Thursday 5th and Friday 6th November 2009 @ Bristol Zoo Gardens, Bristol
Bristol Zoo Gardens will be holding two bangless bonfire nights this autumn. The Zoo will be lit up by special bangless fireworks at 5pm adding a sparkle to Guy Fawkes Night without the bangs that might frighten youngsters or the animals. The events will also include a bonfire on the main lawn and professional fire performers on the Terrace Theatre.
Summer is nearly here - the season for ice-cream vans and holding hands, flip-flops and frisbees, sorbets and sunburn, beer gardens and barbeques. But chances are that the summer of 2009 is going to be another complete and utter washout and Vitamin D intake is going to be at an all time low. Therefore, here at SY we’ve helpfully compiled our guide to the best ways for you to enjoy those warm but rainy days and embrace the soggy summer!
- Put on a wetsuit and pretend it’s sunny.
- Turn up the heating in your house, don’t consume any liquid at all for 4 days and then run outside into the rain with your head back and mouth wide open; you’ll get a whole new appreciation for precipitation!
As we slowly start to ease out of the darkest days of winter, the thought on many people’s minds is; “What shall I do this summer?” For the fortunate, a couple of weeks basking in the south of France’s best sunlight or a road trip down the Californian coast might be a reality, but for those of us who are trying to keep our heads above water during this nasty credit crunch, staying at home is the only option. One of the biggest worries about summer in England is that we won’t see enough sunshine to even be able to distinguish the season, let alone crack out the ice-creams and sun lotion. But if you’re still reeling from 2008’s washout and thoughts of the summer ahead are anything but glamorous, it can still be fun, worthwhile and memorable. Whether you’re out of pocket or out in the rain, the important thing is to stay positive and make the most of summer – whatever form the summer might take.
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SY’s Freshers’ Week Scavenger Hunt was so popular it’s now time to prepare yourself for round two! Divide into equal teams and try to collect as many points as possible by completing these tasks in pursuit of the ultimate summer festival experience! Woop! Woop!
!!!POINTS!!!
Insist on wearing your straw hat and sunglasses all day, every day, whatever the weather – 40 points
Have messy, drunken sex with a randomer in your tent – 100 points per day you go without washing afterwards
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Now that Spring has officially kicked-off, this is the perfect time to sort out your house. The easiest bit of Spring Cleaning you can do which will improve your life no end is getting rid of all the clutter you’ve been hoarding over the last few years. Electrical items particularly we find emotionally difficult to part with but you can ensure they find a happy home by recycling them as part of your Spring Clean!
Research shows that on average we each have at least 3 unused electrical items cluttering up our houses. That’s things like old kettles, mobile phones, computers, electric toys, stereos, digital watches, hairdryers, electric toothbrushes, TVs and are you really ever going to use that sandwich-toaster again?
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It was mid-February – that cold, grey, miserable time of year. Not wanting to go bankrupt by turning up the heating to the Saharan levels we deserved, we decided to brace ourselves against the cold by instead sleeping with a triple duvet-blanket combo in bed and covering every inch of skin just to go outside became a necessary habit.
Make the most of Valentine’s Day – Saturday 14th February 2009
Some pictures of the snowy scenes across Bristoooool! Bbbrrrr……!
Winter is great; warm fires in country pubs, home-cooked meals that fill you up to your eyeballs, warm cuddles with loved ones, and of course, the hope of snow! But for every ‘good’ Mother Nature grants us, there has to be an opposing ‘bad’, and in winter, that’s colds and flu; skin and scalp problems; and probably some of your own personal ones that frankly, we don’t want to go into here.
So here’s my natural guide to overcoming the worst of winter’s ails…
The Common Cold:
Echinacea will boost your immunity. Take Echinacea either in a glass of water, in tea, or buy ready-made Echinacea tea bags from any good health store. DO NOT buy Echinacea tincture – it has ethanol in it which not only makes it smell and taste disgusting but is not actually beneficial to your body in any way. I recommend Echinacea and Golden Seal liquid extract from Holland & Barrett, although it comes in tablet form, I actually like the way a few drops make an old-fashioned cup of tea taste.
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