Check-on-Check Part 2

                          


Crowthorne; a well-to-do village and civil Parish in the South-Eastern part of Berkshire District. This village is 16 miles  by car from Reading on the M4, while it takes only  13.4 miles on A329. My friend Michelle Merilyn lives in this posh village. She knows how much I love nature, especially as background for my photos. So she said to me why don't you come over to my house there is a place next to my house where we can do a photoshoot for you. Guess what the answer was, WHEN?? I don't waste tie you know. The following Saturday I jumped on the train. I loved every minute of the photoshoot. I am yet  preferably  to find a walking route,preferably (Thames path), so next time I am walking there.

there is another

Crowthorne in the suburbs of Gauteng, South Africa. I wouldn't attempt to walk there though. haha.

                             

                            

                            No matter the circumstances of life, I just keep moving on....

check on check; Part 1

The checkered pattern has been in fashion in 2014, and boy had I just been obsessed with it! Checked shirts, checked jackets, checked scarfs!!! Well I am yet to try checked trousers but with my curvy body and I seem to think it will makes me look bigger than i already am. 

Anyhow, Solloh and I had an impromto photoshoot one afternoon as we were leaving the house to go to town. She looked at me and went ; "you look lovely", and I am like " WHAT DO YOU WANT??, she smiled and says; where is the camera?? Let's take few pictures of you for your blog!! Do i ever say no to the flash??

This look then gets followed up by similar look !! I think checkered shirts and tops look amazing with jeans! Any cut of jeans, skinny or even boyfriend jeans!

Check the next post; check on check 2

I LOVE ME! A life worth living!!!

Riverside Tea shop Sonning

One of the reasons I really love about walking along Thames river [Reading to Henly-on-Thames], is the fact that I pass by beautiful places along the way, one of those places being the Riverside Tea- Garden , which is located at the Sonning Lock. It only opens from the 1st April to 31st October, unfortunatly. When the weather is nice, a stop over at this place is a must. So for a long time I had not been able to stop there and this is because I start my walks early BUT Sonning Lock, the Tea Shop  only openS at 11 am.

So I made up my mind , I was going to find time,  to just take a stroll to the Sonning Riverside Tea, just for treat. A day can when both my friend Ella and I were off from work on the same day, so we took a stroll along Thames River to Riverside Tea-Garden. Had a girly photo shoot on our way there.

When we finally got there, we chilled out at the garden and ordered our tea.  They have a variety of herbal, breakfast and cream teas. It was a real treat and provides excellent views of the gates and riverside.

    The Sonning Lock.

    The Sonning Tea-Garden

Well at the moment the place is closed. I can't wait for April, I  passed by when  was doing my walk to the Sonning Bridge the other day, it looks so different now.. I just wish they were open all year round, I would still visit.

   The goes the swans

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      I KEEP MOVING ON 💃💃

Lake District; PART 2

                                       

 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH.....

On the first  morning our breakfast girl Fortunate prepared a Full English Breakfast for us, and prepared sandwiches  for us to pack for lunch. We set out for the Ferry to cross over to the other side of the river and we walked to WRAY CASTLE. It took us about three and a half hours.



                                              Us waiting for the fiery

                             

                                Bellow is me taking my medicine; LAUGHTER.

                         
                                      Out of the ferry  we walked through the woods

                       
                                   We stopped here at the Wray Castle, sat for few minutes to eat.

                               Selfie by our one and only Michelle Meryline

 On our way back something interesting happened, so we saw another walking path, and I suggested we tried a different route back home. "I am sorry my ankles cannot carry me anymore, I am going back home now, Joymie give me the keys" Michelle exclaimed. I was really surprised as I didn't expect this from my 6 feet tall Kenyan friend. She then goes, its my shoes, they are hurting me. Then I answered; that's fine, give her the house keys. As she grabs the house keys my Jamaican (Kingston ) friend Sophia said "I will walk back with her. Was I surprised that she was the first one to come to the rescue? No, in fact I expected her to be the first to complain. As I looked back at her, she then goes "err I am not going to let Michelle walk back alone'. What an excuse to escape! Fair enough. Well later that night they confessed they both went to town, had some ice cream then took a taxi for a ten minutes walk journey.

                                    See the two of them bellow;

Fortunate, Joymie and I continued on our new route, Gosh!! we kept going and going and going, after another 3 hours  Fortunate started , " Guys, are we there yet? like every 30 minutes she would ask this same question. I have to say she did so well though considering the fact that we were then tired and hungry. Thank God for those wild Blackberries, they kept us going. Got to the point where we were now looking for a bus to take us back This was after like another 4 hours. We got home for 5 pm, having left the house in the morning at 8am. So tired we had our super bathed and went to la la land. Zzz...

The following morning we drove from Lake Windermere where we stayed to Lake Cashmere. The aim was to go up two mountains. We started with The South Face, Just as we started from the bottom of the mountain Michelle took the slow motion mood, funny thing is we kept looking back to see she was OK. One of us would shout Michelle are you OK, where are you?? From afar you would hear her small voice. " I am okay, I was just taking a selfie". Honestly though, how many selfies can a girl take in one day?

Sophia at this point had really made up her mind she was not going to complain. Great!  At some point,  from the front came another small voice from Fortunate " Guys, tell me why are we torturing ourselves? she asked. I answered: "for the love of walking". Then she responded:"Nooo! I think its for the love of Studu". Ha hahaha, I just had to laugh. Bless her, she was tired.

                                        Feeling on top of the world

As for me, since I do lots of walking I invest in walking necessities, Below is my picture with me a Camelbek (water tank on my back) and my Walking stick umbrella. So i was well geared up. Sophia and Michelle were convinced that I was climbing the mountain better because of my walking stick Umbrella so they began picking up sticks as you see bellow;

We took a break at the top of the mountain, by the lake to have our lunch, and refuel. Then we went to the starting point.

When we got down we went into town to have tea and cakes. After a much deserved break Joymie suggested we go up to Lake Cashmere Mountain. My heart jumped with joy and I said lets do it. Then the three girls said; " No, you guys will have to do it alone, we are going back to Windermere Town Centre, we will see you later. Off they went, so Joymie and I started to talk up the second mountain.

 Going up wasn't really easy , especially that were were tired. I do talk sometimes, so at some poit Joymie called out "Studu! CAN YOU KEEP QUITE FOR NOW PLEASE, I NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON MY BREATHING". I thought that was funny, don't you think so?

What kept me going was the beautiful view, few pictures bellow;

 Anyway, what really got to me was seeing these very old women and old men coming down from the top all with smiles and every one kept saying" keep going, won't be long. don't give up, you will be glad you did it". that made me think, how old am I again? Like seriously though, how could you still be able to climb up these mountains at your age, I thought to myself.

               Bellow, Joymie and I made it to the top, so tired but so fulfilled. Amazing view.

                     It was so cold though, at the top of the mountain . we had to cover up again.

I said to the girls;

      "If a guy brought me up here and asked me a question, the answer will be YES YES YES!!"

            STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE THIS YEAR 2015...