My Holiday

First holiday with my boyfriend and we went to Monmouth in Wales. It was lovely there and we could take Tilly too. We stayed in a little cottage on a farm and the views were wonderful, we visited so many places, such as Raglan Castle. But we like our activities, and so we went there because we could go caving and canoeing. Above all else, we had booked another hot air balloon flight with the same company my boyfriend had used before, but we went for an exclusive one this time, well we were on holiday, spending our hard earned cash.

The great thing was because we hired it exclusively; it was just the pilot and us. I left Tilly at the cottage, not that she wouldn't of loved it, but the last thing I wanted was for her to wonder what was on the other side of the basket. Honestly, there is nothing like it, if I could afford it I would get a hot air balloon and travel to work in it, that's how much I love it.

However, enough about balloon talk, I would recommend Monmouth, it's a lovely place to go, Tilly loved it.

Ballooning Experience

Up, up and away, you may have noticed I've changed my background to this blog because my wonderful boyfriend treated me to a balloon ride.

It was one of the best things I have ever done, as usual I was a bit nervous, but the weather was good, because apparently you can't hot air balloon in bad weather, very dangerous as you'll get blown of course. This was all a surprise to me, my boyfriend had told me he was going to treat me to something special, but he didn't say when and he didn't say what it was going to be.

We had to get up early, the sun wasn't even up, that's how early it was and he drove me to what seemed like the middle of nowhere and there in front of me were these balloons, well they weren't quite ready yet, they had to be filled with hot air. But once this was done and I gripped my boyfriend’s arm, we lifted, I've never felt anything like it, and it’s like sailing through the air. It's a bit noisy when they put more hot air in, but that's nothing compared the views, breathtaking. We even had champagne up in the balloon.

I'm not quite Phileus Fogg, but I'm definitely going to do this again.

Looking Forward to Valentines Day

Last Valentines day, did not go as smoothly as I had hoped, for reasons beyond my control. However, this year I've booked the restaurant and my new boyfriend has booked tickets to see Chicago, I can't wait.

Last year it was just Tilly and me, which is a bit sad, although she didn't mind, she loves every minute with me. My parents decided to send me a Valentines card, I did think how sweet at first and then I thought, I'm twenty-six and the only card I've got is from my parents, I used to get more at six years old.

On to pastures new, I met the new man in my life a few weeks ago at the running club I go to, luckily he's an adrenaline junkie like me and he likes dogs too, which is great. He wants to take me karting, the good thing is he knows how competitive I am, so he won't be too upset when all he see's is the dust from my wheels as I hurtle past him

But before that can happen, I've got to make it through Valentines without Tilly and a card from my Dad.