The Festival of Nature Update

Despite the dullness and the dampness (weather wise!) for the most part the Festival of Nature was a great success. My review was positive with a large variety of stalls and stands on offer and many interactive activities, especially for younger visitors. Particular highlights were the Bristol Dinosaur Project, the Butterfly Tent and the University of Bristol Tent. The smells of good food spread and it was difficult not to try some of the many free appetizers on offer. All in all, a great day out!

This weekend is the Bristol Festival of Nature, the UK's largest FREE natural history event. 

It takes place across the city this entire weekend and there will be a multitude of stalls and events happening. I intend to get down there soon and will update you on how I thought the event was run.
According to the organisers over 150 organisations have a presence at the festival and there are 'hand on experiences, live entertainment, a local produce market and other interactive activities'.

For more details visit: http://www.bnhc.org.uk/home/festival.html

Welcome to the Bristol Blog

Hello all.

I am a Bristol student and (like most other Bristol students and native Bristolians) am in love with the city of Bristol. From music to theatre to community events to great pubs, bars and restaurants and beautiful buildings and green open spaces Bristol is a great place to live and work. I have made this blog to let you into some of the things that make Bristol such a special city and hopefully convince you to visit us.

First focus has to be on some of the key landmarks to give those of you who don't know the city a flavour of what the self professed capital of 'the west country' looks like.

Bristol Cathedral (just off the centre at the bottom of Park Street, with College Green, a brilliant green open space for all to use outside it) - image found at Bristol Sketchers Blog

Cabot Circus (the relatively newly built shopping complex that can offer you almost anything you are looking for) - image found at landsecurities.com

Wills Memorial Building (flagship building of the University of Bristol - one of the 'red brick' universities in the UK - home of earth sciences and the law school) - image found at Bristol Uni Faculty of Science blog

The Downs (a large green space on the edge of the city with views of the Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods and the Severn Estuary. Perfect for picnics, exercise and sports) - image from flickr

The SS Great Britain (Brunel's famous passenger steamship. She was the longest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854 and worked to take passengers between Bristol and New York. Following a chequered history as an immigration ship to Australia and time spent in the Falkland Islands she was returned to Bristol in 1970. Now listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, Core Collection, she is an award-winning visitor attraction and museum ship in Bristol Harbour, with 150,000–170,000 visitors annually. - image sourced from wikipedia

MORE BRISTOL SIGHTS TO COME!