Kimberley Murray: Transitions: #powertopodium: Off ice camp

Bad things come in threes! So my preparation for the 6 day off ice camp in Bath did not get off to the best start. I left packing to the last minute and paid the price as I was super stressed Friday evening having had a frustrating week at work. I also had to cave and pay for a hold bag as it was pretty obvious that hand luggage was NOT going to suffice - my bed was piled high! Then came the 'three things'; one work related, two personal life. Brilliant - two things I still need to resolve, the third I can't do anything about so just got to ignore/move on. Anyway I pulled myself together, ate some fajitas and drank some gin (obvs) and finally finished packing about midnight! After winding down I probably went to bed about 1:30 am - not ideal preparation.

Because of flights I was heading down a day early so stayed in Bristol to see my brother, Richard who is studying medicine at Bristol Uni. An excellent excuse to see him - don't get to see enough of the family since I moved away and my siblings are at uni/travelling. So I made it to Bristol pretty straightforward, just a little sleepy because of my 6am start. But man, England is still warm! The flight was so hot and then it was like 15 degrees in Bristol which made the walk to Richard's house (Up a huge hill) really enjoyable - plus neither of us cope with heat that well (we have a hot gene).

So spent the day sightseeing - we went to the St. Nicholas market for lunch - an alley of amazing food on offer; it was SO hard to decide! I settled for a falafel salad box as I'd never tried it before. One word - yum. If I can work out how to make it it may become a regular non - meat option in my diet. We then wandered along harbourside as it was a sunny day and had a pot of tea :) before heading home to chill for a bit (which fortunately coincided with a massive rain shower). We took a walk before dinner up to Cabot Tower and enjoyed some amazing views of Bristol and surrounding area. Dinner - omg! Rich took me to the Burger Joint and I had a chicken, chorizo, guacamole, cheese burger with sweet potato chips - unbelievable!