Yesterday was a simple day, all we did of note was to go to the Newcastle Green Festival in Leazes Park. This is a yearly thing... a couple of small musical stages, some stalls where businesses like local solicitors 'David Gray' and the Co-op give out balloons which are designed to remind us how green they are, people talk about their organic box schemes, children do pottery and blacksmithing, a community choir sing 'Happy Together' in their socks and sandals. Is a picture beginning to form in your mind?
Here is a picture of a particularly ripe specimen enjoying his crusty musical feast:
There has been something of a schism in the Newcastle Green Festival community. This means that we are left with a situation which I will allow the big-hearted but under-funded organisers of this weekend's festival to describe:
Last year saw the biggest crowds, widest range of environmental activities and biggest bills ever! But the success of the event brought with it a major split in the group of event organisers.
Some people wanted to see the Festival fence off the site and carry out security checks at the entrances. But other organizers wanted the Festival to continue to be an open relaxed event. They also wanted the focus to be much more on the environmental message and for the Festival to be a major family-friendly event. The result was a split and two Festivals – Newcastle Green Gathering and Newcastle Community Green Festival.
Whether the enlightened among those living in Newcastle number enough to sustain two green festivals, one evil and one good, remains to be seen. Which will prevail? I think we all know, sadly.
I went for my run today. I was aiming for 25 minutes, but I only managed 23. Although this is the longest I've run for, and I'm ahead of my schedule, slightly, I'm not that pleased with myself, because I managed 3 kilometres today, and I ran that in 20 minutes last weekend. In my defence, it was very hot indeed. Here is the route I took:
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