SUMMER \\PART 1//

I HAD THE BEST SUMMER, I HONESTLY DID. SO HERE’S SHARING IT WITH YOU.

2 WEEKS IN BARBADOS GRANTED ME THE ABSOLUTE DETOX-FIX I NEEDED. ‘STRESS’ ISN’T EXACTLY A WORD THAT FEATURES IN THE CARIBBEAN, MAKING IT THE IDEAL LOCATION FOR MY HOLIDAY RETREAT. THE PACE OF LIFE IS HALVED, THE SUN SHINES YEAR LONG AND THE BEAUTIFUL SEAS ARE BEAUTIFULLY WELCOMING FOREVER ON. MY 2 WEEKS THERE WERE NOTHING BUT PERFECT. SPENDING THE FIRST WEEK ON THE EAST-ATLANTIC COAST, IN A VILLA THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED A CELEB-WORTHY WAS JUST FABULOUS. PHOTOGRAPHING QUAINT CHATTEL-HOUSES, WANDERING BEAUTIFUL BOTANICAL GARDENS, BATTLING WITH MY BANDEAU IN SURF-RIDDEN SEAS, AND JOINING IN WITH THE LOCALS FOR THEIR SHANTY-TOWN NIGHT-PARTIES MADE FOR THE PERFECT CULTURE SHOCK.

NO INTERNET AND NO MEDIA REALLY MAKES YOU LOOK AT THINGS SO DIFFERENTLY. I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION, WHILST DRIVING ACROSS THE COUNTRYSIDE, HANGING MY HEAD OUT THE WINDOW LIKE A DOG, LAPPING UP THE BARBADIAN AIR, THAT LIFE CAN BE SO SIMPLE.