Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking: Day Out
I originally wanted to call this “Denbies through the Seasons” but I’m not entirely sure my real life cynicism, sarcasm and constant irony really come through on this blog and was worried people might think I was being serious. Anyway, these photos are from Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking. I first visited back on one of the first sunny days of the year, and it was lovely to visit again and see the changing colours of the leaves against the perennially golden fields.
If things look a little different, I’m trying out my new camera lens! This lens will take some getting used to as it has an incredibly shallow depth of field which is great for portraits as it focuses on one subject (i.e. notice how blurry and undefined the backgrounds are in the photos of me), but I do like taking shots that show detailed tableaus and this lens is not great for that (i.e. the banana sign is way clearer than the others, where as in previous posts those kind of flat detailed shots are very clear as I’m using my other lens – like this one).
I’m wearing my newish Orla Kiely coat (!!!) which was 65% off in their sample sale and then a further 35% off the marked sample sale price when I got to the till (isn’t that the best feeling ever?) and my new shoes which were £6 from New Look in the sale. One of the many perks of having massive feet is your size is always left over in the sales. I love mustard (both as a colour and a condiment) and have wanted a coat in mustard and gold for such a long time, so it was like a dream present to myself. Does anybody else have dream items in their mind which rarely seem to actually exist?
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Coat – Orla Kiely (sample sale), shoes – New Look (sale), dress – Miss Patina (sale), bag – ModCloth (gift), leggings – Tesco, socks – Monki
15 responses to “Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking: Day Out”
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It’s such a lovely post! When I just opened it I saw how beautiful you look – and happy – in the first picture, but in the others too! This place you visited must be so beautiful! I like pictures with blurred background, I learned that with my camera and then forgot and now, argh, I can’t do that again! Need to learn again! It’s such a coincidence today, I was browsing some yellow jackets and remembered that some years ago I couldn’t think of wearing yellow/mustard, and now I love it! So I simply love your coat and bag! Really a beautiful post! denisesplanet com
Oh thank you Denise, that’s very kind of you to say! With regards to the camera – normally if you have a shallow field of depth you’ll get the blurry background effect, so the lower the f number, the more light comes in, the shallower the field (i.e. turn the f number to 3.4 rather than 6.0 and the lower the better!)
I have massive feet as well, but sadly it works the opposite for me – all the other size 11 ladies pick up those shoes before I can get to them! Esp. when they’re cute shoes. Love your coat in these photos, it matches the leaves so well:)
The colours are stunning. It looks very nostalgic. You reminded me as to why I love autumn (and not many people do) 🙂
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I really like your new lens! It’s nice to have photos which focus on you 🙂 Your coat is so pretty, I can’t believe you got some Orla Kiely so cheaply. I love mustard too, especially mustard homeware although I’m not really sure why. This looks like a fabulous weekend – vegetable shopping is the best! xx
so lovely and autumnal – east london is greeey right now xx
I love ur coat & the fact that u got an awesome discount for it makes it all the more perfect! Lovin’ this post of fall inspirations 🙂
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So beautiful. I adore your coat <3 xo
Aw yey to you joiing look book, love your style. Can’t believe the deal you got on your coat. you have quite the collection of beautiful coats x
I’m feeling very lucky this winter with coats! Thanks so much 🙂 XX
I love your bag and coat, it’s such a lovely colour and really suits you 🙂 xx
I’ve been reading your blog at work all day basically, and I just wanted to pause and tell you how much I like it. And love your fashion style. Awesome work!
Oh wow thank you so much! I’m so glad you are enjoying reading it. 🙂 X
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