giggly-cupcake: Holiday to Dorset

At around 12:15pm this afternoon I arrived back from a rather lovely holiday in Dorset :) Even though we take regular yearly trips to Dorset, this year was especially good!

On the 25th of July 2009 we left for a 7 day trip. When we got there, the weather was beautiful, however the rain and fog did set in on several days during the week. Lyme Regis was where we stayed, and the cottage looked over the sea which was very pretty!

On Saturday we browsed around Lyme Regis;

and in the evening there were pretty fireworks! :)

Sunday consisted of going to Thomas Hardy's birth place (such a cute little cottage!) and then off to Sherbourne Castle:

On Monday we went to Abotsbury gardens and walked up and stared at lots of sheep!

Tuesday we went to the Donkey Sanctuary. I love this place. Over different areas of Britain a very kind lady has set up sanctuaries for abandoned, abused or donkeys who's owners simply can not look after them any more. The place is lovely and the people are so kind:

The worst day for weather was on Wednesday so we took this as an opportunity to go shopping in Clarks village (a freeport) I got some LOVELY shoes! :)

Then we went to an old fashioned village known as Morwellham Quay, on Thursday. It is really good and has little shops all set up with sweets, books etc. The little school there is just adorable! :) I know this sounds weird... but I loved a wooden gate by the farm it was like I had stepped into an episode of 'Lark Rise to Candleford'! I also fell in love with a beautiful horse called Jack. He was a cart horse and so sweet! One of my favourite authors also writes her books based on the Devon area so I decided to get two more of her books that I hadn't read. To my surprise when I opened them I found that they had both been signed! I was very happy! :)

Because Lyme Regis is quite a drive from where we live in London, we decided to stay in Lyme Regis yesterday. It was really nice, we sat on the beach, went for a walk, had the best sandwiches ever! and then looked around some shops and ate Ice cream (Mint Choc Chip= My favourite :p)

On the very first day I had eyed a sweet little vintage shop in Lyme and was determined to buy something. When I got there yesterday I found a cute little 1950s dress. It does need some repairing but that shouldn't take much :) I love it!