Exploration

It's incredible how I've lived in Bath for well over a year now and I have only just found the most beautiful parts of the city. Today is warm and the sun is shining on everything. I decided to go on a long walk and explore; we haven't had one of these days in ages and I wanted to make the most of it. I walked and walked and kept walking until I didn't recognise where I was. I love finding new places and seeing new things. It gave me a buzzing feeling and I felt like a proper tourist, snapping away with my camera. There is usually so much more than you think around where you live that you just don't see. We need to do some more exploring! I was so shocked when I realised how little I actually know about the place I live in. But it's a great feeling; fresh and revitalising. I encourage anyone to pick a nice day and venture out to places you don't recognise in the place that you live. It's exciting.

I can't breathe....I can't bre....

Wearing corset's must have been a complete nightmare for those in the earlier centuries. I mean, they literally pull everything in, leaving no room to breathe. None at all. I went to the Royal Wedding Dress Teas in Bath today which was fabulous; the wedding dresses were elegant, the cakes were delicious and the lecture we were given was really interesting.

I tried on a corset....the first couple I tried on were very large and kept falling off me but then regretfully I found a corset that did fit me and oh how I wish I hadn't found it! I buckled it on me, breathing in so it would click around me and I looked up to the ceiling thinking how on earth did people cope with this on underneath a heavy dress as well?! The women had to dance in these corsets that strangled their air supply, they had to have poise and they had to be polite in them. Who would want to say 'thank-you' and 'good day Sir' when you've got a monster trapping you in some kind of death sentence? They must have had more patience and optimism than I do.

Running for a Passion

The Bath Half Marathon...

One after the other, they jog past me. Their faces are red, their eyes burning with passion and their feet determined to keep them moving. There are so many of them; people are wearing pink wigs to support cancer charities, there are lifeguard supporters, people in Mexican hats, and even people dressed as unicorns to save the unicorns! Around 13 miles each person is running... I can barely do the 3 mile race for life. It's inspiring just watching them all as they run past me, all running to raise awareness, to raise money and to, as simply as that - save lives.

It's amazing to watch them all and see them each with so many different passions; each one has some incentive to keep running, whether it's to run for someone who died from breast cancer, or to support a charity that needs building up.

They're incredible and an inspiration.