"This post is irrelevant"
Some of you may be thinking.
"What does this have to do with Fashion OR Travel?"
Everything.
I have made this post because like many of you like me when I first moved to the UK, I didn't really know there was much outside of city-life-London?
But because my boyfriend is as British as can be: I have learned much!
There is your travel.
As for fashion? How does a city mouse suddenly dress to be a country mouse?
Trial and error but I think I've got it: and I am here to tell you!
First and foremost what do you do when you get out there?
Typical British countryside activities include:
-Playing on motorcycles (and other windy-vehicles)
-Shooting either clay pigeons or hay barrels with a pistol. (day depending)
-2-3 hour long walks through the countryside.
-Playing with horses!
-'Mucking out' Horses pens (Aka shovelling poo).
-Gardening and weeding
-Evenings of board games, loud music, and cooking!
-The ever holy Sunday Roast (which to all my Americans out
there: basically means Thanksgiving every Sunday)
Left is fabulous city mouse disguise: right is
adaptable swimsuit hybrid countrymouse disguise.
A good belt is also rather useful considering you will literally be doing a lot of physical work; unlike in London where it's all mental heavy lifting
(I know. it came as a shock to me too.)
But when you do get out here and see this.. The only thing you kind of want to do is get your hands dirty and jump right in! The perfect break from the city.
YOU NEED TO LOOK LIKE A COUNTRY MOUSE.
ACT LIKE A COUNTRY MOUSE
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FORD AND A FJORD
COUNTRY MICE REFER TO THESE AS GREAT ROLLING HILLS
(apparently not "Can't we just take the tube?")
A Country mouse in his natural habitat
YOU EVEN NEED TO
SMELL LIKE A COUNTRY MOUSE
But apart from that! You should be just fine!!
What to wear
Jeans! because your legs will be either stung by stinging nettles (USA translation: Like Poison Ivy) or touching rather unpleasant things...
Machinery oil... prickly hay... Lots of messy animals...
I wore an aerated backless swimsuit under mine for impromptu pool jumps!
Good Walking/Motorcycling/Gardening shoes: Converse!
The inflated diet of a country
mouse is to be taken note of... ..
You may mess up and blow your cover as a city mouse...
Or you may surprise yourself...
But one thing you'll learn is there is a little country
mouse in every city mouse after all!
