I want to take you there.......

Well a few of you last week posted about lovely trips

to the beach,

and seeing as I was down yonder in lovely Somerset,

visiting BF I made a request.

'One wishes to visit the beach!'

Announces Lady Me!

Well, it has poured down ALL weekend.
(except today whilst I was driving back!)

ONE WAS NOT HAPPY!

But BF being the fabbytastic chap he is said

'The lady wants, the lady gets!'

So off we went.

To Lyme Regis.

Stopping off on the way to visit

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

well, not him in person but to his

cafe in Axminster for lunch.

Delicious!

Next stop, a very wet but still lovely Lyme Regis.

It was VERY misty and grey day but in true

Claire and BF style, we had lots of fun and laughter along the way.

Now although it was wet and windy it was still lovely.

I know it to be a lovely place to visit in the sun and now the rain. 

And now on to a gorgeous little Aladdin's Cave called

'A touch of vintage'

Maybe some of you have found this little beauty before

but it was new to me!

As I walked in to this delightful little shop

all I could think of was you!

The lovely lady behind the counter smiled and said it was

OK for me to take photos, and my usual shyness

with my camera was soon forgotten.

Almost everything in this magical place it seemed was

Cath Kidston!

With a good mix of vintage goodies

thrown in for good measure.

The helpful lady told me that the shop

used to belong to a children's author, he ran a book shop there.

He had crocodiles carved out of wood for the beams,

trees growing up through the counter,

twisted wooden handrails to help you creep up the staircase...

To magical doorways.

The present owner has now painted  the shop

in lovely 'ice-cream' colours, with splashes of

red and blue, giving us Cath Kidston fans an irresistable colour scheme.

Making it, of course,

so tricky to leave empty handed!

Of course I didn't,

leave empty handed that is!

But more of that later this week,

along with this weekends thrifted goodies too.

Right now, I have tea, toast and this months 'Coast' magazine

to console myself with,

after leaving the my BF in Somerset and

driving the long haul journey back to normallity in Cheshire.

Can't wait to show you what I brought back with me though.

See you soon girls.

Love Claire. xxx