#thebiglunch

[megamrpunchandjudyuniverse-blog]

Probably the furthest north I’ll be this year at Stony Stratford Big Lunch today. #punchandjudy #mrpunchandjudy #stonystratford #thebiglunch #biglunch (at Stony Stratford) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByNNAAkn-Ej/?igshid=l8ljsuuf8ctq

[wedoethicalliving]

#SundayFunDay We will be running a bring & make #Upcycling #Fashion #Workshop for #TheBigLunch this Sunday. Get creative making one-off fashion with @stephwyatt48 #MissDorset Don't forget to bring some food and a chair to kick back & enjoy the live music & positive vibes! #WeDoReDo #Ecoblogger #reduce #Reuse #recycle #EthicalFashion #sustainability #bournemouthfairtrade #edenproject (at Bournemouth)

[bleedthesecolours]

(It's a microphone) #thebiglunch #thebiglunch2016 #locknerestate (at Lockner Estate)

[bleedthesecolours]

It's me and my peacock hair! Man, the estate party was too fun. How can a kid be telling me he wants to learn guitar so "I can be one of you" (a musician)? To think this afternoon I've inspired at least one young mind to follow music and become a successful artist and I'll never even know it... Too crazy. #bleedthesecolours #btcolours #btc #bleezy #thebiglunch #locknerestate #inspiringyoungminds (at Lockner Estate)

[bleedthesecolours]

About to head down and play at a community estate party thing I was invited to last week. Shame about the weather :/ #bleedthesecolours #btcolours #btc #bleezy #thebiglunch

[linandara]

Lovely day at @cultiv8cwmharry today: plenty of food, people enjoying the sun, things and plants for swap and sale, kids upcycling workshop. Community Garden, The Big Lunch, Event, Party, Summer, Garden, Big Lunch, Freecycle, Community, Relaxing by Alexandra Cook on EyeEm

[rotherhitheplus]

So excited to get our first tweet from kmarkparker! 

If you love Rotherhithe the way we do check out The Big Lunch they're setting up and planning for! 

[doddyduck]

First Things First

This year has been a year of firsts so far. No whoppinggreat big “jumping out of a plane” firsts, granted, but a few firstsnone-the-less:

I’ve been early to meet dear friends (much to their surprise)

A Robin is using my balcony as a perch from which to warble

A Wren now forages amongst my chives for aphids - over the moon! #ProvideSomeGreenSpace&NatureWillFillIt

Last week I was so tired I didn’t even notice there was a light smattering of snow on the ground. That never happens! This coincided with the first time I’d forgotten my winter woollies this year. The walk to work certainly woke me up!

A gull messed on my head, oh dear!

This got me thinking about TheBig Lunch – only because a pigeon messed on my hard-earned sausage roll lastyear and for no other reason! There were rumours that another department had liked what they’d seen last year and might take it over but after checking that my actions wouldn’t start some sort of coup, I’ve started organising my third Big Lunch for Chaplaincy already!

In my eagerness, I’ve set the date for after exams, so we can provide a pit stop for busy students taking in part in Grand Challenges (@uofe_challenges) and hopefully staff will have more time to leave their desks too. My main aim is to get staff and students to engage in conversation amongst themselves and with each other. Students wouldn’t be here without staff and vice versa; I don’t think we mix or appreciate each other enough.

I’ve booked the venue and am hoping for sunshine but have also booked a wet weather contingency. Both are based in and around the Forum, which is the central hub of the University and hopefully will help us to get a bigger footfall. Now for the activities…

In other University News, Paul Rose featured in “Animals In Love” (Episode 2)on BBC1 last night discussing the courtship of flamingos at Slimbridge, some behaviour I was lucky enough to witness there. I thought this series was going to be a bit slushy on first glance, however it is presented by the wonderful Liz Bonin and goes deeper than I expected. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Warning: Episode 1 had me in tears, but elephants seem to do that to me! After the incidents with my avian friends, I'm glad they can't fly!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05237m1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b052r50y/animals-in-love-episode-2

This is another first – blogging – hopefully that wasn’t too obvious!