Woken by my phone at 8am and went down to the breakfast room. Sharon, I think her name was, wasn't expecting me, as somehow the message had come through that I didn't want breakfast. I NEVER don't want breakfast.... it is the most important meal of the day for me!
Anyway, I had a bowl of cereal and some toast, beans, tomato and an egg fried hard, and three cups of coffee, and an orange juice. I then went to my room, got changed, and went to the Market Square to find Helen, my handler today, to find out where she wanted me to be. She had disappeared but her colleague Helena suggested working in front of a building which I've done my show in front of each time I've done the Beverley Food Festival. However, it was no longer an empty cinema, but a Browns department store, and it looked like it was going to open later that day. So I couldn't stay there.
I went and devilsticked outside the main marquee whilst the event was being opened, and then one of the Beverley Town council people suggested I work outside a Building Society which wouldn't be opening today, so I got set up there, and got a Council van moved as it was part blocking the view.
I was busy from then on in, continuous workshops and interaction and all sorts, 100% full-on. At about midday I took a short break to go and buy a pie for lunch, and I also got two 750ml bottles of 'Gold from the Wold' Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil for £10. But this only took 10 minutes, and another 5 minutes to eat the pie, with various children hanging around and watching for my last mouthful, to then home in and ask if they could have a go with the 4 wheel unicycle, or Deborah the Diabolo (Derek's blind sister) or juggling...... but I wanted a change so I did an hour and a half of balloon modelling, finishing at 1.55 to go and sit in the Market Cross building to do a composting workshop. Only 4 people turned up to this.... but it was still worth doing.
So from 2.20 through til after 4pm I was busy with more circus and balloons, without a break, full-on again. That's how I like it as the day goes really quickly!
I waited ages for the bus home.... including walking down to the railway station to see if it would be quicker to go that way, but it wasn't. Beverley really needs a direct rail link with York, in my opinion! Anyway, the bus came and I dozed on it all the way to York and collapsed when I got in. A busy weekend.
Anyway, I had a bowl of cereal and some toast, beans, tomato and an egg fried hard, and three cups of coffee, and an orange juice. I then went to my room, got changed, and went to the Market Square to find Helen, my handler today, to find out where she wanted me to be. She had disappeared but her colleague Helena suggested working in front of a building which I've done my show in front of each time I've done the Beverley Food Festival. However, it was no longer an empty cinema, but a Browns department store, and it looked like it was going to open later that day. So I couldn't stay there.
I went and devilsticked outside the main marquee whilst the event was being opened, and then one of the Beverley Town council people suggested I work outside a Building Society which wouldn't be opening today, so I got set up there, and got a Council van moved as it was part blocking the view.
I was busy from then on in, continuous workshops and interaction and all sorts, 100% full-on. At about midday I took a short break to go and buy a pie for lunch, and I also got two 750ml bottles of 'Gold from the Wold' Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil for £10. But this only took 10 minutes, and another 5 minutes to eat the pie, with various children hanging around and watching for my last mouthful, to then home in and ask if they could have a go with the 4 wheel unicycle, or Deborah the Diabolo (Derek's blind sister) or juggling...... but I wanted a change so I did an hour and a half of balloon modelling, finishing at 1.55 to go and sit in the Market Cross building to do a composting workshop. Only 4 people turned up to this.... but it was still worth doing.
So from 2.20 through til after 4pm I was busy with more circus and balloons, without a break, full-on again. That's how I like it as the day goes really quickly!
I waited ages for the bus home.... including walking down to the railway station to see if it would be quicker to go that way, but it wasn't. Beverley really needs a direct rail link with York, in my opinion! Anyway, the bus came and I dozed on it all the way to York and collapsed when I got in. A busy weekend.
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