Yes, this is a bit old now, but I am back dating posts and trying to catchup with all the things I’ve done over the past couple of months.  One of which was the royal wedding.

Working at a rather unique school in Wimbledon and one that loves a good party, thats what we had.  We held a street party for all the children.  We had cakes, jelly, pies and of course champagne for the staff, but before all this could happen we had to sing the national anthem and wave at the helicopter flying over to take photographs.

In keeping with the royal theme I headed on into town to watch the wedding the day.

Then on the monday we decided a picnic in Windsor was a good idea.  I ‘d never been there before so we had our tour round the castle, by our very informative guide.  Whilst there I did hear the funniest thing, at George VI grave.  American tourist to friend: ‘Oh, so this is where Colin Firth is buried’ ha ha ha and they were being serious!

Can’t beat a bit of afternoon tea!

A four day weekend and a trip to Rye.  Our plan was to go to Hastings until a friend of mine Holly suggested Rye, knowing I would love it.  We stayed in Haydens B&B and it was lovely, big bed, sweet little onsuite (its amazing what you can get into the smallest of spaces).  On arrival we were greeted and offered complimentary tea and cakes on the terrace, the gluten free lemon cakes was lovely and my husband really enjoyed his coffee and walnut cake.  The next morning morning again on the sunny terrace we had breakfast.  They didn’t let us down, tea, cerael and scrambed eggs, veggie sausage and gluten free toast.  It was wonderful the way they cater for individual needs, soya milk gluten free, what more could I need.

Being the glorious day we couldn’t go to that area of the UK without a visit to Camber Sands.  Bikini clad I had a stroll along the beach and stopped off for a bit of sunbathing.

The next day we treked down to Dungeness, a photographers dream.  Its a strange area sandwiched inbetween the sea and Romley Marshes, it has a RSPB bird sanctuary and the most amazing bleak pebble and shingle beach all over looking by a massive nuclear power station.  Along the edge of the beach are a few beach shacks, which I believe date back to the 20s when it became a popular holiday destination for the nearby towns.

I enjoyed walking around, exploring and taking pictures and would lovely to go back in the future to taking photos of the sound mirrors at Denge.

It feels like a year since I posted on my blog, but wait it is.  I’d like to say I’ve been busy creating, making and generally being productive but sadly no, its just a blip.  I’m back now and plan to keep things upto date.

Spring is here and several trips to Kew Gardens were to had.  The plan was taking as many school years groups to Kew for some lovely observation drawing days.  We arrived only to find lovely sculpture by Tom Hare this was the best piece of luck the children throughly enjoyed it and I was thanked many times.