Soul Survivor A was our third collection this year with food already gathered in Cheshire and sleeping bags from Tangerine Fields at the Big Chill. The Festival Harvest gazebo got it's first outing and, oh gosh, it's orange. So much so that the camera broke on my first attempt to photograph it. We had come down from the midlands and personal organisation rather let us down, forgetting to eat, getting lost en route to the B and B, not bringing our cheque book and then leaving with the keys. Couple this with arriving late and leaving early (and then returning to pay) means the landlady at the Willow Tree Court Bed and Breakfast deserves hearty thanks for her welcome and patience. The keys are in the post!
The night stewards had helpfully moved the food, by then a huge amount, from under the gazebo and into an adjacent marquee. This came as a bit of a surprise to the venue manager when she arrived the next morning. Two folk from Bristol who had arrived at the gazebo before us must have wondered why they had driven all that way for one bag and we were wondering just what kind of thief would make off with a damp pile of pot noodles.
Happily we left with a full transit van and car for projects in Bristol and Coventry. We were reminded by our aching limbs that volunteers to sort and move food need to be a priority!
