Waste or Natual?

Recently, my friend asked me to order something from Neal's Yard. I vaguely heard of it. When I looked at their website, they said that they were Carbon Neutral, no animal testing, to use organic matters where possible etc. It seemed good to me, so I bought some product online for myself to try as well.

A few days later, I looked at the box and thought: 'did I order too many stuff? How come the box is so massive?' But that was not the issue. I opened the box and couldn't believe what I saw - the box full of white plastic fillers! I had to put my hand in to search for the bottles.

Unfortunately, I think they break their promise. I have decided to share my thoughts about this on their Facebook page: '... I thought your company cared about the environment and believed in "Less is More"!?'

18/08/13 Updated - They replied: '...We always want our products to arrive with you safely, and as your order contained a number of 200ml glass bottles and essential oils, we selected a box that would allow space between the products, so as to avoid any damage during transit. The white chips that came in the box are corn starch and they’re fully decomposable so they can be put onto your compost heap afterwards – you don’t have to worry about them being plastic!...'

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Waterfalls in Brecon Beacons

My husband has mentioned before that when the sun comes out, the UK is a really pretty place, and there is no need to fly elsewhere in Europe for the weather. I totally agree with him. Since the weather was nice again here, it was time to travel around the country.

This time, we went to Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales, which is not far from our home. The area of the entire park is about 1,344km². After reading the National Park website, I decided to find some waterfalls near Pontneddfechan village in order to have a pleasant walk but also enjoy the cooling effect of the water spray.

There are several waterfalls in the village. However, the outstanding one is Sgwd yr Eira (meaning: Waterfall of the Snow, pictures below). Not only is the largest one in the area, but also you can walk behind the waterfall to feel the power of the falls without getting too wet. 

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Jurassic Coast

The weather for the last few weekends were unbelievably good. My husband decided to give me a surprised trip, drove me down to Lulworth Cove last weekend, which was around two hours drive down south from Bristol.

This Cove is part of the Jurassic Coast. Thanks to the sea erosion, nowadays the Cove looks like a horseshoe shape. When we arrived, I couldn't believe how clear the water was. It was a hot day. Luckily, there were some gentle wind blowing from the sea. We found a good place to sit down and enjoyed the lovely view.

If you like hiking, Jurassic Coast would be one of the good area to do so as it is 125km long, takes about 4 days. However, we only had an afternoon to walk around. We 'strolled' all the way to the famous Durdle Door. There were a bunch of youngsters climbing up the Door and jumped down to the sea. They were so bloody brave!

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While the weather was good...

Monday, 6th May 2013   Highest Temperature: 19C    Sunny

It always happens that the first Monday of May is a bank holiday in the UK. The MET Office predicted that the weather on this bank holiday would be lovely and hot. When my husband asked me whether we should visit somewhere inland or a seaside, I immediate suggested to go to the seaside without much thought. It was because we haven't had nice summers for the past few years - it was cold and often rained. Some places even got flooded. So, since it was such a pleasant day, we enjoyed a stroll at the British seaside.

We went to Burnham-on-Sea. It is located in the south west of England. The beach was quite long, but the pier was the shortest in the UK!

It seems that children had a lot of fun that day. They could either play in the water or build sand castles. For adults, they made use of the unique opportunity to have a sunbathe and relax.

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