Taking Photos In A Toilet - Dorset #11

Hello friends! Welcome to the eleventh 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!

Rain, rain and more rain. This Dorset weather is starting to irritate me...

I woke up this morning to rain (obviously) and some very sad news, which I will touch upon briefly.

This morning I learned that the actor Robin Williams had died overnight from a supposed suicide. I was a massive fan of Robin; I loved him in Aladdin (of course) and Night At The Museum and all those other brilliant films he was in. He was a troubled man, though; he battled depression and addictions to alcohol and drugs for most of his life. I hope that he rests in peace, and finds contentment.

Anyway, onto happier things. Since the weather was complete rubbish and it didn't show signs of changing for the better anytime soon, it was decided that my brother and I would go swimming in the morning and then we would visit the town of Axminster in the afternoon (more on that in a bit).

We chose to visit Bridport's leisure centre for our swimming; we went there last year and really enjoyed it. Despite the horrible weather, the pool was really empty, apart from an elderly water aerobics class and some toddlers, so my brother and I practically had free run of the place. I adore swimming and being in the water, so for an hour and a half, I was in my happy place, swirling and splashing and diving and ducking and just enjoying the feel of the water on my body (that sounds a wee bit sexual, it's not, I promise).

After swimming we had a makeshift picnic in the car park (I'll not dwell on that as I don't think it will make for particularly interesting reading). We then headed to Axminster.

I promised an explanation as to why we wanted to go to Axminster, so here it is: in Axminster lies the River Cottage canteen and deli and my dad and I really wanted to visit there. If you've heard of the River Cottage, you'll know it's a cookery series on TV starring Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (phew, what a mouthful of a name!) and so we were excited to see what sort of fresh foods we could pick up at the deli there.

We arrived at the canteen and deli just after lunch and I managed to snap a quick picture of the place before we headed inside.

However, this canteen and deli was really rather disappointing. The place itself was mainly a canteen and not a deli; we had  expected rather the opposite, and since the canteen is no good to us with a dog, our stop was an in-and-out frenzy. The deli counter was tiny and didn't offer much choice. Deflation all round and I would not recommend this place for a visit as it rather put a dampner on our day. 

After this five minute venture, we were rather stuck as to what to do, so decided to head back home for some relaxation time. We at least had dinner at Uploders (see my Dorset post #4) to look forward to.

Uploders itself succeeded in brightening our day. We used the time at the pub whilst waiting for our food to discuss what we would do for the remaining days of our holiday, and when the food came it was delicious. I ordered rosemary and Parmesan arancini balls in a tomato, herb and garlic sauce and OH MY GOD it was divine. Arancini balls are basically rice balls coated in breadcrumbs, if you didn't know, a bit like risotto in a batter, and they were so good!

When in the toilet at the pub (ew, I know, too much information) I realised that I hadn't taken many pictures for my blog post today, so decided to do an OOTD, in true beauty/fashion blogger style.

Here is the outfit I wore to the pub in full...

Here are the shoes I wore - these darling sandals are from Accesorize and were £35.00.

This is a close up shot of my necklace - for details of where to find it and its cost check my "Summer Snips And Staples" post I did back in July.

This ring is from Accessorize and cost me £4.00 in the sale.

This ring is from Fossil - I got it in the Summer sale last year and although it should have cost me £45.00, I got it for only £9.00 (gasp!).

This is my clutch from M&S - it's a very old clutch but I use it because someone very special to me bought it for me a while back. Because of this I have no price details, sorry.

I then had my pudding of ice cream at the pub (you can tell I have a slight addiction to the stuff) and we went home, where I wrote and edited this blog post. 

"Ta-ta for now", as Tigger would say, and I'll see you all tomorrow!

Olivia x

Check back tomorrow for Dorset #12!