Meg reflects on some of the Social Activities for the Nash Residency

Every year, exciting evening events are planned, one of the most recently introduced being The ‘Nash Olympics’. As always, the competitive streak in everyone was seen, with enthusiasm being shown in each event. They consisted of;
- Balloon slalom
- Three-legged race
- Egg and spoon race
- Bean bag racing
- Skipping
Now, as you can see, these may not commonly be seen as particularly athletic events. However, they do take more skill (and maybe even concentration) than meets the eye. All competitors were cheered on from the side-lines, some almost too enthusiastically! Although very tiring, everybody enjoyed!

Another new event (to me anyway), was the Treasure Hunt. This, yet again (but unexpectedly for me), involved running, although this time, slightly more voluntary. We congregated outside of the cafeteria at 9 o’clock, all eager to go.  Once gathered in our Welfare groups, in our team colours - and in some cases team paint - we sent forward a team leader. They returned to the team with the first clue, which would lead us to the next, where a member of Welfare staff would hand us another. The one clever catch however, was that the entire team had to arrive before we could leave to the next ‘check-point’. Proof of this was needed with a selfie with said member of staff. As soon as the word ‘’Go!’’ was said, everyone charged in different directions, once again, demonstrating how much the orchestra members throw themselves into everything. I really enjoyed this event, as I discovered some parts of the campus I hadn’t known were there, as well as getting to know my welfare group a lot better.
I’m looking forward to the many other events planned on the social calendar, such as the Fancy Dress and The ‘Nash Factor’, which are a lot of fun every year!