Sunday 21st June 2009 @ Millennium Square, Bristol
Follow the adventures of Matt Whittle as he joined the 8,000 odd who turned up for Bristol’s Biggest Bike Ride 2009 – Bristol’s festival of all thing bicycle. Matt cycled the ‘Sustrans Ride To Portishead’ route (24 miles).
I can see my house! Well, nearly. I can see the start of Brynland Avenue but I’m just out of range. I don’t know whether to be disappointed or relieved.
Between Wednesday 1st and Saturday 26th April 2009 @ Watershed, Bristol
Interactive Places cordially invites you to take an interactive stroll around Bristol Docks and become part of a story set in 1885. Step back in time and get a glimpse of the Victorian docks by embarking upon this amazing adventure. Begin at the Watershed with a handset and headphones and choose one of two stories to follow. Through a marvellous mixture of video and audio, the tales unfold as you proceed around the docks – from the Watershed, past the Arnolfini, over Prince Street Bridge and along to the SS Great Britain. There you cross the harbour by ferry and return to the Watershed. You affect the outcome of the story.
Handsets available from the Watershed 11am to 5pm 00-1700hrs. Free of charge.
Green Tracks, an independent initiative which aims to promote the social awareness and use of urban greenways, with the support of Sustrans, Life Cycle UK, Bristol City Council and Bristol Clean & Green, has launched a photography competition to celebrate the Bristol & Bath Railway Path.
Thinking of getting away from it all and visiting a somewhere special for Easter? A weekend in Washington DC perhaps? A visit to Vienna? Maybe go frolicking in Fes? Or how about staying right here in Bristol? With over 800,000 cities to choose from around the world, DK Eyewitness Travel, the best-selling guidebook publisher, has chosen Bristol, yes, our Bristol, as one of their must-see top 10 cities in the world that must be visited in 2009!
The news has come as a shock to some but Bristol has been quietly building momentum over the last few years, hoarding accolade after accolade for its sustainability and green credentials, cultural prowess, urban ingenuity and high quality of life. DK Eyewitness in its guidebook particularly mentioned Bristol’s Georgian architecture and historical attractions, its world class art and media centres, the impressive shopping facilities, its ‘green’ appeal, our charming neighbourhoods and pockets of individual charm and Bristol’s varied character and cultural offer.
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The Tobacco Factory is one of the few survivals from the great Imperial Tobacco site on Raleigh Road, Ashton, Bristol. It was saved from demolition by Bristol architect George Ferguson who has turned it into a model of urban regeneration. It is now a multi-use building housing a cafe/bar, an oriental bistro, creative industry work spaces, work loft apartments, animation and performing arts schools, a dance studio and one of the most exciting small theatre venues in the country.
Have you ever noticed how most of Christmas’s best things are luminous? The dazzle of snow, the glow of a log fire, the sparkle of tinsel, and - of course - Christmas lights, and Bristol has no shortage of those: Clifton’s Winter Wonderland - the arcade glittering with fairy-lit trees; in Bristol Zoo, fairy-light monkeys clamber above the real menagerie; the lit-up homes in Southmead that would put a smile on even Ebeneezer’s Scrooge’s face; and St Nicholas Market and the Christmas Steps were made for this season – if it wasn’t for the fake snow, it would be like walking into a Dickensian grotto.
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Sophie Davies, 18
Favourite CC shop: Zara because the clothes are individual and quirky.
Tips for winter styling: Woolly tights and chunky knit jumpers.
Describe your style: Vintage with a modern twist.
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