Dog Modelling - Dorset #12

Hello friends! Welcome to the twelth post of my Dorset mini-series! Get ready for a fortnight of pictures and posts in which I will attempt to do my summer holiday justice. Here's hoping that the holiday will be good, I'll remember to post every day, and that the cottage we're staying at has wifi (fingers crossed). Thank you for deciding to join me on this little adventure - I can't tell you how much this means to me!

Today the weather was supposed to be good, and we'd decided to head back to Lyme Regis (I know, I know, for the third time - but we really loved it there, okay?) for the day, and then revisit the Hive Beach Cafe for dinner.

We arrived at Lyme Regis at about lunchtime, and set about making a little camp for ourselves on the sandiest part of the beach there, so that Dusty could lie down in comfort. We sandwiched ourselves between two boats, which served as a nice little wind-breaker.

One of the boats we used as a wall...

We spent an hour or so lounging around on our picnic blanket at the beach, relaxing, sleeping, talking. It sounds so cheesy but being by the sea, feeling the wind in my hair and spending time with the people I love makes me feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I had a good long cuddle with Dusty and she did me the honour of posing for some beautiful pictures for my blog post (she's such an attention seeker!).

My brother and I then walked up to the promenade at Lyme Regis to fetch some fish and chips for lunch, which we ate back at the beach out of cardboard boxes. It was delicious.

What followed was an afternoon of further relaxation, broken up only by a short walk down the the sea with Dusty (she was surprisingly good - usually she doesn't like walking on stones at the beach and she's not a massive fan of getting her feet wet, either) and a trip to the ice cream van, where I paid for a round of cones (I had Lemon Meringue flavour - I'm drooling just thinking about it).

After cones had been enjoyed, my brother surprised me with a slushie (bless him) and we walked down to the Cobb at Lyme Regis (I think that's what it's called?) where I got some nice pictures of the amazing views there.

We then headed back to the car and began the journey back to Burton and Bradstock for the Hive Beach Cafe (by this point it was about five o'clock, and it takes an hour at least to get to the cafe). We arrived at the beach and Dusty had her packed tea (aww), and then we got seats at the restaurant, where I ate fresh sea bream overlooking the sea as the sun went down. It was bliss.

We decided to take a little wander down to the beach after stuffing ourselves with fish and coffee (not together, eww) and I got some lovely pictures of the sun setting and the cafe.

The beach at Burton and Bradstock.

The Hive Beach Cafe in all its glory!

My postcard-worthy picture which I am so proud of... Is that sad?

I think that's about it for today - apologies for the short-ish post, but I think I made up for it with the sheer volume of pictures included today (I hope?). See y'all tomorrow for another instalment of my Dorset holiday!

Olivia x

Check back tomorrow for Dorset #13!