The Kings Norton Festival

I have been volunteering as press officer for the Friends of Historic Kings Norton, as I've mentioned before, and annually they hold a festival to bring the community together. This year it was also to raise money and awarness of the restoration project taking place in the Saracen's Head and Old Grammar School.

I was there at 8am and raced around like a lunatic until about 4pm - I was shattered! But it was good fun. I took photos of everything and got kids to smile for the camera, I even scaled the bell tower to get a shot of the bell ringers! Looking after all the stands was a bit like running around the halls of the NEC when I worked there, or at least I got the same buzz from it. Mostly people were very nice, although like with everything there's always the odd moaner and groaner - although for once it wasn't me!


That night we went out for Pete's birthday, it was really good. This week has been the Birmingham annual International Jazz Festival, and we got to see some live jazz at a pub before moving onto the Aussie bar. I however drank water and looked after my voice, because the next day I needed to have a strong voice...