Ad | I am so pleased we had all that rain the last week.... 🌧 I know at the time it was dull, cold (literally -2 here 🥶) and everyone wanted the sun to come, but look outside now! It's flowers galore, sunshine ☀️ and my paper white arms are out whilst I sit here in the sun flicking through my butterfly 🦋 book I inherited from my lovely Grandma. (there are so many cabbage whites flying about my garden its wonderful)! I LOVE this time of year...Thank you Easter 🐣 weekend! .
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Since Easter is fast approaching, I have been uming and arring about what to get my friends and family, as I wanted to try something a little different for a change. The other day in when I was out garden shopping with my Mum, she was saying just how much she would love some chocolate hot cross buns and it got me thinking could I find her something like this in a week? Well it turns out I could! Thanks to a new limited edition selection of chocolates from @divinechocolateuk 🍫 there is now a Smooth Milk with Raisins & Spice Hot Cross Bun flavour and I am SO excited! I am a huge fan of @divinechocolateuk since they have an entirely wonderful vegan selection and work ethically! The whole company is fair trade and supports the Kuala Kokoo coca co-op which is empowering impoverished women in Ghana, giving them an opportunity to improve their lives, which is amazing - so I was of course going to say yes when offered the opportunity to promote them. With Easter fast approaching, try to think outside the box and go for something that is ethically sourced and recyclable too - thats what I am doing and that is why I am so pleased to have found this amazing flavour! Thanks @divinechocolateuk ❤️
Hi insta friends 🙌! Been a while hasn’t it? I’ve moved into literally the cutest cottage (covered in wisteria) with Jon in the middle of Oxfordshire countryside, so had no internet (unless I went out 😅) for almost two weeks! I didn’t even cave buy more data - I just accepted defeat and survived 🙈. Isn’t that really sad, we nowadays cannot live without WiFi or data (or at least struggle)! .
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Lucky for me I have friends nearby, loads of countryside and a car so I can explore as much as I want and went to this stunning place with @smish.motley shortly after moving. .
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The one thing I’ve learnt about living in the countryside like this, is people aren’t horrible 😂. On moving in we received flowers, cards, knocks on the door welcoming us and everyone knows who we are 🙈.
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Anyway, let’s all just appreciate that view and how crazy spectacular the UK is! X
Hey Instagram Friends 🥰! How beautiful was the spring weather today? .
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Jon and I had the day off since we’ve been moving houses and decided to spend today in Oxford. We had a lovely walk around going in a few shops, having lunch in the @vaultsandgardencafe, sipping bubble tea from @cobabubbletea and rummaging round many of the cities incredible book shops like @scriptumoxford and @blackwellsoxford (of course we got some 📚).
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Since moving back to Oxfordshire, I hadn’t visited the top view point in all of Oxford - St Mary’s Church! So, after lunch (possibly a mistake on my part being so full from soup and bread 🙈🤣) we walked up the 127 steps to the highest view point in the city! .
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I love Oxford and I just LOVE the United Kingdom. I know a few people who’ve moved countries / moan all the time, but just LOOK at that view! We are so lucky to live in a beautiful, romantic and historical country with such a rich and vibrant heritage! Whilst I’m not at all bashing moving abroad (as I’d love to live in Scandinavia), I do know how lucky I am to live here 🥰. Even Jon who’s travelled the world says this to me regularly 🙈. Yesterday he was just saying how unique our countryside and cities are, you can pick them out of a line up almost every time ❤️.
