June 2018
For our last fun event in June before things got serious with thesising (that's totally a verb right) and before everyone came back from their holidays, we decided to book a cheap cottage for a weekend away.
After trawling airbnb, we settled on Collingham, as not only did the place look cute and affordable, but it was only a two hour train journey away.
After trawling airbnb, we settled on Collingham, as not only did the place look cute and affordable, but it was only a two hour train journey away.
It felt like such a cosy cottage and we were super pleased with it! The bathroom also lived up to expectation, with an epic bath. I bought bath bombs in preparation! This was extremely exciting as my flat in Sheffield was sadly bathless.
We decided on a countryside walk once we had settled in, which proved very pretty indeed. As it was summer time, all the flowers were out, reminding me how charming English countryside could be. I felt like I was in one of my childhood books called Brambly Hedge.
After a nice walk around, we decided to order fish and chips from the local, as we were too lazy to cook and it had excellent reviews. My first time actually eating fish from a fish and chip shop, and I loved it! (The batter and lemon juice helped immensely).
The next day we were feeling more energetic, so we went for a longer walk in search of a stream showing up on google maps, but ended up wandering along fields for ages until we had to admit defeat, Google Maps had led us astray again! We enjoyed the walk regardless, and found huge dandelions along the way (and luckily no marauding cows, which is always my concern in the countryside).
Having worked up an appetite, we decided to make pizza from scratch, and played cards in the sun while we waited for the dough to rise.
And an aperitif of mushroom bruschetta
...followed by said pizza...
And finished off with pikelets for breakfast the next morning (and Lotus biscoff spread!)
I wasn't looking forward to going back to serious study!
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