Transport is the burning issue on many Bristolians’ lips at the moment. What with the recent controversy of the Bristol and Bath Railway Path bus route, vicious rumours of a congestion charge to tackle the city centre’s crippling traffic and with public transport providers pushing up fares every other week, the city’s only ray of hope seems to be cycling. To get to grips with all of Bristol’s transport options though, SY Magazine has staged its very own, hugely unscientific, Bristol Travel Challenge! Which is fastest? Which is cheapest? Which is nicest? Which is safest?
There’s nothing quite like that excitement you get after waking up on a cold morning and pulling open the curtains to realise you’ve been transported into a fantastic winter wonderland! Snow!! Everywhere!!! Last winter we were lucky enough to get two weeks worth of deep snow in Bristol that we could frolic about in to our heart’s content and if the weatherman smiles on us again this year, here’s our guide to the best ways to spend your time:
Friday 11th until Sunday 13th September 2009 @ Watershed and other venues, Bristol
With seemingly 101 festivals launched every single weekend in the South West, you have to be pretty remarkable to stand out from the humdrum. Down in the harbourside amphitheatre with inflated prices and warm beer, even the very best of Bristol events can get a little boring the third time you are sat in the very same spot listening to the same old Bristol artists being rolled out. Fantastic then that IgFest is anything but humdrum; it’s exciting, eccentric, bizarre and as mad as a bag of frogs! There is nothing else quite like this festival and that’s why it’s stolen our hearts. Read the rest of this entry »
Friday 11th until Sunday 13th September 2009 @ Watershed and other venues, Bristol
There is a festival where you hunt moose with your mobile phone and run away from zombies, where you treasure hunt and throw paint over strangers, where the city becomes a giant playground for the weekend and the consoles and computers are left behind; that festival is Igfest: Bristol’s international celebration of street games, social play and mucking about. It’s back, and they want to play with you. There are dozens of games from the best international artists and street games designers to choose from and best of all, it’s entirely free! Read the rest of this entry »
Still a bit cream-crackered from the previous day’s mammoth skate session, our plan was to have a super-chilled bike ride in celebration of the winter sun and tra-la through Long Ashton - and possibly yonder into the fields and woods edging the Bristol perimeter.
It wasn’t long before we spotted a narrow, bumpy lane which led us to a gate guarded by a heard of Friesians. In order to avoid this meaty barricade we were forced into a neighbouring corn field and lug our bikes through knee deep grass. After slinging our bikes and ourselves over a mangled barbed wire fence, a large field took us to the corner of the Ashton Leigh woods and a wondrous down-hill free-ride. Our elation was fast obliterated however by the arduous up-hill climb that followed, to the tune of my lethargic groans. Read the rest of this entry »
I used to watch Big Cat Diary in 1996 every Thursday night, marvelling at the kitty whisperer that is Simon King, avidly tracking the progress of the beautiful beasts. The King’s voice has been imprinted into my childhood. A storyteller for the fantasies of my natural world imaginings, he flew me to the Masai Mara and forged a love for the Big Cats that has never left me. Thus I was exceptionally excited about the hero himself, film man for Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Big Cat Diary, Spring Watch and Autumn Watch, in the district of Bath, chatting about his diverse and exhilarating life accompanying his new book, Wild Life. Read the rest of this entry »
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