As anyone who lives in the UK will know, it rains a lot, it’s windy a lot, and it’s never particularly warm. Recently however, we’ve been having a bit of a heatwave (minus the past couple of days in which a lot of areas up north have flooded). Considering it doesn’t usually happen, the amount of tourists that flock to the South West and the beaches is huge. Where usually when we went on a photoshoot there might be a few dog walkers, now there’s guaranteed to be at least several families in the quieter places, and it will be chock-a-block on well known beaches, meaning choosing somewhere to go for a photoshoot when you don’t want anyone else in the background can be a little bit harder.
Me, Will and Alex popped to Braunton Burrows on one of the hotter days, where we walked a little so there were no tourists around, and will took some more summery photos of me. That’s also where we found an invasion of jellyfish Will promptly ran away from but check out my last post for more on that!
After a morning there and a walk on the very hot sand, we went to the Meldon plunge pools near Okehampton, in which pretty much every plunge pool was taken up with people, so we had to wait a little until a woman with her dogs left, and we claimed that one. Compared to how hot the weather was, the water was definitely not hot whatsoever, and we got very cold. Or at least I did!
I think you’ve got to make the most of the weather when it is nice here, which seems to be what everyone else does. It doesn’t last long usually and with climate change it seems to be getting more weird and unpredictable. There was a day not long ago where we had a fairly cool morning, scorching heat in the afternoon, and then sudden downpours, thunder and lightening before perfect sunshine again the next day. What’s the weather been like where you are? Let me know in the comments!
