This summer I have been lucky enough to experience lots of festival and I still have more to come. This year myself and my girl pals decided to head to EDC. As we live to Milton Keynes this festival was just round the corner. We went with a large group but split off and only spent a small amount of time together. The day was super hot, one of the hottest days of the year so far. It was really fun to be able to go to a festival with my close friends and the weather made it even more perfect. The only issue we had was we accidentally missed Jamie Jones which I was gutted about. Oh well maybe next year eyyy!  

 

I've just come back from an incredible holiday in Turkey. Me and my friend Lauren for the last 2 years have booked and gone on a last minute holiday. last year we went to cyprus which we booked the week before we went,this year we were alittle more organised and we booked a month before. Both holidays have cost us around 300 pounds each which is amazing. We have never been bothered about the destination, all we want is sun, so therefore we just go to wherever has the best deal. This year it was turkey, we stayed in Gumbet which is just outside Bodrum. This resort is known for being abit more lively but I would defiantly say it wasn't. As this was my first time going to turkey I didnt really know what to expect. I have always thought of turkey as being unsafe and bit run down (don't know why) however this was not the case, the beaches were amazing, the sea water was super clear and the people were so friendly. We managed to get a lovely hotel, it was small with only 50 rooms but it was very modern and clean. One day we went on a boat trip which took us across to camel beach (not sure where this is located), we got to ride camels and jump into the sea and swim with fish. I do have a fear of the sea and swimming with fish was always something I felt scared of (didnt fancy getting my toe sucked by a fish ewwwww) but I managed to get in the water and I'm so glad I did, it was a great experience. The hotel hosted a turkish themed evening, we got to try a lot of the local delicacy and were even made to belly dance. The rest of the time we just relaxed by the pool and sunbathed it was that hot that we had to jump in the pool pretty much ever couple of minutes. 

This was a holiday I will always remember and I would definitely return to turkey.  

June means one thing. Its time for Glastonbury!!!! 

This year is the third year in a row, I have been lucky enough to go to Glastonbury festival. Glastonbury is a 3 day long festival but you are actually there for 5 days in total. This year we had the most incredible weather with so much sunshine. I actually managed to get a tan in the UK. As this was my third Glastonbury I knew exactly what to expect. I went with my friend Kezia who was been to Glastonbury 100s of times, she used to be taken as a child. Although there was only the two of us we meet up with loads of different friends we knew going and also made some new friends. Me and Kezia were casually enjoying florence and the machines headline set when we made friends with a group of 3 boys, not only were these boys in the tent right next us but they lived 10 minutes from us at home. We made good friends and went to see more acts with them over the time at Glastonbury. 

Glastonbury is something I think everyone should experience and I have been so so lucky to go three times. I couldn't recommend going enough. 

Yay its finally May, My Birthday month!!. 

I have been going to several music events already this year. I have just recently been to We R FSTVL. I only went for one day (the Saturday) the line up was crazy this year, so many DJs I've been dying to see. With it being in May the weather is always a bit hit and miss, but we were lucky enough to get some sunshine. The festival is only small and there is no camping but it does go on for two days. I was lucky enough to know someone who lived close by so we just stayed at her house and went to the festival for the day. Everything about the festival was great until we tried to leave. When it came to leaving the festival all hell broke loose, I actually feared for my life. As the festival was in a random field they were supplying shuttle buses back to the close by town. Trying to get onto one of these buses became a nightmare, there were very few buses and we were left waiting for 2 hours. During this time people started fighting and trying to climb onto moving buses as they became frustrated with the long wait. The main issue was there was only one steward that I saw and he was so angry and in the end was shouting for the bus drivers to run people in the way over. It was terrifying. Overall I had a lovely day but the organisation of the exiting of the festival was disappointing and defiantly impacted my experience. 

Ok so, I got such an amazing opportunity and was able to do a weeks work placement with Reveal Magazine, in London.

The first day and obviously I was abit worried but I just had to man up and get on with it. As I live in Towcester as small town, by Milton Keynes, it meant I had to join the 1000s of people who commute into London. Leaving my house at 7.30 to arrive in time for the start time of 10 o'clock. 

So the placement started and obviously they had me doing the little jobs other people didn't fancy, such as handing out the post etc. But to my surprise they asked me to write an article everyday which is published on there website. I'm not a journalist at all, I have no background in writing but I worked hard and achieved work I'm really proud of and have had some amazing feedback. 

The placement was an amazing opportunity and challenged my skills a lot. 

Check out my work here: 

http://m.reveal.co.uk/real-life-stories/