Landlocked Mermaid

This past week, Human and I have been on holiday. We stayed in a cabin at Ribblesdale Park , near Gisburn in Yorkshire. It was absolutely glorious and some much needed time away. While lockdown hasn't been that hard on us, we definitely needed some time with new scenery and a hot tub. That was my single prerequisit: where we stayed needed a hot tub. I wanted to chill in the tub with a book and glass of wine, damnit!   Monday Monday was mostly spent travelling up the M6 and settling into the cabin. Ribblesdale is set in the rolling hills of Gisburn Park, with a whole bunch of wooden cabins, a restaurant, and wild roaming peacocks. Another key criteria for us, was the accommodation being dog friendly so we could bring the foster pup. Thankfully, Ribbles is and was dog friendly! The pup did not know what to make of the peacocks. The plan with food was to take the week's HelloFresh with us. Slightly awkward, in that our order comes on a Tuesday and we left the following Monday. Thi...

In case you missed my Insta-spamming, this Sunday just gone was the Dive Show! It's something we'd had pencilled in the diary for a long time but never actually got round to organising, life am I right? But thankfully, a couple days before we were still able to get tickets and saw it as a sign! We had a look at the talks on the Sunday, as that was the day I had off, and were excited to see a talk on plastic pollution! So despite some last minute can I really be bothered? feelings, it was looking like it was worth attending after all. The original plan was to get most of our gear from the Dive Show - snag some deals as we were buying two lots of expensive equipment. Well, we didn't need to do that anymore which is why I was wondering if it was worth us going. Thankfully, Chris convinced me and I am very glad he did. Because I had a very good time. We got lots of information about holidays, saw some talks, and got sooooo much swag. It was tote bag heaven. The firs...