In the County of Swords

Hello peeps,

About a month ago I left the safety of London & got taken away to the scary streets of Essex to party with a couple of uni friends. The weekend involved copious amounts of booze, friend food, dancing, injuries, abandonment and laughter.

I'd never been to Essex before, and was really up for a TOWIE experience. My friend's from Leigh-on-Sea which apparently is a nice area, so we were having none of that, thank you very much. But tbh the people relaly didn't disappoint. They are an amazing laugh, and so friendly, it's just like being up North. Thught I almost started a fight with the cabbie when I asked him to teach me how to "speak Essex", unsuprisingly he thought I was being a condescending bitch and stopped the cab till I apologised (whilst trying to teach him to speak Northener!).

So I thought I'd do a brief unnecessarily long photo montage of the lost weekend:

Our dinner, which was basically just 4 different types of cheese

Our table water, which we thought was beer,
but not before flagging down the waitress to complain.

Reunion!

Dirty Martini - with extra olives (can you tell I love them?)

Bagels for breakfast

Hangover sunglasses

Frozen sea

Chips cooked in peanut oil, so I couldn't eat them


So I had a lunch of ice cream & Bloody Mary

Typical Essex interior decoration. Doggy style ornament

And so the night begins

Cue tipsy floor dancing

Dinner

No idea where we were

There are no words

So there we go. It could be used as a warning against binge drinking.

I absolutely loved Essex & really want to go back soon as my friend is moving to London in a few months & then it'll be lost to me forever.

Can you recommend any parts of Essex I should go to?

Kat x

All photos my own