There’s a World Outside
One sunny Sunday morning a few weeks ago, my friend Mirren drove over to my house proposing we go on a spontaneous road trip. We packed our passports (just in case we ended up in France) along with a trunk-full of instruments, our skateboards, masses of Lipton iced tea, and lots of glitter and stickers. We didn’t end up in France, but we did end up at one of my favorite beaches on the south coast of England, picking up friends along the way and listening to mixtapes of Bikini Kill, Francoise Hardy, and Sonic Youth. We drove along wide-open country roads, stopping off in dewy twilit woodlands that I was sure I’d seen before in a dream… We were completely free and totally happy. These were some of the pictures we took along the way. —Eleanor
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Oh these are all so amazing and dreamy and woah. All the road trips on here recently have made me really want to be able to drive :/
Log in to replyum, I could only see the first photo(loving the light leak!), but from that one, I can tell the rest are awesome ;)
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Log in to replyI had the same problem :(
Log in to replyDitto.
Log in to replysame here.
Log in to replyWhat browser(s) are you all using? I know Internet Explorer has trouble with these photo albums…
Log in to replyI could only see the first picture when I was using Google Chrome, but I was fine when I switched over to Safari.
Sam here, I’m using google chrome. This problem on started a few days ago…I’ll be sure to try Safari.
Ditto. Chrome had an update Aug 1. It’s probably that.
Well, that sucks. We’ll start researching some alternative ways to put up these galleries.
these are just BEAUTIFUL. damn, i wish i could drive aimlessly and possibly end up in france or a random rocky beach. i don’t live anywhere that cool, but i know i will in the future! :)
faux style.
Log in to replyLovely! That’s the great thing about true friends: they’re willing to go anywhere with you. Plus, I adore your brown fur-trimmed coat.
Log in to replyWish I could do something like that! Amazing photos, really!
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Log in to replyWonderful and beautiful pictures.
I am deeply in love with that coat there.
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Log in to replyoh, and love how spontaneous you were, people need more of that.
Log in to replyOh my god that beach is so beautiful! Those rocks are gorgeous… and that forest place is so GREEN. Plus, your friends have awesome clothes. :)
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Log in to replyoh my, these are stunning! 4 and 6 are my favorites.
Log in to replyThis is beautiful! I would like to go to the English coast someday. :)
Log in to replyLove this!!!
Log in to replyThese are so gorgeous! Even on my phone’s bad screen I could tell that they were beautiful.
Log in to replyAhh so cute! Which beach on the south coast is that?
Log in to replythis is exactly what i want my life to be like
Log in to replyGOrgeous…
I can’t say much more
Log in to replyWow – your life is beautiful!
Log in to replyThanks for sharing it with us.
ahh spontaneous road trip that sounds so fun
Log in to replydreamiest beautiest!
Log in to replySo beaauutiful
Log in to replyWow. I’ve always wanted to go somewhere spontaneously. And living in Germany, there’s a fair chance I might actually end up in France ;)
Log in to replyCliffs of Dover?
Log in to replyI LOVE THE OUTFITS!
These are so beautiful, I especially love number 16 :)
Log in to replyI live near there! Such a beautiful area. Road trips are so synonymous with the States that it’s great to see a British version. I know it’s given me a few ideas…. Wonderfully evocative photos.
Log in to replyMy friend is going on a road trip around parts of the US this summer, and I’ve realised that I’m going on a (kind of) road trip around south england (I live in Norfolk): to London for a few days, to stay with friends and go to see some olympic events; to Devon, for a few days to stay with more friends; then to my grandma’s house in Hampshire. Okay… so it won’t a spontaneous or a magical as the one in these pictures, but yeah.
Log in to replyaaaaah I wish i was old enough to drive… these are wonderfull!
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Log in to replyLiterally out of this world. I’m so amazed.
Log in to replyThese are amazing!!! Especially the second one. And #5 and 16.
Log in to replyBeing in France, it really makes me want to cross the English Channel and land on this same exact beach and wander in this same exact forest… With the same exact stylish friends ;)
Definitely should try to learn how to drive (although I’m terrified to get behind the wheel)
These are so sick! I’m really into #6, very film still like which I am very into. Come back to nyc so we can all go on a US roadtrip! My younger brother is restoring a VW van with my dad and I plan on taking it out next summer!
Log in to replyuhhh yes!!!!! that sounds incredible
Log in to replyCan’t believe real life looks like that.
Log in to replyThe beach. Wow, I really want to be on those black, round rocks and sand. Gorgeous.
love!!
Log in to replyOh my goodness, so peeerrrrdy :))))
Log in to replypretty album girls! (and guyz)! longing for that kind of weather and scenery out here in the Nevada desert.
Log in to replyIts funny, over here I’m longing for sunshine and heat as an alternative to the tights and wool cardigans weather that we’ve had in what’s supposed to be high-summer… The grass is always greener on the other side, I guess.
Log in to replybeautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Log in to replywow you have the best cliffs over there
Log in to replyPicture 5 is amazing. As is 6. And 17.
Hell they’re all good!
How do you take pictures like this??? (Okay that is a sweeping general question)
I feel like I have spent a lifetime trying to become good at photography, but my pictures are never this breathtaking! And the nostalgic sort of vibes are never present…
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Log in to replyThese pictures are so dreamy and beautiful. And the clothes are utterly amazing. Brilliant album!
Log in to replypictures are dope!perfect!What camera re they taken with?
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Log in to replyWhere were you? The woods like a lot like the ones near my grandma’s house with the pylons running through them, but its unlikely that its the same ones…
Log in to replylove the photos! what camera did you used?
Log in to replyThese are absolutely incredible! Such beautiful and perfect photographs. :)
Log in to replyxo, Tori
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aghh no. 14 is amazing! what is that, light through the trees?
Log in to replyPictures 2-8 feature the most glorious jacket I have ever laid eyes upon. I mean, really, that jacket is the jacket of my dreams. Oh please let there be someone who knows where I can find it!! Or one similar to it at the very least!
Log in to reply#2 and #3: Penny Lane from Almost Famous.
Log in to replyLike it so far! Amazing photos. So romantic…
Log in to replyGorgeous photos, inspired me to plan a roadtrip with my bestfriend before the summer is out :)
Log in to replyhelp i think i just fell dramatically in love with a photoset
Log in to replyYou have really cool friends.
Log in to replythese are lovely!
Log in to replyI live on the English coast, yet this road trip looks far more amazing and lovely than anywhere near where I live…and I NEED that coat in my life!
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Log in to replyOh man, I ADORE the first six. So beautiful.
Log in to replyyou have beautifully documented a lovely looking adventure!
it’s such a magical part of the world and you and your friends seem to have had a great time!
such inspirational photography :D
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