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Springtime Walk | Sir Thomas & Lady Dixon's Park, Belfast

I'm back home in Northern Ireland now after what has felt like a very long lent term at university, though at the same time I can't believe my second year at uni is nearly over, I really don't know where the time has gone. 

In the time I've been away in Lancaster this year, my beautiful friend, Ashleigh- part-model, part-spider monkey- has been off all over the world doing some really exciting things on her gap year. So far she's spent three months in Chico in Northern California, three months in South Africa and now, luckily for me, she's back home for a few months before heading off again, so finally we're in the same place at the same time which has meant a long and much-needed catchup. Ashleigh and I have been friends for quite a few years now and in a way we've sort of grown up together. We first met when I was thirteen and she was twelve so we've spent the most part of our formative teenage years figuring life out side by side, which is something that has continued now that we're becoming adults and has been such a pleasure.

The weather turned out to be really nice yesterday so we decided to go for an impromptu visit to Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon's Park (or just Lady Dixon's to the locals) which is a huge, green expanse near to where we live on the outskirts of Belfast. It's one of the nicest places in our area so I go there quite often and have done ever since I was really little, and Ashleigh and I have been there quite a lot over the years too so it seemed like an appropriate place for some long-awaited chats.


If you'd like to know a little bit more about Ashleigh you can find here here:
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18 comments

  1. What a beautiful setting for a lovely catch up with your world traveling friend Ashleigh! The photos are just gorgeous and make me want to hop on a plane to Ireland ASAP!! Xx

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  2. I really want to visit Ireland at some point - everytime I see pictures it looks so beautiful. Lady Dixon's Park looks so idyllic too, especially now it's Spring.

    Abby | Eärendil

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  3. Beautiful pictures :)
    Cylia- http://noshandchat.blogspot.dk/

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  4. Really lovely pictures Beth! Hope you have a nice time with you friend whilst she's back!
    x

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  5. Sounds like you guys have a lovely friendship! these photos are gorgeous. Looks like a lovely place. Have a good time back in Northern Ireland :)


    Sinead | sineaddreamingagain.blogspot.ie

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  6. You're the cutest, I seriously want to climb that tree now too!

    Tegan xx - Permanent Procrastination

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  7. What a beautiful park! Is it the grounds of that stately home? Looks like you picked a lovely sunny day to go wandering together, and that tree was surely made for climbing :) Glad to hear you're back and recuperating at home lovely. xx

    Tamsin / A Certain Adventure

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  8. Lovely lovely photos, the ones in the tree are so sweet! I love days like this! x

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  9. This just makes me want to go on a walk and climb trees! Lovely photos, what camera do you use? :)

    www.hayleyeszti.com

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  10. the park is really beautiful! love the pictures

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  11. Thank you Hayley! :) I use a Nikon Coolpix L820 which is just a bridge camera. It cost me about £120 last year! Then I edit my photos on Afterlight which is what I think makes the difference :) xx

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  12. Sort of! It's on the grounds of a fairly small stately home that used to belong to the Dixon family but it belongs to Belfast City Council now, and they just use it for corporate events and things, which is a shame :( I've never been inside it! The grounds are actually quite disproportionately large in comparison to the actual house itself. There's literally acres and acres of land around it. I've been going there my whole life and there are definitely some places there I have yet to explore! xxx

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  13. Thank you, Paige!! Me too, it was so chilled and great to catch up with Ash xx

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  14. It's gorgeous, I feel so lucky to live so close! Thank you, Bunmi :D xx

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  15. Aww haha, thank you, Tegan! There's so many good climbing trees in this park! xx

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  16. What a lovely looking place and a beautifully sunny day! I love how genuinely excited Ashleigh looks about the whole thing, ha.

    I remember that "how have I finished second year of uni!?" feeling so clearly and now it's been nearly three years since I finished there altogether. It's scary how fast time seems to fly once you start at uni. x

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  17. Love these photos, looks like a beautiful day. It's so nice catching up with friends you haven't seen in a while, thats the sucky thing about uni being so far away from friends.

    Emma x
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