After busy days of meeting lots of people, listening to great talks and getting lost around campus, the evenings commenced! I actually don’t drink (which may, or may not, be a good thing) but I have had a couple of amazing nights out this week! My flatmates and Freshers Reps have taken great care of me, always checking that I’m okay and that I’m enjoying myself (so if you’re reading ‘Thank you guys!’). Among other events, The County Bar Crawl was something to behold; I really enjoyed it.   After donning our yellow County T-shirts we caught the buses into town, chanting and chatting excited for what was going to happen – it was great to see people out of the lecture theatre just getting involved and the smiles (along with the neon face paint) could light up the campus, I think! Heading out to town on the Shipwrecked evening was cool too! Some of the costumes were great; I’d never have thought to bring a plastic shark or parrot, with a Jolly Roger t-shirt and matching eye-patch! In fact seeing some of the other colleges dressed to the nines in animal costumes, ghost outfits and even a Greggs sausage roll and a bottle of ketchup (?) really made me smile – I genuinely hope that everyone else had a great time! I also went to the chocolate and mocktails evening! It was so nice to take time to just listen to some music and have a chat, plus the chocolate’s always a bonus!

So, Freshers Week has left the rest of the university experience an open book, ready to be filled with memories (and, of course, lecture notes), but I know that I will definitely look back on it and smile…

Thank you all so much for reading; I hope you enjoyed it and that you’ll come back for more stories next week! History Hugs,

Ellie :0)