Bring on the long weekend!
Who doesn’t love a long weekend?! Knowing that there’ll be no panic of failed weekend productivity on Sunday evening means you can lay back and really enjoy the sunshine that little bit more. No Monday-istis for me! Yesterday I took the opportunity to wander around north Camden and pretty Primrose Hill in London because, shamefully, I hadn’t ever really done it. (Well, apart from this outfit post shot round the corner.)
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You know the deal, you work or live somewhere but you never make time to actually see its beauty, leaving all the fun to the tourists instead. Well, I’m making a little pact with myself to actively go and see more of my beautiful new home. Primrose Hill is ticked off (with lunch at the blissful Cow Shed spa) and I’ve now seen about 1/8th of Regents canal – I’m making progress everyone!
Next time I’d love to take a boat down the canal and experience London from the water. In the diary is the reopening of Camden Lock Live nights and next up on the blog will be a bumper post with my tips on how to maximise your mornings with a couple of London tips. See you there!
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![Remember, remember, the fifth of November. Bonfire, tractors and pork. (Well, that’s my version anyway). 🔥🧔🏻🧨🥁🍻🕯👩🏻🌾🚜🍂🌿🐖 Bonfire night is a big deal where I’m from, so each year I get on the train back to my village to join the villagers in their 160-year old celebrations. Here’s the deal:
1 - They prep months ahead. Doreen here goes around picking up everyone’s garden waste which the ‘bonfire boys’ then craft into the famous Christmas pudding-shaped heap. 🚜🍂🌿
2 - There’s the ‘guy’, a huge chicken wire and papier maché sculpture which gets paraded around the whole village flanked by a band and followed by hundreds of people carrying flaming torches. (See it in my story!) At the end he gets hoisted up to the top to see his fate and those who still have flames burning get to light the fire with their torches. 🔥🔥🧔🏻🔥🔥 3 - The fireworks are always fantastic and use the same technology as the London NYE ones.🧨
4 - My favourite new tradition is the hog roast. The village butchers spit roast a local pig all day then auction it off at night. It’s all about strategy and trying to get a cut for under £35. 🐖💪🏼 See it all in my story. Do you go to bonfire night? Do you have any crazy local traditions? [#bonfirenight#fireworksnight#fifthnovember#guyfalkes#weekendscollected]](http://scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/6be582cc4bf08e4b5dedc9f612a5ca76/5E66178B/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.180.1440.1440a/s640x640/73301845_523961781791234_3926435289017903775_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=102 "Remember, remember, the fifth of November. Bonfire, tractors and pork. (Well, that’s my version anyway). 🔥🧔🏻🧨🥁🍻🕯👩🏻🌾🚜🍂🌿🐖 Bonfire night is a big deal where I’m from, so each year I get on the train back to my village to join the villagers in their 160-year old celebrations. Here’s the deal:
1 - They prep months ahead. Doreen here goes around picking up everyone’s garden waste which the ‘bonfire boys’ then craft into the famous Christmas pudding-shaped heap. 🚜🍂🌿
2 - There’s the ‘guy’, a huge chicken wire and papier maché sculpture which gets paraded around the whole village flanked by a band and followed by hundreds of people carrying flaming torches. (See it in my story!) At the end he gets hoisted up to the top to see his fate and those who still have flames burning get to light the fire with their torches. 🔥🔥🧔🏻🔥🔥 3 - The fireworks are always fantastic and use the same technology as the London NYE ones.🧨
4 - My favourite new tradition is the hog roast. The village butchers spit roast a local pig all day then auction it off at night. It’s all about strategy and trying to get a cut for under £35. 🐖💪🏼 See it all in my story. Do you go to bonfire night? Do you have any crazy local traditions? [#bonfirenight#fireworksnight#fifthnovember#guyfalkes#weekendscollected]")
![In the same camp as going to the gym at 7am 🏋🏻♀️ and doing a 10-step skin care routine before breakfast, I am not a ‘pre-work’ person. 🙅🏻♀️ Never understood it. More energy? How about sleeping? 😴 I am the girl who does her make up on the tube and wakes up 15 mins before she leaves the house. 💁🏻♀️ It’s safe to say I have never shot an Instagram post before pulling out my Boden pass. But this morning, @sarahlouisebrand got me up, out, snapping and posing before my first cuppa. Somehow I’m still awake at 8pm and I do feel a sense of achievement 💪🏼. I might not be doing this every Wednesday (soz Sarah), but maybe I’ll set my alarm 15 mins early tomorrow... ⏰ [#Bodenbyme#stschecks#stsspots#powersuit#discoverunder20k#gramminginlondon#upandautumn#lifelivedbeautifully#currentlywearing#womenwithstyle]](http://scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/78cabc381a81d7638643451f3e419920/5E66978C/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.179.1440.1440a/s640x640/73201510_3035153126513928_7449786390245986761_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=100 "In the same camp as going to the gym at 7am 🏋🏻♀️ and doing a 10-step skin care routine before breakfast, I am not a ‘pre-work’ person. 🙅🏻♀️ Never understood it. More energy? How about sleeping? 😴 I am the girl who does her make up on the tube and wakes up 15 mins before she leaves the house. 💁🏻♀️ It’s safe to say I have never shot an Instagram post before pulling out my Boden pass. But this morning, @sarahlouisebrand got me up, out, snapping and posing before my first cuppa. Somehow I’m still awake at 8pm and I do feel a sense of achievement 💪🏼. I might not be doing this every Wednesday (soz Sarah), but maybe I’ll set my alarm 15 mins early tomorrow... ⏰ [#Bodenbyme#stschecks#stsspots#powersuit#discoverunder20k#gramminginlondon#upandautumn#lifelivedbeautifully#currentlywearing#womenwithstyle]")
![Up until this Sunday I was close to unfollowing anyone on my feed who pronounced that October was their favourite month or that they ‘couldn’t wait for this time of year’. 🤯🤬 Quite frankly, it was crap. When I took this photo, I was literally living in a cloud. ☁️☁️☁️ If I wasn’t in a colourful office all day I literally don’t think I’d be able to so much as make myself a cup of tea in this depressing climate. But then that crisp sunny Sunday came around and I thought that I might at least be able to tolerate it. 😒 If I make a special effort to keep the colourful styling up, I might just make it through! If you’re an Autumn lover, please can you help me enjoy this time of year? 🍂🍁 [Look shot for @britstitchuk but I liked it so I posted it 💁🏻♀️ #upandautumn#stscolourblocking#stsspots]](http://scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/0e17c81ca2c905ce4cb7fd04c5c0735b/5E8C9C15/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.179.1440.1440a/s640x640/71555196_176422713481079_5927395549415788229_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=111 "Up until this Sunday I was close to unfollowing anyone on my feed who pronounced that October was their favourite month or that they ‘couldn’t wait for this time of year’. 🤯🤬 Quite frankly, it was crap. When I took this photo, I was literally living in a cloud. ☁️☁️☁️ If I wasn’t in a colourful office all day I literally don’t think I’d be able to so much as make myself a cup of tea in this depressing climate. But then that crisp sunny Sunday came around and I thought that I might at least be able to tolerate it. 😒 If I make a special effort to keep the colourful styling up, I might just make it through! If you’re an Autumn lover, please can you help me enjoy this time of year? 🍂🍁 [Look shot for @britstitchuk but I liked it so I posted it 💁🏻♀️ #upandautumn#stscolourblocking#stsspots]")
![🎞 Shawn the sheep, here I come! 🐑 (it was blaaaaa-ddy brilliant FYI 🚀) Anyone else a massive sucker for ‘kids films’? Give me a Friday night in and I will classically answer my boyfriends question of what I want to watch with ‘an animated comedy?’ I.e something easy on my brain with bright colours... 😅 Next on my list? Frozen 2 and Onward🦄 OH, and I discovered last night that I’ve still never seen Milan 🤦🏻♀️ Any other recommendations for my simple mind? [#everyman#muswellhill#howihue#stsflorals#weekendscollected]](http://scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/0fec4f9a103db0b64c32dc44daea3d77/5E4C7ADA/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.179.1440.1440a/s640x640/75491393_162093114857122_3630823834362028649_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=110 "🎞 Shawn the sheep, here I come! 🐑 (it was blaaaaa-ddy brilliant FYI 🚀) Anyone else a massive sucker for ‘kids films’? Give me a Friday night in and I will classically answer my boyfriends question of what I want to watch with ‘an animated comedy?’ I.e something easy on my brain with bright colours... 😅 Next on my list? Frozen 2 and Onward🦄 OH, and I discovered last night that I’ve still never seen Milan 🤦🏻♀️ Any other recommendations for my simple mind? [#everyman#muswellhill#howihue#stsflorals#weekendscollected]")
![Yes, that’s an Yves Saint Laurent poster in my bag 😏 You can’t go to the museum without picking up one of Yves’ prints, it’s the rules. I remember going 6 years ago and fell completely in love with his colourful collages (which he made annually to wish his friends a happy New Year). I never managed to get my hands on my own one though. This time, 1984 is coming home with me! 🖼 [#visitmarrakech#colorlikecovey#marrakech#exploremore#stsbrights]](http://scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/2343eaff520a6bc404b66c30e0a86f5d/5E5A59BD/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.180.1440.1440a/s640x640/71530416_175099910336530_4704810264684763804_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=110 "Yes, that’s an Yves Saint Laurent poster in my bag 😏 You can’t go to the museum without picking up one of Yves’ prints, it’s the rules. I remember going 6 years ago and fell completely in love with his colourful collages (which he made annually to wish his friends a happy New Year). I never managed to get my hands on my own one though. This time, 1984 is coming home with me! 🖼 [#visitmarrakech#colorlikecovey#marrakech#exploremore#stsbrights]")
![[gifted items] I suck at holidays. 📒 I spent more time snapping content than reading the content in this damn book. I didn’t do too badly on this trip though. Miraculously I managed to spend a whole half day by the pool! 💦 (Granted there was some Pilates and a massage happened) but otherwise, nada! Anyone find it real tricky to actually do that relaxing thing? 🙅🏻♀️
In other news, this cossie is part of @boden_clothing (the brand I work for) new sustainable swimwear capsule. 👙 I’m really chuffed to see this range grow next year as their swimwear is really high quality and even better when made with recycled plastic. [#liveconsciously#sustainablefashion#consciousfashion#stscolourblocking]](http://scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/16b8df7370ce5324a3ec06202482e558/5E55E87F/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.180.1440.1440a/s640x640/73387355_404286310244100_3152829131669429200_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=100 "[gifted items] I suck at holidays. 📒 I spent more time snapping content than reading the content in this damn book. I didn’t do too badly on this trip though. Miraculously I managed to spend a whole half day by the pool! 💦 (Granted there was some Pilates and a massage happened) but otherwise, nada! Anyone find it real tricky to actually do that relaxing thing? 🙅🏻♀️
In other news, this cossie is part of @boden_clothing (the brand I work for) new sustainable swimwear capsule. 👙 I’m really chuffed to see this range grow next year as their swimwear is really high quality and even better when made with recycled plastic. [#liveconsciously#sustainablefashion#consciousfashion#stscolourblocking]")
I really love your photos. Keep it up, I enjoy reading a fellow North Londoner 🙂
May
Red Velvet London
I do the same thing on Sundays on my Island Curacao! 😀 It’s fun to stand still and enjoy the beauty of your own home that you usually don’t pay attention to, because of school or work.
So it’s so nice to here that you’re also doing it.
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Such lovely pictures, really gets me in the mood for summer!
Love x
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Love these pictures! Regent’s Park is one of my favourite areas for summer walks – shame the weather wasn’t quite up to it today! x
I love the pictures <3 <3 <3
I love that area…I’d love to live their….but I’m a bit priced out as a single girl..;(( Enjoy your weekend. x
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