BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend

So It has been just over a week since Radio 1's big weekend came to Norwich!

It has taken a while for it all to sink in. I had been counting down the days and then it is suddenly over.

A little bit of context if you don't know what the big weekend is. It is a 2 day festival run by the BBC and is completely free (except from an online booking fee of the grand total of £7) it is the biggest free festival in Europe. It has been running for about 10 years and tends to go to smaller cities such as Carlisle, Dundee and Swindon. This year it came to my home town of Norwich.

The day was brilliant, despite the rain (although what would be an English festival without rain eh?) By far my favourite act of the day was Taylor Swift, she has fast become my favourite artist at the moment and her performance was impeccable, Her performance was flawless which is the same as her vocals. I couldn't believe that I was standing there watching her, so much so that i did have a little happy cry while she was performing.

However Imagine Dragons were also brilliant, the atmosphere of everyone singing along and the energy that Dan Reynolds (lead singer) produced really got the crowd going. It also helped that the sun had just started to come out after a very wet beginning to the festival.

Although by the end of the day everything was hurting and I felt like I could sleep for a week the whole day was absolutely incredible and showed Norwich off as such a brilliant city.

I have for sure caught the festival bug and can't wait to go to another one!

P.s if you are reading this within around 30 days of it being posted and live in the UK you can watch all the acts on BBC's iplayer.

New Years Resolutions!

So it's the 13th of January now, traditionally a bit late for making the next years resolutions which I never stick to anyway but this year I am determined to make myself a better person.

However with these resolutions I don't want to beat myself up over not sticking to them. But I am going to try and document my journey on here. Which brings me to the resolutions that I have made:

1) To read more - Although I read a lot of books during the holidays as soon as i get back to university I suddenly stop reading. So to help myself read more I have set myself a reading challenge to read 25 books, so far I have finished three and its only the 13th. I am also going to be commuting from uni to my home town every week which is a three hour train journey so I am hoping to get a lot of reading done then.

2) To make more posts here - I started a blog over on a wordpress blog about 5 months ago and have only written two posts, so I am making a clean start here. I am aiming for one post a week and hopefully I will stick to that, but I'm going to be more lenient with this resolution than the other two.

and finally...

3) Exercise and be healthy - This one is probably on everyone's list as I know I have wanted to do this one for years. I am determined to get healthier this year so I can feel better about myself. This is not to say I wont treat myself to chocolate every now and again ;). I saw a great bit advice somewhere saying that instead of treating yourself to a post work out snack, by a book or some new clothes.

They are my three resolutions for this year and I will most certainty post about how I am getting on with them.

Kate x