bedsocks and extra blanket!) to brilliant sunshine and after hot showers and tea we headed in to Lyme Regis for the day. I love Lyme as it still has some proper old fashioned seaside charm, I also love the history it has as a hot spot for fossil hunters. They still mark the birthday of Mary Anning, the girl who discovered dinosaur bones in the 19th century but wasn't given recognition at the time due to her sex and status.

We pretty much spent the day on the beach, paddling in the water, building sandcastles and eating ice cream before wandering back to the car and stocking up for a bbq on route. We returned to the campsite for our feast of hot dogs and burgers and after a beer or three the silliness began and the camera came out. The results of this I will share with you another day...

Photo credits: G.Atwell/J.Taylor/H.Workman/S.Harris