EN BRETAGNE: GREAT ROCKS AND WATER

SO LAST SATURDAY WE BOARDED A VERY EARLY FLIGHT WITH A VERY HAZY HEAD AND LEFT LONDON FOR A LITTLE ADVENTURING. 

WE FOUND OURSELVES THAT AFTERNOON, DINING ON A GREAT LAWN,  FULL OF SUNSHINE,

 AT A VERY OLD HOUSE MADE OF VERY OLD STONE.

IT EVEN HAD A PALM TREE:

WE CAN'T RECALL WHAT WE ATE FOR LUNCH,

BUT SEEING AS THIS WAS FRENCHIE TERRITORY, IF IT WASN'T CHOCOLATE OR CHEESE IT WAS PROBABLY MEAT OR BREAD. 

AND WITH A VERY FULL BELLY WE WERE TAKEN BY THE HAND TO SEE ANOTHER PILE OF ROCKS, EVEN OLDER THAN THE AFOREMENTIONED HOUSE.

WE COULDN'T REALLY DECIDE WHICH WAS MORE DIVINE,

THE LIGHT

THE CONTRAST OF A FOAMING SEA AND SKY

OR THE TERRA COTTA AND COCOA STRIPES OF VOLCANIC ROCK

WE WERE IMPRESSED. 

AND WE THOUGHT OF MAMAN, WHO LOVES A GOOD ROCK. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE WERE A LITTLE TOO BIG TO TAKE HOME. 

SORRY MOMS.

TO GREET THESE FEATS OF NATURE,

WE WORE OUR ALIX OF BOHEMIA 

LOLA DRESS

 WHEN YOU SEE BIG THINGS GOD MADE, ITS NICE TO WHACK ON A DRESS, YOU KNOW?

THEN IT WAS TIME TO EXPLORE A PINK GRANITE COAST

WITH GREAT ROUNDED ROCK FORMATIONS

AND WHILE WE'RE IN THE PINK, LETS TAKE IN SOME SHADES OF MER FOR DESSERT

OH WE HAVE MISSED YOU, SWEET MER

LOW TIDE:

WE EVEN HAD OUR OWN LITTLE PAPARAZZO FOLLOWING US IN SOME VERY SMALL PALE PINK CULOTTES:

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AND THEN IT WAS ALMOST TIME TO LEAVE. BUT NOT BEFORE KICKING OFF OUR SHOES AND WADING OUT TO SEE SAINT GUIREC

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT A NEEDLE IN HIS WORN AWAY NOSE

ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND.

SEE? THIS IS WHY WE ARE ALWAYS CARRYING SUPPLIES. NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A BIT OF NEEDLE AND THREAD.

EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SHOVE IT IN SOME SAINT'S NOSE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO MAKE A NECKLACE FROM THE SEASHELLS YOU FOUND ON THE PLAGE.

BUT THATS PART OF THE NEXT STORY.

BRITTANY: POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (PART I)

WE JUST GOT BACK FROM A PLACE WHICH FELT LIKE THE EDGE OF THE WORLD.

WE HAVE MADE MANY A MEMORY AND TAKEN MANY A PHOTO HERE, TOO MANY TO SHARE ALL AT ONCE. 

BUT PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE A GLANCE AT OUR ADVENTURE?

WE NEED SOMETIME TO DIGEST ALL THOSE CREPES, AND COME DOWN FROM OUR SALTED CARAMEL HIGH BEFORE WE GIVE YOU THE WHOLE STORY.

BUT IN BRIEF, 

WE WERE TAKEN TO A VERY OLD PLACE, WHERE WE LAID IN THE GRASS:

AND WANDERED A LITTLE BIT

TAKEN IN SHADES OF GREEN FROM CIDER BOTTLES AND ENCHANTED TREES

WE WERE LED THROUGH A MAGICAL FOREST

WHERE WE MADE WILDFLOWER BOUQUETS POUR MADAME

WE WERE SCHOOLED IN NEW MEANS OF TRANSPORT,

AND TOOK IN SOME FASHION TIPS FROM THE LOCALS.

STRIPEY DUNGAREES? YES PLEASE:

WE MANAGED TO FIND OUR WAY TO THE  KITCHEN (WE COULDN'T HELP IT)
SPORTING BRETON STRIPES, BIEN SUR.
THIS IS WHERE THOSE STRIPES WERE BORN, NO KIDDING MONSIEUR

AND WHAT HO! 

IN THIS PLACE THEY MAKE THINGS WITH OUR NAME ON IT

(TOLD YOU IT WAS MAGICAL)

WE'VE SEEN ROCK FORMATIONS SO SUBLIME

AND SCOUTED THE NEXT LOCATION FOR OUR STUDIO; A LITTLE BOHEMIAN BRETAGNE HOUSE NESTLED AMONGST TWO ROCKS:

WE FOUND OURSELVES A SUITABLE TOURGUIDE

WHO STAYED IN  SYNCH WITH OUR STEPS

AND LOCATED SOME NEW RED ESPADRILLES FOR US,

BECAUSE OUR HEAVY CITY BOOTS WOULD NOT SUIT THE SAND AND SUN

WE LOST OURSELVES IN A SEA SO BLUE

AND IN THE EVENINGS, STEPPED INTO AN ANCIENT STONE FIREPLACE

WE'LL TELL YOU MORE LATER. WE'VE GOT TO UNPACK FIRST, AND SHAKE THE SAND OUT OF OUR SHOES.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

ON UNIFORMS

SO,

WE NEVER HAD TO WEAR A UNIFORM PER SE.

BUT WE DID MAJOR IN DRESS CODE VIOLATIONS WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AT SCHOOL.

ONE PARTICULARLY MEMORABLE SARTORIAL MOMENT INVOLVED CONVINCING OUR FATHER THAT TIGHTS AND A SWEATER WE ADEQUATE, NO SKIRT NEEDED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE GOT OUR 6 YEAR OLD SELVES SENT HOME, WITH A VERY CHILLY BOTTOM.

WE HAVEN'T MATURED MUCH SINCE THEN,

BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT WE HAVE GRADUATED TO SOMETHING SLIGHTLY MORE SUITABLE FOR THE SPRING AIR:

 THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA BLU WAISTCOAT

IN JAPANESE INDIGO AND INDIAN IKAT COTTON CANVAS:

WITH SOME VERY WASHED OUT LAVENDER ROPE TRIM:

(SUBTLE IS OUR MIDDLE NAME- SEE ABOVE ANECDOTE ABOUT FORGETTING OUR BOTTOMS)

STRIPEY GUTS MADE FROM KIKOY.

 NO GUTS NO GLORY 
WE BELIEVE WAS THE MANTRA OF OUR PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER.

AND REALLY, TURQUOISE STRIPED INSIDES ARE THE BEST KIND OF INSIDES YOU CAN ASK FOR.

CAUSE THAT STUFF IS REVERSIBLE MY FRIEND.

WOAH, NELLIE:

 NOW THAT WE'VE COVERED THE ISSUE OF OUTERWEAR FOR SPRING, LET US PROGRESS TO WHAT GOES UNDER  ALL THAT ACTION:

IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG YOU'LL KNOW THAT WHEN IN DOUBT, WE GO FOR THE JUMPSUIT.

STILL UNSURE? WE DEFER TO PAISLEY. 
(CREATURES OF HABIT ARE WE)

HELLO, ALIX OF BOHEMIA BRIGITTE ROMPER:

MADE FROM INDIAN BLOCK PRINT PAISLEY COTTON AND EDGED IN A LITTLE CONTRASTING BANDING.

THAT GIRL'S GOT SOME ELASTIC IN HER SO SHE'S LIGHT TO THE TOUCH AND BREEZY ON THE THIGHS. WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT THIS TIME OF YEAR, WITH ALL THE TREE CLIMBING AND BIKE RIDING THERE IS TO BE DONE. 

AND THEN WE GET ALL DRESSED UP AND TAKE A PHOTO SO WE CAN SHOW YOU HOW IT COMES TOGETHER.

AND WE REALISE, ITS PROBABLY TIME WE GET SOME FRIENDS, BECAUSE ALL THESE SELFIE- BATHROOM PHOTOSHOOTS ARE NOT REALLY CUTTING IT.

SORRY.

OUR UNIFORM IS COOL THOUGH, NO?

GET YOUR OWN RAGS FOR THE SUN, SAY HELLO BOHEMIA HERE.