Tuesday 29 May 2012

Salisbury Cathedral "Night Visions" Event

Our Salisbury Life duties took us to the Salisbury Cathedral to visit the "Night Visions" event. The Cathedral looked amazing and I was lucky enough to be given a private tour by David Coulthard, the Marketing and Communications Director; thank you David for your time.
They had over 1000 people through the door which will hopefully mean it will now become an annual event.

David Coulthard, Director of Marketing and Visitor Services, said “We’re delighted to be part of this year’s ‘Museums at Night’ celebration by opening the Cathedral for the evening and have devised three fast moving hours of different activities to entertain our younger and older visitors alike. There are four elements to the evening: music, stories, tours and hands-on activities. This event is a ‘first’ for the Cathedral. Come along for the evening, we might just surprise you!” 

There will be music including a ‘come and sing’ workshop, organ demos, stories and poems in the lantern-lit cloister garden, special mystery object treasure hunts in both the cathedral and cloisters, an introduction to the medieval frieze of well-known bible stories in the Chapter House and a quirky history ‘Things-you-never-knew’ trail of the cathedral. ‘Hands-on’ activities include creating beautiful illuminated letters, medieval clay gargoyles and a patterned candle-holder and a chance to have a go at some poetry writing. For the more energetic there are swift 45 minute tower tours to see the view over the city from the top of the cathedral tower as evening falls (age and height restrictions apply).”

Museums at Night is the annual after-hours celebration of arts, culture and heritage when hundreds of museums, galleries, libraries, archives and heritage sites open their doors for special evening events. It is coordinated by Culture24.

























Guide Dogs for the Blind Golf Day at Highpost Golf Club

The second of our 2-in-a-row golf days was at The Highpost Golf Club. This event was to raise funds for Guide Dogs for the Blind.
36 golfers of all abilities took part before enjoying a lovely buffet meal. They were then presented with their prizes which was followed by a prize draw.




  MARY












Monday 28 May 2012

Naomi House Zip Wire Challenge at St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton

On Saturday 26th May my son's Alex and Edward and I did the zip wire challenge at St. Mary's stadium, Southampton in aid of Naomi House. Martin Starke and Gemma McParland of Spire FM also did the challenge and are pictured below on the left.
The wire went from the highest point of the seating at one end of the stadium to ground level at the other end. It was great fun and we raised a bit of money for the charity in the process



 Alex, Edward and Martin make their way to the start

 Alex on his way down


 Ed looking very relaxed on his way down


 Gemma looking rather apprehensive

 Martin enjoying the ride

 John getting ready to go

 John having a relaxed ride to earth