The Soundtrack To My Life Tag!

Hey guys!

I was browsing YouTube the other day, and I stumbled across this tag I'm doing today, which was created by  

Zoe London and Lily Melrose. I love music tags, but I can never seem to find any that I enjoy that much. These questions really made me put a lot of thought into my answers, and I hope you enjoy it too - if you do, I tag you to do it too! All credit goes to Zoe and Lily for creating the tag, and I'll leave links to their videos/twitter down below - also, click their full names in this paragraph to visit their blogs!

Song you listen to when you're happy?

There are so many songs I love to listen to when I'm happy, but the main one at the moment is probably Rather Be by Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne, as it reminds me of good times with my best friend

Song you listen to when you're sad?

I usually start off wallowing in my own sadness for a while, aha, so if I feel sad I usually listen to Fireworks by You Me At Six or So Far Away by Avenged Sevenfold (that song and video gets me every time, haha) but if I want to cheer myself up I'll usually listen to Ready To Go (Get Me Out Of My Mind) by Panic! At The Disco.

What song will you have at your wedding?

I would love to have On The Arrow by AFI as the first dance at my wedding, but seeing as so many people I know don't even know who AFI are, I'll probably have to settle for something else. If I can't have AFI I'd quite like to have Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran.

What song do you dance around the house to?

The main song that makes me dance around the house is probably Too Shy To Scream by AFI, I love that song so much! Two runners up are Adalia by Madina Lake, and Shake It Off by Taylor Swift.

Song you play on your headphones when out and about?

I usually listen to a playlist on shuffle when I'm out and about, but if I had to choose one song in particular, I'd probably choose Silver and Cold by AFI, as it's my all time favourite song and I'd be lost without that song in my life. Either that, or Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day.

Song you listen to when you're angry?

This is a really hard one, as I used to feel angry a lot, especially when I was being bullied, but the main song that I used to listen to - and which actually made me feel a lot better - is Strength Through Wounding by AFI. The lyric "Through Our Bleeding, We Are One" made me feel a lot less alone (and it's shouted too, which helped with the anger) and it definitely got me through an awful lot in my life.

Song you'd have at your funeral?

This was a really hard one to think about, actually - I had to think about it a lot, but in the end I decided that I'd like to have either Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls, or Warmness On The Soul by Avenged Sevenfold - or both!

Song that makes you lose your shit at a party?

I don't really go to many parties, but when I did, pretty much every time someone would play Sorry You're Not A Winner by Enter Shikari and every single person would clap.

The last song you listened to?

As I'm writing this, I have my Spotify on shuffle, and the song that's currently on is Jude Law And A Semester Abroad by Brand New.

Your karaoke song?

Hmm, I don't really do karaoke, but the one time I can remember doing it, me and three of my friends decided to sing Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol, and at the end of it my best friend''s stepdad told me that I had a lovely voice, which was sweet.

What song do you work out/exercise to?

Well, I'm excessively lazy, haha, but if I had to choose something to exercise to, I'd choose something catchy and upbeat. Off the top of my head, I'm gonna go with Too Shy To Scream by AFI (yes, I've already mentioned that but I think it'd be good to exercise to) and My My My by Tides (a lovely band I know who are amazing)

Song with the most memories attached?

Hmm, as mentioned before, Strength Through Wounding by AFI has a lot of memories attached. The main song would be Fires by The Chase - a band I used to see far too much, before they split up, but they were a little known band so not a lot of people reading this will probably know who they are.

Song that makes you cry?

Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley. Not going into details, but it makes me cry. Also, if I'm seeing them live, for some reason Silver and Cold by AFI has made me cry every single time.

Song you hate the most?

I really really really don't like Ariana Grande (sorry guys) so anything by her. I also think Bang Bang is overplayed. Unpopular opinion, I also don't like One Direction or Justin Bieber.

Your favourite song of all time?

This was easy - Silver and Cold by AFI. I can't remember a time that I didn't love that song.

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Best Of 2014 // Songs I've Been Loving!

Hey guys!
Now that the year is drawing to a close, I thought that it would be a good time to reminisce about some of the things that have happened over the past year - events I've been to, some of the things I've done, and some of my favourite things about the past year as well, whether it's makeup I've loved, songs I've listened to endlessly, or anything in between!

This time, I'm going to choose some of the songs I've been loving the most this year - some of them are ones I heard at the end of last year, but most are from January onwards. I'll also include links to the videos below, in case you'd like to go and check them out too!

Rather Be - Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne.

I've loved this song ever since I heard it on a radio show for the first time, and it reminds me of my best friend because we both love it, and we've spent so much time together this year that it kind of became like our unofficial anthem, as such. It never fails to put a smile on my face!

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The Mother We Share - Chvrches

Again, I first heard this song on the radio, and I didn't like it the first couple of times but it really grew on me.I love the vocals, and the slight electronic twist.

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Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood

This song was played so much last winter, and again, I didn't like it at first but it slowly grew on me. I really like the chorus, and it's just a cute wintery song.

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Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran.

Pretty much my favourite song off X, this song is just pretty much perfect, and one of the first songs I go to when I want to relax. 

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Shake It Off - Taylor Swift

One of the best songs to energise you and make you want to get up and get things done! I've been listening to it a lot while I've been trying to sort out my room, and it really helps to put you in a good mindset!

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Somebody To You - The Vamps

To be honest, I prefer the version without Demi Lovato, but this song is adorable and gives me hope that I'll find someone lovely one day who will feel like that about me.

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Cold Night - You Me At Six

One of my all time favourite bands, and this is one of my favourite songs off Cavalier Youth - their newest album, which came out in January. The lyrics are adorable, and it's just an amazing song all round.

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Dirty Dancing - Room 94

I'm lucky enough to have known these boys for years now, and I couldn't be happier and prouder of all they're achieving now. They have a new album out next year, and this is one of the songs off it - I love Kieran's voice, and how addictive and catchy it is! I've been humming it a lot this year, and I hope you all love it too!

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Ready To Go (Get Me Out Of My Mind) - Panic! At The Disco
The ultimate catchy, feel good song, this has pretty much been on repeat constantly since the first time I heard it around the end of last year, and it never fails to pick me up when I'm feeling down. I can't imagine life without this song and the memories that are attached to it now.
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Still Into You - Paramore 
I really like Paramore, and when I first heard this song I fell in love with it pretty much instantly. I get bored of songs about love a lot, but this one is so cute and full of sincerity, and the lyrics are so cute that I don't think I'll ever grow sick of it.
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So, they're some of the songs that I've listened to most this year! What are some of your favourite songs from the past year?

The Christmas Tag!

 Hey guys!

It's nearly Christmas! I love this time of year so much, and all the tags I see online about it, so I decided that today I would do a Christmas tag that I saw a while back here! Enjoy!

1. What is your favourite Christmas movie/s?

I'm not a massive fan of Christmas movies on the whole, haha, but the two that I usually end up watching are ELF and Jingle All The Way!

2. Do you open your presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning?

Always on Christmas morning, I think it'd be really weird to open things on Christmas Eve! We usually open stockings first thing, then presents off my parents before we head off to see family and open the rest. The only thing we open on Christmas Eve is new pjs, that's always been a tradition for us!

3. Do you have a favourite Christmas memory?

I actually don't think I do! Most of my christmas days have been amazing, I don't think there's really one that I can particularly single out <3 I do have a least favourite one, though, and that was the year I had my tonsils out six days before Christmas, so I was feeling really out of it and couldn't eat. 

4. Favourite festive food?

Well, obviously turkey is amazing, but I also like white sauce and a little bit of Christmas pudding - I'm not a massive fan of it, but it's nice to have a bit and join in!

5. Favourite Christmas gift ?

Oh wow, I've had so many amazing christmas presents over the years that it's hard to choose just one, but one year I got an iPod Nano off my grandma, which was my first iPod so I was really excited and happy about that!

6. Favourite Christmas scent?

I love the smell of the christmas tree, and I also love burning christmas themed scented candles like Mulled Wine!

7. Do you have any Christmas Eve traditions?

Yes! My dad usually comes over so we can write our letters to Santa and burn them in the back garden, then we usually relax in front of the TV with a cheesy christmas film on and have dinner - sometimes someone will cook, like I did last year, and sometimes we'll order in a takeaway - then later on change into new pjs and head off to bed early!

8. What tops your tree?

When I was little, we used to alternate between a paper angel my brother made at school, and one that I made. Once those got too worn out and ruined, we started using a massive wire star instead.

9. As a kid what was the one (crazy, wild, extravagant) gift you always asked for but never received?

Like most little girls, I went thought a phase of really wanting either a pony or some other kind of pet, even though we had two cats growing up, and a tortoise, so probably that!

10. What's the best part about Christmas for you?

Getting to spend time with my family - every year, we go up to stay with my grandma and see my aunt and cousins, and that's been tradition for as long as I can remember. We usually eat too much, watch a film and generally just relax, and it's always lovely and I wouldn't change it for the world <3

Bullying // My Experience

Hey guys!

This week is anti-bullying week, so I've decided that my blog this week will talk a little bit about my various experiences with bullying - even though talking about it really pushes me way out of my comfort zone, and obviously makes me upset, but it's something that needs to be spoken about - and a couple of ways I tried to cope with it - obviously, the things I did will not work for everyone, but hopefully it will help you if you or someone you know is being bullied, and if it helps even one person, it's more than worth it.

As I've mentioned before in blog posts, I got bullied a lot in my life, both at primary school and secondary school. Sure, I was lucky enough to still have a few people on my side both times, which was a massive lifeline for me, but sadly, when I was at secondary school, most of my friends didn't go to my school, so I only really got to see them at weekends, even though I could obviously text them and chat to them online during the week. I also had a lot of support from my parents and family, especially in secondary school, so I had a good positive support network around me, even though a lot of the time I felt really lost and alone, like I had no one to talk to. I also blamed myself a lot, which looking back, was probably a really stupid thing to do, but at the time I genuinely believed that a lot of it was my fault.

When I was a child, I had one person in my class who did most of the bullying, then a lot of people who just sided with that one person. I also had an amazing best friend who helped me though a lot of it, but sadly she moved away when I was about 7 or 8, leaving me to struggle through another 3 years. I kind of made friends with a few other people during that time, luckily, but I still felt really alone. However, one thing I will say is that, in both instances of being bullied, once I told a teacher about it, things got so much worse - neither school I attended seemed to have any idea whatsoever about how to deal with bullying (especially the secondary school I was at, that was a truly horrific experience) but I would still recommend that you tell someone, as in the long run it will help - I was at school a while ago now, haha, so I'm sure their methods of dealing with bullying will have changed since I was there. The method my primary school teacher came up with was to stand me in front of my whole class - as a shy child, you can imagine I was thrilled with this, haha - and explain to them all that I was being bullied, and how it was making me feel - thankfully, she didn't make me name the culprit, but I'm pretty sure everyone knew who I was talking about anyway. Luckily, after that it seemed to pretty much stop, and I managed to make a few friends, so primary school actually ended on a high for me instead of a low.

Secondary school was initially fun for me, and remained that way up until year nine, when I turned 14. When I first started secondary school, I was still really shy and quiet, but luckily I made a good group of friends in my first year who really helped me come out of my shell, both in and out of school. During this time, I got into a lot of bands who I still love to this day - mainly AFI and Green Day - and started going out most weekends, dying my hair and generally being really happy and confident. However, towards the end of year 9, some of my best friends and I ended up falling out, and after that, school was unbearable for me as, sadly, it was my school friends I fell out with - even more unluckily for me, we all shared a group of friends, so I saw them at weekends too - luckily, though, the friendship group was pretty divided, so we didn't see each other as much as we could have.

A lot of things were said throughout this time - a lot of it online, said anonymously on various websites that have come under fire in the past for promoting anonymous bullying (in my case, formspring) and some also said by me- and a lot of things were done - this time, mainly to me, and not always at school (one thing that sticks out the most is walking past the group on my way to meet my friends, and being slammed up against a building and threatened) - till it got to the point where I was having really bad panic attacks every morning, and refused to go into school - in fact, at one stage I was getting dressed in my uniform and pretending to go to school, then just getting a bus into town and hanging round the shops and internet cafes until it was time to go home again (I probably would have got away with this for a lot longer if my head of year hadn't called home asking why I was never in school...oops)

My parents got called in for meetings, and so did I. In one meeting, they put me in a room with the people who were bullying me and they thought that would help sort it...in fact, it made it worse (which I always knew it would.) In another instance, they said they were referring me for counselling, which baffled me, and then when I arrived the counsellor proceeded to list off what was supposedly wrong with me, instead of asking me why I thought I was there, and then they wondered why I sat there angrily ignoring what they had to say for the rest of the session - maybe because I didn't appreciate being told it was my fault I was being bullied because I was "a loner who didn't try to fit in and make friends, and who has a history of self harm". (Just to clarify, none of the above was true. I had some other people at school who I hung out with instead, and I didn't self harm, so I have no idea where any of that "information" about me came from)

So, in the end, after a lot of meetings that went nowhere, panic attacks and a LOT of stress that could have been avoided, I ended up dropping out of school, only going back in to sit my GCSE exams.

So, some of the main points I want to make are -

1. Tell someone if you're being bullied. Not every school will be as useless as mine were, and when I told my parents, I thought they'd be annoyed at me, but luckily they were really understanding and supportive, and were there with me every step of the way. There are also a lot of organisations you can call if you'd prefer, such as Childline.

2. If you're being bullied online or via text, make sure you keep a record of what's happening - take a lot of screenshots, etc - and never respond. If you ignore it, hopefully they'll get bored if there's no retaliation, and will stop. If it gets really bad, however, go to someone you trust, or even the police, and take all your evidence with you. Also, try and avoid sites where you can ask things anonymously , or if you do join up to one, disable the option for people to ask things anonymously.

3. It didn't help me, personally, but counselling or speaking to someone may help you. For me, what worked best was writing down how I was feeling, and speaking to my parents about it. Bottling everything up inside is dangerous.

So, there you have it. If you, or anyone you know, are getting bullied, speak out now, before it gets worse. I know it's scary, and I know you may feel like a tattletale, but it's better to get it out in the open than to keep it bottled up inside, and feeling like it's all your fault.

I really hope this helps! Also, please feel free to message me if you feel like you'd like to talk to someone who's been through it all - I know what it's like to feel alone and like you have no one to turn to. (sunsetsanddragonflies@gmail.com)

xo

The Sweater Weather Tag!

Hey guys! 

I'm sorry I've been neglecting this blog so much recently - in all honesty, I've had really bad writer's block recently, and haven't even been thinking of that many ideas for my blog over at Birds, let alone for this one! There's been a few things that happened recently that I'll porbbaly be blogging about soon, and maybe another tag or two, but for now, this is the Sweater Weather tag, as we're well and truly into autumn now and I love it!

Sorry again, but I hope you enjoy!

1. Favorite candle scent?

At the moment, I'm loving the Fireside Treats candle from Yankee Candle, and the Black Raspberry and Vanilla one from Flamingo Candles. I need more seasonal candles though, I'm running out!

2. Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate?

Most of the time, I'd definitely go for tea, but at this time of year I really like hot chocolate, especially peppermint hot chocolate <3 I also really liked the salted caramel hot chocolate from Starbucks last year, it was so good (in small doses though, it's so sickly if you have larger than a small!)

3. What's the best fall memory you have?

I like everything about it, but the thing that really sticks out for me is the massive bonfire that my dad does at his every year, when we have dinner and fireworks, and bake potatoes/roast marshmallows in the ashes of the bonfire afterwards <3

4. Which makeup trend do you prefer: dark lips or winged eyeliner?

I personally hate having anything on my lips, so I'm going to go for winged eyeliner, although I do that all year round and not just in fall!

5. Best fragrance for fall?

I have to admit, I'm not the best person for having lots of different fragrances, but the thing I use the most around this time of year is the vanilla body spray from Boots - I know it's not perfume, but it smells so good and I love keeping a bottle in my bag so if I feel sad, I can just spritz myself with vanilla! (it's definitely one of my happy smells)

6. Favorite Thanksgiving food?

We don't celebrate Thanksgiving here in the UK, so I'm going to have to pass this one!

7. What is autumn weather like where you live?

Grey, cold and drizzly, mainly, but sometimes when it's crisp and dry it's really nice to go out for a walk.

8. Most worn sweater?

This year, it's probably the oversized navy one I bought at Matalan a while back - it's so snuggly and cozy! So I'd say either that, or my oversized cream one which I just knock around the house in.

9. Must-have nail polish this fall?

I recently got a really pretty shade in my Birchbox - A Grape Affair! by OPI - which is a really beautiful dark purple, and I'm really excited to try that out because I love OPI polishes, and I've wanted a nice deep purple for a while!

10. Football games or jumping in leaf piles?

I'm not sporty or athletic in the least, so I'm going to say jumping in leaf piles because it brings back a lot of cute childhood memories for me <3

11. Skinny jeans or leggings?

Always leggings. I don't think I've worn jeans in years...literally years...

12. Combat boots or Uggs?

Combat boots, definitely! I personally don't really like the look of Ugg boots that much.

13. Is pumpkin spice worth the hype?

I've never actually tried anything pumpkin spice - yet - so I can't really answer this, but it sounds like it might be pretty nice so we shall see!

14. Favorite fall TV show?

I don't really have one, to be honest! I watch TV shows year round and there's not really any that I associate with any time of the year.

15. What song really gets you into the fall spirit?

Umm, there's probably more, but off the top of my head either Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood (rather apt, considering the name of this tag!) or Fallen Leaves - Billy Talent

My French Adventure!

Hey guys!
Sorry I've not blogged in ages - I wasn't at home for the first half of September, and I've also had really bad writer's block as well, but I should be back now!

I also want to mention in advance that there will be a lot of photos included in this post, and all of them are taken by myself. 

As you may already know, part of the time I was away was when I went to stay at my aunt's house in France for 5 days - I hadn't been abroad in around eight or nine years, so I was massively excited to have some time away!

I was staying with family for a while before and after the holiday, which was lovely - I hadn't seen them in ages, so it was nice to catch up with them and chill for a few days! I barely slept the night before our flight, though, I was too excited and I just couldn't sleep anyway, haha!

Me and my aunt flew out from Stanstead early on Thursday morning – I do believe our flight was at around 7.15am – and I was excited yet nervous, as I hadn’t been abroad for around 8 or 9 years and I knew that I used to feel really sick when flying. However, all my worrying was for nothing, as I was fine for the whole flight, and even managed to eat something and flick through the Ryanair magazine without feeling nauseous! When we landed, it was blazing sunshine and so hot, worlds away from the mist and coldness in the UK that morning! We sorted out our hire car, and we were off – first stop was to have lunch with some friends of my aunt’s, who she’s known for years, and who I’d met years before, and it was a lovely afternoon. My aunt also had to sort out some things about her house, so we spent that afternoon and the next morning trying to sort things out so we could enjoy the rest of the holiday. I didn’t go with them the first afternoon, however, as the lack of sleep from the previous night and the heat made me sleepy, so I ended up falling asleep, oops. After we left their house, we popped to the supermarket to get some essentials, then headed back to the house and pretty much just had a lazy night in, and an early night, as we were shattered after not sleeping the night before and the heat and everything.

The next day, as I briefly mentioned above, was spent trying to sort out some things. After everything was pretty much sorted - which wasn't until mid afternoon, but once everything was sorted we took a walk around the small village where my aunt’s house is (which is where we were staying) and I took some photos, then we headed to a pretty stream which is about a ten minute walk down a pretty tree-lined path, and where me and my brother used to go paddling and catching small fish when we were younger and used to holiday there every summer. There was a shaded picnic table there, so we sat with an ice cream each and let everyone back home know that we were okay - it was, surprisingly, one of the few places in and around the village where we could get signal (the main place for me being on the church steps, haha). Eventually, we took a slow stroll back – as we needed to go back to the village shop to get a few things, and the shops close at 7pm there – and decided to watch a film, so we watched The Notebook - up until then I hadn't seen it, but everyone I knew who had seen it raved about it. It was a beautiful film, but it was sadder than I was expecting it to be! We also decided to make up most of our picnic that night, as we were heading to the beach the next day and didn't want to spend loads of money going to a cafe or restaurant there!
Saturday was beach day, so we packed up the car with everything we needed the night before, and set off bright and early in the morning so we could spend the day. We popped to the shops there first, as my aunt needed flip flops and we both needed sun cream, then settled fairly near to the water’s edge, and unpacked everything (we had so much stuff – a blanket, body board, tent, umbrella and even more, haha) I am ridiculously pale, so I was hoping I'd manage to catch the sun a bit and get a hint of a tan at least...unfortunately, although I did catch the sun, I ended up catching it a bit too much, and burnt my back - oops. I went in the sea for a while – which was beautifully clear, so you could see the fish swimming around your legs and everything – but sadly, the waves weren’t big enough to go body boarding, which is what I really wanted to do. Once we'd had enough of the beach, we went back to the shops quickly, and I picked up a really cool lighter (I don’t smoke, but I light a lot of candles in my room, so I’m forever running out of lighters) and some postcards - one for my mum and one for my dad - before we decided to sit at a cafe on the seafront, sipping lemonade and watching the world go by. We also noticed that there are loads of dogs in France, we saw so many different breeds! We decided to stop off at McDonald's on the way home so we could use their free wifi and check in with people, which was nice. When we eventually got home, we decided to watch another film, so we watched 8 Mile - which was better than I was expecting it to be - before we got another early night, as we were both exhausted from the past few busy days.
For Sunday's adventure, we set off bright and early to go to the castle in Carcassonne - there’s loads of cool little shops and cafes within, which is really nice! I bought some postcards and a metal sign from a really cool little stop which sold loads of vintage inspired stuff – I could have stayed there all day and spent all of my money, haha, it was amazing! We also found a really nice restaurant to get some lunch at, and ended up getting a three course lunch! I had goats cheese salad, duck and chips, then chocolate mousse for dessert, and my aunt had sausage salad, duck and chips too, and she chose creme brulee for dessert. We spent some time wandering around and looking at the architecture as well - it's such a gorgeous castle. When we got home, I fell asleep again (all the early starts and the heat were making me really tired) and my aunt decided to go outside to soak up some more sunshine and read her book, as she really wanted to tan some more. Eventually, once I woke up again - rather reluctantly - we watched The Help (definitely a book I want to read soon!) and I started reading The Book Thief, as I’ve wanted to read it for ages but hadn’t got round to it yet.
Monday - our last full day, sad face - was reserved as a shopping day, so we hit all the various big retail shops. I won’t list everything I bought, as I don’t want to bore you all, but I got some stationery (of course) a Skelanimals bag and a thin studded jumper, which will be perfect both in the summer or layered up in the winter. The weather wasn’t as good that day – in fact, when we were at a supermarket complex thing after grabbing some lunch (I had paella, it was amazing but not quite as seafood filled as I’m used to back home) it started pouring with rain (to the extent the roof started leaking, eek) and there was loads of thunder and lightning. Luckily, by the time we left, it had stopped, and was getting sunny and bright again. We also popped back to McDonald's - there's quite a few of them around, haha - to check emails and stuff again. The film we decided to watch on Monday was 50 First Dates – which I really didn’t enjoy, for whatever reasons – before packing as much as we could before the next day, as it was our last night in France, hence why we packed so much into the days we were there.
Tuesday was the day we were coming back - boo - so once we’d dropped off some presents for my aunt’s friends and done a few last minute things that we needed to do, we took the hire car back to the place near the airport and waited around for our flight home – which, sadly, was rather packed in the end, even though we were told it was going to be a pretty empty flight. I was a bit worried about flying back, as on the way I’d taken some travel sickness tablets before the flight and I didn’t have any with me, but I was fine the whole way back, so fingers crossed that I’ve outgrown getting travel sick! It was bittersweet landing back in the UK - it was nice coming home and seeing everyone again, but I also really missed being in France, as it was lovely getting away from everything and being able to relax with no responsibilities! I really hope I can go back soon.

 Pretty mountain roadside path ^_^

 A tree that was struck by lightning!

 ....I don't even know, haha

 Selfie near the stream

Sunset over a pretty little town we saw on a drive :)

 Beach essentials!

 Pretty plants in the castle

 Beach selfie

 Part of the castle

 Iced tea in a can! (is this a normal thing because I'd never seen it before, haha)

 Stream just out of the village

 Really low hanging clouds after the thunderstorm

 Part of the castle

 Bonjour from the beach

 Bed of the stream

 French stamps - so much cooler than English ones!

 Some more of the castle!

 The beach ^_^ so pretty!

 Part of one of the vineyards

 Selfie on the beach

 I really liked the castle, it was so pretty!

 Pretty sunset over the mountains <3

 Tree lined path to the stream

 Iced tea in a small carton - also something I hadn't seen before

 Another shot of the beach

 Another path near the stream

 ....butter with chocolate chips in it. Would you try this? (we didn't, haha)

 Sunset again!

 A view of the mountains and some pretty scenery from the road in the village

 Final day selfie

Pretty fields and mountains near the village!

TAG // THE BRITISH TAG

Hey guys!

This is probably one of my favourite tags so far, as it mentions tea! (I love tea. A lot.)

As you can most likely tell, I did kind of panic on a few (okay, most) of the questions, but it was fun to do and it's all good anyway!

I tag all of you, enjoy!

1 - HOW MANY CUPS OF TEA DO YOU HAVE A DAY? HOW DO YOU TAKE IT?

I usually have between 2 and 5 cups of tea a day, and I like it milky with one sugar

2 - FAVOURITE PART OF YOUR ROAST?

Mmmm, probably either the meat or yorkshire pubbings!

3 - FAVOURITE DUNKING BISCUIT?

Oh God, ummm, probably rich tea or custard creams!

4  - FAVOURITE QUINTESSENTIALLY BRITISH PAST TIME?

I literally have no idea apart from my unhealthy obsession with tea...

5 - FAVOURITE WORD?

BLIMEY!

6 - DO YOU KNOW ANY COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG?

Not very much, but enough!

7 - FAVOURITE SWEET?

Cola bottles!

8 - WHAT WOULD YOUR PUB BE CALLED?

The Jolly Hockey Sticks

9 - NUMBER ONE BRITISH PERSON?

Probably a tie between The Queen, danisnotonfire and amazingphil

10 - FAVOURITE SHOP/RESTAURANT?

Shop - Paperchase

Restaurant - Ruby's fish and chips (shh, I tried)

11 - WHAT BRITISH SONG POPS INTO YOUR HEAD?

Patience by Take That, haha!

12 - MARMITE?

LOVE IT!