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Amy Winehouse and her cheeky friend enjoy the sun in their bikinis

Amy Winehouse put her recent troubles aside to enjoy a frolicsome day in the sun with a rather cheeky friend yesterday.

The troubled singer, 24, spent the bank holiday weekend with friends in the Oxfordshire countryside and clearly revelled in the recent sunshine as she stripped off to a self-styled bikini top and denim hotpants.

While most of Britain returned to work yesterday, Amy continued her country break and lapped up the 21 degrees Celsius temperatures.

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Amy and a cheeky girl (not the Romanian pop stars): Amy and her daring friend lap up the sunshine

Hiding her matted hair in a turban-style towel, Amy appeared to have customised her outfit, turning a pair of jeans into shorts and fashioning a red polka dot headscarf into a bikini.

The singer's tattoo dedicated to her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, an etching of a pocket with the word's 'Blake's' was clearly on show.

After Amy and her redhead female pal spotted photographers, her friend happily flashed her backside in a revealing polka dot french knickers.

The Rehab singer is staying with a group of friends in Henley, including singer Tyler James and her manager's assistant Alex Haines.

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Tattoo me: On closer inspection, Amy's 'bikini' is quite clearly made of headscarves and her tattoo dedication to husband Blake Fielder-Civil is clearly visible

Last week, Amy denied press reports she was cheating on her incarcerated husband Blake with Alex.

Amy has spent a lot of time in Oxfordshire over the last few weeks recording, despite producer Mark Ronson's claims she's not ready to make music.

He said last week: "We tried to work for a little bit. I'm not sure she's ready to work on music yet."

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