Brighton Day Trip!
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I'm one who always fantasises about being spontaneous, about not having a care in the world and seizing something in the moment, yet I have rarely acted on these whimsical thoughts of mine. However, the other week I was left surprised and smiling as I set out on a little spur-of-the-moment trip with two of my greatest friends.
I had never been to Brighton, in fact it's one of the very few places I've now actually been to within the UK! I'd heard nothing but good things about it, and had seen it star in a few movies where it looked very welcoming indeed, so my friends and I decided to give it a whirl. It was the day after I attended Digifest (my ears are still recovering), that me and my friends got up nice, bright and early to face our day of salty air and pebbled beaches!
It took us about 2 hours to drive there, and despite it being a long trip, there's something to say for traveling with friends. The time flew by as we chatted and giggled the whole journey there! As it turns out, we'd picked the perfect day to go. Amongst the welcoming signs were notices letting us know that the Brighton Food Festival was happening! How perfect is that? Unfortunately for us, however, we couldn't find where exactly it was being held. We walked around for quite some time to no avail! I do regret that we couldn't find it, but I guess I'll just have to go back again this time next year… what a shame...
When we arrived, my heart instantly grew fond of the place. After growing up in Australia, I'm one for being near the beach and after my year-long dry spell from living in London, my heart fluttered from the oh-so-familiar sight and I felt instantly at home. The sound of the gulls also brought a twinkle to my eye, I hadn't heard such bird calls since I'd moved away!
The pebbled shore was such a wonder to me, and let me tell you, it looked gorgeous. We were lucky the weather was nice to us; the sun was shining and the breeze only the slightest bit nippy. We wandered up to the pier and explored what it had to offer. To me, it felt like a step back in time. There were cute little food stores selling anything your heart could desire, from giant swirly rainbow lollipops to crisp fish and chips. It was very hard to say no!
While the birds may have brought some comfort to me, it was left a little bitter-sweet after I got pooped on by one particular suspect as we were exploring. Luckily it missed all of my hair and landed right splat on my shoulder on my coat! I didn't let this damper my spirits though, I ploughed on and continued to enjoy all that Brighton had to offer… sans my dignity.
We went on to discover this amazing palace-looking place, which we later found out is known as the Royal Pavilion. It was stunning! We had a nice little photoshoot in front of it, and even had a stranger try and capture a jumping photo of us. Although, these jumping photos will never grace the view of the public eye, as aforementioned in earlier blog posts, I really am not the most graceful person to walk this earth. Believe me, I'm doing both of us a favour by keeping them in the dark!
We continued our wandering and stopped for a bit of a nibble, followed by a quick stop to the car to recharge our phones and then we finished off our day by chilling out on the beach. It was lovely! This trip took place amongst all of our uni work as we were a mere few weeks away from the end of the semester, so it was so nice to just lie down and not worry about anything for a while. I would say it was one of the first times I'd properly been able to just sit and relax since I'd first come to London! Even over Christmas during our last holidays there was no rest for me as I tried to hunt down a place to live, so lying on this pebbled beach with my friends was a little chunk of heaven.
[Special guest - 1/4 of my first ever CapriSun]
Just as we were leaving, we decided to have a quick look through The Lanes, which I loved! The narrow alleyways, the cute dainty shops (including some delightful high end brands that I lustfully drooled over), the colourful bunting hanging between the buildings - ohh, it was love at first sight! We saw a deal advertised on the side of one little shop for cupcakes, so naturally we went in and enjoyed our treats. Then, it really was home time as the sun was well and truly on the way down, and we still had a long drive ahead of us.
Brighton is definitely a place I'd love to visit again, especially because I feel as though there's so much more to explore! Where was this mysterious food festival being held?! Although, next time I think I'll bring a protective plastic sheet or an umbrella to save everyone the glorious vision of me trying to vigorously scrub out bird poop in a restaurant restroom with toilet paper.
I was also very proud of myself, because I remembered to vlog the day!
Have you ever been to Brighton before? Are you a fan of spontaneity, if so, is it something that you do often? Or, like me, is it something you wish you did more?
Happy Saturday :)
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