Weymouth and Portland weekend away.

So if you read my last post you will know that I had planned a short weekend away to Weymouth for me and my other half.  If not, you can read that here.

So we drove down Saturday lunchtime and went straight into town and checked out the shops.  We had a dinner reservation at The Dining Room for 7pm so had to nip back to our B&B to get tarted up!  I was very pleased with this B&Bs location as it was only a 10 minute walk to the sea front.  We both ordered a steak and a glass of wine for dinner and our food was of excellent taste and would fully recommend this restaurant.  The whole meal cost me around £52.  We were very tired on Saturday night as we were also house viewing before we left Wiltshire in the morning so turned in for an early night.

Sunday we went back in to Weymouth and walked along the harbor, sat by Fort Nothe and of course had fish and chips for lunch!  For the rest of our stay we went over to Portland - Chesil Beach and Portland Bill.  I loved walking around this area, climbing on the rocks and seeing the lighthouse but also for the nice drive - being a passenger I get to take in all the scenery.

The weather stayed pretty much perfect whilst we were there - strong sunshine, no rain but with a slight wind on the seafront.  We had a really good time and are looking forward to going back in the summer time.  Here are a few pics from our time - I wish I had taken more now. ^^

 

Valentines? To do or not to do? - That is the question.

So it's February already.  February 10th in fact and the last time I blogged on here was January 28th, and although I didn't give myself a set schedule to post, I realise that this is a long time.  However I have had some personal stuff going on which resulted in me rushing back to where my family lives, in which time I didn't feel up to do anything else.  Don't worry, everything is now good again and I am back home and carrying on with life.

February 10th means that in 4 days it will be February 14th, in other words Valentines day.  To be honest I am not really bothered by this as it mainly just seems like a marketing scheme that is making people part with more of their cash.  I do however like to at least do something special on this day, rather than buying "cutesy" presents, etc.  My other half is pretty much dead against it and doesn't believe there should be a special day to celebrate the love you have for each other.  Instead he likes to think he shows me everyday how much he loves and cares - and to be honest he does, and he is right.

I did plan something for us though and that is to go down to Weymouth (weather permitting - flooding is terrible still here in UK) and go to quite a fancy restaurant and stay in a traditional seaside B&B.  He is surprisingly looking forward to it but it is also a nice excuse to get away and relax for the weekend.  I will take some photographs whilst there so you can all see what we got up to.  Also please cross your fingers with me that the weather holds up!

Seriously, come on, we need a hot summer now after all this rain..