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My Year in Photos – 2014

By Rachel Birchley • 31 December 2014 • Life, Lifestyle
My year in photos 2014

It’s the last day of 2014 so it must be time for the obligatory post reminiscing about the year gone by! It has been an odd year with both ups and downs.

January

Finished Death by Chocolate Cake
It’s hubby’s birthday on 30th January. This year, I baked him a massive chocolate cake!

February

Poppadums and chutney at Copper and Spices, Folkestone
We’d been meaning to try this new Indian fusion restaurant in Folkestone for a while, and our visit coincided with Valentine’s Day.

March

Monument Valley blog4trek post
In March, I was shortlisted for stage two of TrekAmerica’s #Blog4Trek competition. It was exciting stuff! Unfortunately, I didn’t win but it was so much fun taking part.

April

Homemade pizza with smokey paprika tomato paste, parma ham, roasted red peppers, cherry tomatos and reduced fat mozzarella.
I started making homemade pizza in April. We do it all the time now: I’ve even branched out into calzone! Click on the photo above to get the recipe.

May

Shire horse in the New Forest
May saw two bank holiday weekends, with the latter spent with family in the New Forest, Hampshire. I’d never been before so it was lovely to explore. I also took part in Blog Every Day in May – you can read all my BEDM posts here.

June

Red Arrows flying in formation with the red white and blue smoke
This month saw the return of the Folkestone Airshow. The last one was in 2012, and the time before that was about 10 years ago. It was a great event and really hot! We had to go home to get changed before popping back out for a walk along the coast and fish and chips on the beach.

July

Yorkshire Dales vista from Pen-y-Ghent
In July, I travelled to God’s own county with work colleagues to attempt the Yorkshire Three Peaks. It was scorching, difficult and emotional. Click on the photo to read my account.

August

Blogstock festival
It was all about Blogstock! The world’s first blogging festival happened in a damp field in Hertfordshire. It was wet but so much fun! Roll on 2015!

September

Padlock on gate at the Highland Wildlife Park
In September, we went on holiday. We had a week in the Lake District followed by a week in Scotland. It was bliss. We loved it so much, we’re thinking of moving to Scotland!

October

Birthday collage
I turned 29 on 13th October. Having an October birthday is just one of the reasons that I love Autumn, although next year I might have to escape the UK to celebrate my 30th in the sun. I’ve got my heart set on the Algarve.

November

Relaxing on sofa
This has been me recently. I’ve been feeling a bit “meh” recently, which is why the posts on this blog have been pretty much non-existent. I’m hoping that with the new year, I’ll start feeling a little better.

December

Rachel Birchley's #NextmasWishlist 2014
Christmaaaasss!! I’m a sucker for Christmas. I love everything about it; eating too much, seeing family, and, of course, giving and receiving presents. I’m still steadily munching through my homemade Christmas cake and I think we’ve got enough chocolate to see us through until Easter!

Well, that was just a snippet of my 2014. How was your year?

Happy New Year everyone!

Rachel x

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Rachel Birchley

Professional marketer. I live in Folkestone with my hubby and our baby girl.

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2 Comments

  • Reply Helen 31 December 2014 at 8:12 pm

    Such a lovely way to remember your year Rachel 🙂 H xx

    • Reply Rachel Birchley 1 January 2015 at 10:42 pm

      Thank you! And Happy New Year Helen. Rachel x

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