Slowly, steady.

Last weekend, we had a lot of fun playing around with the (inexplicable) slow motion feature on my Nikon 1. It's pretty neat, especially when you're videoing things that you never even wonder what it would look like slowed down.



*Despite being videoed in HD, they haven't uploaded as such for some reason...

What's Your Flavr?

I've been meaning to write this forever but there are a couple of reasons why I'm only doing it now. Firstly, things just kept coming up, and secondly, it's taken me a month to find the time to try every item, and I didn't see the point in posting if I couldn't talk about it properly.

I'm a lover of the subscription box trend and have tried quite a few within the last year as I just love the element of surprise, as well as the value for money. Flavrbox is a subscription box with a difference, there's delicious food involved! I'm sure there are others like it, just as I found out after writing about Glossybox a few times, but Flavrbox is the first one I've heard about and it's the only one I've had, so we'll just talk about them for now.


So, as well as liking subscription boxes, you may be able to tell I also like food. There may be things I talk about that give it away, but I'm going to guess that it mainly comes hand in hand with my appearance, not that I'm too bothered, I think food is a good thing to like. Food is exciting and it's worth getting excited about, I feel a little bad for people who see it simply as fuel, because it can be such an enjoyable experience.

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Flavrbox brings the concept of 'accessible good quality food for everyone' right to your doorstop. Bringing us closer to the makers of our food, by providing us with further information about each product, we get to try new things and know what we're eating and from where, something I think we can all agree is something everyone should be doing.

With next month's box fast approaching, I'll skip the wittering and show you what I got, I enjoyed every item except one, which isn't bad going as this was down to my tastebuds rather than because it was totally awful.

The leaflet about 'The Makers' was really interesting and so nicely put together.




Spanish Garden Paella and Elderflower Rice Pudding, Gusto Secco.

This is a weird one, one product was my favourite but I thought I would hate it and the other was the one I was most looking forward to but I really didn't like at all.
The Garden Paella was so full of flavour, which I really wasn't expecting due to it containing freeze dried vegetables. I don't really like paella either but this was amazing, so peppery and such a nice texture. It's definitely one of the best things I've eaten this month.
Sadly, the Elderflower Rice Pudding didn't match my expectations following the success of the paella. It's a real shame because I love rice pudding and this made the whole flat smell gorgeous but it was just too 'flowery' and I'm just not a fan of that kind of perfumed flavouring.

Chilli Bacon Jam, Eat 17.

This was the real winner of the whole box. It certainly sounded delicious but it definitely looks the least appetising of the lot. We've had it on burgers but my favourite was on the Peter's Yard crackers that also came in the Flavrbox. It's just tasty and not really like anything I've ever had before so it's hard to explain.

Artisan Swedish Crispbread, Peter's Yard.

These were amazing with Philadelphia and the Chilli Bacon Jam, but they were also nice plain. I do love a good cracker, sorry, Artisan Swedish Crispbread.

Marshmallow Pop and Marshmallow Dipper, Bonnymallows.

Marshmallows are something I can always take or leave, I'm not that bothered about them, these are a little different from regular marshmallows though. They seem fresher, which is funny because they were delivered to me by post. They have a completely different texture from 'traditional' marshmallows and I'm going to go with that being a good thing, although I didn't like the red part of the Marshmallow Pop, it was a bit too jammy for me.

Wasabi Mustard, The Relish in Spice Company.

I'm quite surprised we haven't used this more as it seems right up our street. We did get it out for a barbecue and it is really nice, it's definitely going on the 'eat more of' list. Such pretty packaging too.

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There's something about Flavrbox that feels really personal and homely, which is an odd thing to say I suppose as it's not personalised like other subscription boxes often are, but this element really works with food. Brings me back to being a child and being asked how I knew I didn't like something if I'd never tried it.

Prices for Flavrbox start at £20 but can be reduced to as little as £16 when paid in advance. They have the loveliest social media where I've seen a few discounts and offers floating around, not to mention tasty recipes. They even sell the individual items on their main website! I can only recommend the whole company to everyone, perfect for trying new things and eating closer to home.

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Two Sides of Two Nights.

I'm feeling quite overwhelmed at the moment, but that's much better than feeling underwhelmed. It makes me feel a little sick to work out that I don't get a free weekend to myself for another two weeks, and even then, the weekend after that I'm shooting a wedding...

I do genuinely love keeping busy, but it's tough to weigh up the pros when the weekend is technically the only free time you have. Even though I'm doing things I enjoy, I'm really looking forward to relishing in the boredom of doing nothing in a couple of weekends time, and sleeping, as well as not having to really talk to anyone.

This weekend matches to the current trend of not sitting still, as Moon and I took ourselves to Long's parent's house in Cornwall on Friday night. I like going there and I'm sure if you've been reading a while, you'll recognise that I've posted about it quite a bit too. It's a great place to get away for a few days and Long is so meticulous when it comes to planning things for us to do, he should be the Cornish Tourist Board's main player! I'm not sure it was worth going for just the two nights but it was still nice to get away, and sleep on a bed that's not as soft as a cloud.


We had a great mixture of weather, that matches well to early autumn, and although I've been clinging on to Summer and am the first to yabber on about how much I love floaty skirts and sandals, I'm so ready for this new season! Bring on wrapping up and getting some use out of my cool Cath Kidston umbrella. Now I'll be able to eat stews and my other one-pot dish faves again, without feeling ridiculous ♥. I'm excited, I love all times of year for different reasons, and although we've had the wettest summer on record and that will make autumn and winter seem to last an age, there are so many things I enjoy about this time of year.

Anyway, here are some snaps from my day and a little bit in Cornwall.

There was only time to watch The Incredibles and sleep when we got there on Friday night, so that's just what we did. On Saturday we were up early and headed over to Rock and then Padstow, before Long and Moon went out on the kayaks (for about 10 minutes!)



There was a little drama about the kayaks coming off the roof of the car so while they were fixing it I looked at a horse and found a cricket.





Padstow.




There were so many good dogs in Padstow, I could barely handle it. This one was so huge and fluffy.
I saw so many King Charles Cavaliers too, my favourites :3


Seasalt is such a fun shop, if only I had some use for their pretty canvas bags.




This shop sells Christmas things all year round and I thought starting to plug Christmas at work now was too soon...




I think this is my favourite photo I took from the whole weekend.


So the boys went down to the sea, and I sat and ate sugarsnap peas, read Closer and watched a dog dig lots of holes. I was actually pretty happy doing that, but they weren't that long as the weather started to change and the current was too strong.

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In the evening we spent forever looking for somewhere to eat, and must have tried around six places before settling for The Royal Talbot in Lostwitheil, where we were the only people.

A cute display we spotted while looking for places to eat in Fowey.


Stealing this idea for our homemade nachos, hiding everything under the cheese!


We had planned on going out, but it was wet so we watched another movie instead, because we're old, and boring.

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On Sunday we went to Looe, which was holding a music festival all around the town. That wasn't why we went but it made for quite a nice atmosphere, even if the weather was a little drizzly, it's a good thing I came prepared and packed lots of layers.

We stopped off at Martin's Dairy for a hot drink and a pasty, yum!








Only managed to eat half of the custard tart I bought :(







We ended our journey as we started it, with it pouring with rain. Only this time it was relentless, the whole way home. It was Chinese, X Factor, Dragon's Den and bed for us.

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As my last post dictates, I'm a little obsessed with the sky at the moment.

I'm in a pretty good routine now, so I'm feeling settled, although things are going to be thrown up in the air soon, that's next week's problem and I'll worry about it then.