To enjoy the totally astonishing weather we had the first weekend in October, the new man in my life suggested we make the most of it. I had been partying hard both Friday and Saturday nights, and after a lie-in, he suggested we get out and enjoy this amazing weather. Now, if it wasn't for him, I am sure I could have stayed in bed all weekend and missed probably one of the best weekends I have had this year! And if you are reading this Ollie, thanks for getting my lazy ass out of bed and giving me back, or more to the point, making me remember my love for the world and nature!
Saturday 01/10/11
After waking early, and seeing the amazingly blue sky from my window, hearing the birds singing their amazing song, we decided a trip out for the afternoon in the van was in need. So we got ourselves ready, and were on the road before 1pm. We stopped off in Sainsbury's to get some picnic food, and we were Dartmoor bound. After a stop off in a local pub for a cheeky pint of an amazing pint of ale, we eventually settled at a fairly quiet spot in the middle of Dartmoor, by Hound Tor. Ollie reversed the van in, opened the back and we had an awesome, dreamlike view of the moor from the comfort of the back sofa of the van. We got the food out and lounged in the sun and ate olives, fresh crunchy bread, cheese, red onion chutney and marinated anchovies (pure and unadulterated heaven in my eyes). There were a few people around us, but mostly we could hear the rumble of the cattle grid as cars went across it, and the cows moo-ing around us. A few hours later and the sun began to set. Now, watching the sun set, in the middle of Dartmoor, laying in the arms of someone special is just, well darn frinking amazingly awesome if you ask me! It was one of those moments you wish could go on forever....an endless moment in time. But sadly, the sun set and we had to make our move back to Exeter for the next party we had planned. So off we went, amazingly happy after the afternoon we had spent, and in awe of the world around us.
Sunday 02/10/11
I awoke on Sunday morning, pounding in my head from too much excess from the end of summer dance rave the night before. Yet, I looked to my right, and saw a rather beautiful person beside me, slowly awakening from sleep. I was grabbed in an amazingly warm and embracing cuddle, and I smiled. A few hours of dozing later, and we were ready to hit the road again to enjoy the last day of summer sunshine and heat. We stopped to get the same food as the day before, and were off on the shorter journey to Haldon Forest Park, a short ride out of Exeter. It was super busy, with kids, cyclists, families and dogs, but we walked around the forest park, breathing in the fresh air and basking in the sun. We found a secret path through the middle of the pine forest, and the atmosphere was shockingly different. It was proper thick pine trees, so the air was dead and still, it was dark and had an eerie feel about it. But somehow magically beautiful. We stopped in the middle of the thickest part to have a cuddle and kiss, in the quiet, while the families and dogs rushed around the forest (Now if this was in a movie, the couple would share a tender kiss, the camera would zoom out, showing the forest in the middle and the people rushing around the outside). We carried on and reached the money shot, the amazing views over Exeter and the river (see photo below).
My amazingly perfect weekend ended, yet it was just super awesome. Getting out onto the world I love, in the arms of someone special, breathing in the air and seeing the world in it's most beautiful state.
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