Last weekend the weather was sunny, warm and ideal for a trip to the seaside.
Me and my partner drove to Southend, which is an hour away from where I live and the nearest seaside town.
We parked up near the shops and I popped into Boots and Superdrug for a few beauty items, which I posted about in my Mini Beauty Haul. Southend has a long street of shops that leads down to the sea, so it took a bit of restraint for me to stop at just two shops!
Walking towards to seafront, you can see the small theme park, Adventure Island in the distance. It was called Peter Pan’s when I was a child and was always a place I visited with family. I still occasionally go on some of the bigger rides in the summer months, but I didn’t this time.
Instead I headed for the fresh, hot sugary doughnuts, which are only ever really sold in seaside towns like this and are truly delicious. They’re also super filling and go well with an icy Slush Puppie.
After our sugary feast, we decided to find a nice spot and relax on the beach. It was teeming with people, so we walked further down and found a slightly quieter spot. Now Southend isn’t known for having a nice beach, in fact there are no nice beaches near me given that I live in London. However, on a hot day, nothing beats stretching out on a sandy or in this case, stony beach.
The tide was out, but we watched as people strolled far out to reach it. The atmosphere was calm, relaxed, everyone just content the weather was warm enough to be outside. We stayed like this for quite some time before moving onto the amusement arcades.
Southend has lots of arcades opposite the beach and this is part of the draw of coming here. We played on the 2p machines, the original Pac-Man and a horse riding game amongst others.
As the evening drew to a close we headed back to the car for the journey home, already planning a return visit in the summer.
Those donuts!!! ❤
Looks like a fun day at the seaside! It reminds me a little bit of the San Francisco piers.
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I know. I go to the seaside pretty much just for them!☺ Southend’s pretty good as it has a lot to do. It’s the biggest pier too x
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You are stunning !
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Aaw thank you☺ x
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Craving those donuts right now…yum.
You are absolutely beautiful, Danni!
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I love warm sugary doughnuts. They are so nice. Aaw thank you lovely☺ xx
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Those doughnuts really look great! such a lovely place and everyone looks to be enjoying the outdoors. Those arcades look like they are well maintained too. Nice to see your little trip to the seaside!
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The doughnuts are always one of my favourite parts of a seaside trip☺ Southend’s very busy as soon as the sun shines, everyone likes to be outside. Thank you, glad you enjoyed it☺ x
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Sunshine gets everyone smiling! I thought it sweet that doughnuts featured on a seaside adventure. I always looked for ice cream and roasted peanuts here! Hope you get many more sunshine days outside!
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It does. It gets very busy especially in the summer. Haha well at our seasides it’s ice cream, doughnuts, candy floss, popcorn and rock that you normally see to eat☺ Thank you, it’s a lot cooler this weekend, about half the temperature of last weekend. But hopefully it’ll be warm again soon x
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love your makeup!!
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Thank you hun☺ x
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Looks and sounds like you had a great day! You look gorgeous and those donuts look so yummy! xx
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Thanks hun☺ I had a nice day and the doughnuts were very yummy xx
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Making me hungry now lol x
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Haha me too. It’s one of the first things I do at the seaside, buy doughnuts lol x
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Aww that’s cute!
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Looks like you had fun! It’s nice to have the seaside quite near. x
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I did. We don’t get to go to the seaside that often, so it was a nice day☺ It’s not too far but I still wish I was nearer to a beach☺ x
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Yes I also would like to be near to a beach 🙂 xx
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Gotta love the British seaside 🙂
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I love that horse racing game haha totally exhausting lol
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It is! I feel like my legs are jelly and I’ve done a work out after haha☺ x
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