A lot of Scientific Nonsense : On Fridays, RaG wears pink!

Good afternoon readers!

So it's been quite a while since I first/last posted so I thought I should really start keeping you all up to date on a regular basis so I shall try my best to keep it up!

The past few weeks have been pretty amazing. I've spent quite a number of days exploring the city of Canterbury with the wonderful Tal, both on foot and by river! I was treated to a canoeing trip along the River Stour. As lovely as the thought was, I'm rather terrified of open water for some reason...(and no, it's not because of Jaws!). But none the less, I still really enjoyed my time on the water and may have started getting over my fear.

Canterbury is such a beautiful city what with all it's cute little shops, the Cathedral (which I am yet to visit), the cobbled roads and all the rivers and parks. I really could get used to this!

So much has happened over the past three weeks; well maybe not that much, but it has all been rather exciting!

On the 15th October Kristian Nairn was to be performing in Venue (the on campus club for those of you that may not know) Being a huge Game of Thrones fan I was definitely not going to pass up the opportunity to see the legend that is Hodor, no matter how long I might have to queue up for! Luckily the line went quickly and soon we were in shortly after 9:30pm, both so excited about the prospect of seeing Kristian but he wanted to keep us waiting, over an hour and a half to be precise! But boy was he worth the wait, I've never seen a man quite so tall! So yes, be jealous!

Just look at that beard!!

I've really only joined two societies here at uni, those being the Raise and Give (RaG) and BioSoc (society for the best subject ever, biosciences).

BioSoc has just recently started up again but the RaG has been keeping me very busy!

Basically RaG are the official fundraising body of the Kent Union at UKC and boy oh boy am I glad to be a member of it!

I've already taken part in two charitable collections (or Raids), one in Canterbury on the 4th of October and the other in London on the 24th October.

The mini-raid in Canterbury was for Dementia UK and both Tal and I together raised £45.12 which we were both very pleased with, saying as part of our collecting was done in the rain!

The mega-raid in London was comprised of several different RaGs from across the country, all collecting for Breast Cancer Campaign. Having about four hours sleep on the Thursday night, we all woke at 5am, yes 5AM(!!) to head off and start collecting. All armed with collection buckets and stickers, we set off to our various collection points across the city, with myself and the wonderful ladies that are Katherine, Vicky and Emma, being placed at Cannon Street. During our lunch break Katherine and I took a stroll to the Tower of London, having driven past it the night before. I don't really have to describe just how fantastic it looks or how proud I am to say that one of those poppies is for my great-great-grandfather, you can just see how wonderful it is from the picture. We continued our collecting until shortly after six that evening and then heading back to return our buckets in exchange for a sandwich and some cake which was well deserved after collecting for 12 hours!

All together, we manage to raise an amazing £61,819. 95 with Kent RaG raising £11,771.09. I'm very proud to say that I managed to raise £465.46 for a charity that means a good deal to me.