Colour Truck and Wifi Wars

NOTHS have been doing events in cities across the country recently in the "Colour Truck" and brought it to richmond for everyone to have a look on Tuesday. I think it is to promote the company and some of our products. Outside the truck there was an inflated dome with coloured paper. So of course I went in.

Not too impressive or fun to start

Starting to kick up a storm

Paper blizzard

Inside were free samples of fudge and a hot drink of caramel and frothy milk. And some very tasty peanut brittle.

Getting a drink

Fire place

We sell some random stuff!

On Tuesday evening, I went with Clair to Wifi Wars at the Royal Institute. Honestly most of it was because it was at the Royal Institute which is am awesome building and where Faraday did some of his work. Wifi Wars is a comedy show were the audience join in by playing games on their phones. It is also now a TV show based on Dave apparently. 

Unfortunately due to road issues and our tube being stuck behind them, we had to take an alternative route and got there later than we wanted. So had seats up in the heavens. Not the best.

Wifi Wars

There were consequences for the team captains if the team lost. Hence the being dressed as a Christmas tree.

Mid show was a sketch by a group (I forgot the name) about electricity. It was simple stuff but fun.

Showing conductivity

Leaving the Royal Institute. 

And now it's home for Christmas! :)

NOTHS Christmas Party

This week was a really long one with the NOTHS Christmas Party on Wednesday. Getting there was a mission as it was in Shoreditch, the other side of London from the NOTHS office. But I changed at the office and ended up at a friends house for an hour before hand.

They had people making balloon hats and brackets and wings. There was a photo booth downstairs and a karaoke booth upstairs. The choir (I am a member) sang at the start and we started having fun.

My hat

I asked for something discrete

I was really sad when my hat got popped! :(

Betty and her wings.

The guys were not as impressed.

Photo booth!

The party was fun but got packed and after a girl slipped her G&T own the back of my dress I decided to give up. I then realised I had left my house keys in the office. Thankfully Ruth lives near the office and has after hours access. And she wanted to leave early. (At least she said she did - I brought her mince pies to say thank you anyway).

Glow Wild

Last Sunday in the evening (after a lot of lovely sleep) I went to Wakehurst , Kew sister garden for their Christmas festival, Glow Wild.There were a few places to eat and drink at the start (and more marshmallows to roast) but that was mainly for people like me who were there early. There weren't stalls around the walk so it felt less commercial and more relaxed. And they had the largest Christmas I have ever seen.

Giant tree

Greeted by deer.

Lantern lit tree

As part of the ticket you got a lantern on the end of a stick, one per group of four. They were really colourful and pretty and it seemed like a great idea. Until a few minutes later when I realised it was going to eye very difficult to take photos while holding a lantern. So I gave mine to a family with 2 small kids who were already starting to argue about how got to hold the lantern. We were all very happy with this arrangement. :)

Tree over the lanterns

Glow Wild is a lantern lit walk around the gardens.

View of the tree and house over the lake

Moon pond and reflections.

More reflections

The latter part of the walk was through fire lit trees, very atmospheric and pagan. 

Real moon.

Loved these little guys.

Blue bell tree

I didn't realise until I was driving home that the fog had descended. But it made for some dramatic photos, especially in the courtyard which I was lucky enough to get to myself.

Bee

Bee hidden in the pagoda

Flower lit walkway