Country Living

The British countryside was in glorious form this weekend, with the English county of West Sussex bathed in golden sunshine.  I was visiting one of my three sisters, who has left behind the cosmopolitan city of Brighton, and moved her family to a more rural setting.  The new house has some land, and one morning before everyone else was awake, my husband and I took my sister's two energetic dogs for a walk in the pretty woodland.

The visit seemed the perfect opportunity to embrace traditional country attire, and wear my new tweed jacket for the first time.  The jacket is a traditional hacking jacket from the 1940s, bought from an antiques shop in West Wales.  My husband actually persuaded me to buy it, and I have to admit that he was right.   It's one of those items that looks average on a hanger, but when he insisted that I try it on, the cut and shaping became apparent - it fits me perfectly.  The tweed is heavyweight, so it's a very warm jacket too.  It has quickly become my new favourite.

Vintage 'Harkaway' 1940s hacking jacket from an antiques centre, Next boots via charity shop, Jaeger leggings, Elle silk scarf from car boot sale, Christy's flat cap borrowed from husband, Exquisite vintage brooch from car boot sale, Alannah Hill gauntlet gloves.

If you want to see more doggy pictures (because they really wouldn't stand still long enough for these photos!), the dogs actually have their own Instagram account, with far more followers than I, at @bentleyandgrayson

Linking up with: #iwillwearwhatilike, Visible Monday, Passion for Fashion, Fancy Friday