The Bonnie Bonnie Banks...

Another week's flown by but last week I've been having fun! My family and I have been to Scotland for a few days. We have a lodge up there on the banks of Loch Lomond and we all go up there together every year. My little sister, P and I flew up on Wednesday to meet Mom and Dad who got there the Sunday before and Mr & Mrs P drove up from the Lake District where they were having a little break. We had such a great time, and the weather was amazing. It's ALWAYS freezing cold when we go, but this year we were so lucky and the sun shone on us!

The scenery is breathtaking and our Lodge looks out over the Loch which is so beautiful. We actually went out on a boat trip on it this year and it was so atmospheric with the mist and the 630feet of water below us! It's 5 miles wide at the widest point and that's how deep it is in the deepest part. The water is inky black and either as smooth as a mirror or as choppy as the sea depending on the wind.

The view from our Lodge:


On the boat out on the Loch:


We did our trip to Luss which is the most beautiful tiny Scottish village where we went to our favourite tea shop and had home made soup (I had celery) with HUGE chunks of bread, and Mat and Rachael had mega hot chocolates piled high with cream and marshmallows and managed not to be hyper from the sugar rush afterwards!

Rach and Mat with their Mega Cups:



We spent all our days walking, feeding the geese, eating and in my case reading! I managed to finish the most amazing book. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. I have the film on DVD but there's something about the book that is far more personal than the film and I was completely captivated by the romance of it all. It's made me want to visit Japan. If you're stuck for something to read, I highly recommend it. I couldn't put it down. (I got told off this morning by Mom who said I was very antisocial at some points!)


It took us 55 minutes to fly up and 6 hours to drive back! The scenery on the route back is amazing and we have to drive through the mountains which are so smooth and round, not like the craggyness you would expect.

So, in conclusion, what were we doing last week?

Sleeping...


Eating...


Walking...



Chilling...


Bonding...


And Playing...



I didn't want to come home...

Although... I came back to a fab piece on wedding fashion by a fashion designer who wrote about fashionable headwear for weddings. She featured my April fascinator, and you can read it here. Scroll to March 13th's post.

I'm back to making tiaras and fascinators this week along with shooting on Friday with my photographer friend James who is coming all the way from Prague to shoot my products! I can't wait!

N x