I got to a very sunny Birmingham New St Station, followed the directions to the bus stop and eventually a bus turned up to take me to Harborne Hall. I asked the driver to tell me when to get off, but I'm not sure he understood. Luckily some other people got on the bus who looked VSO like (easily spotable if you know what to look for!), and they asked one of the other passengers to be told when they were in the right place. This was good as the driver didn't say a word...
So we got safely to the the Hall, which is in nice surroundings, woods, and lawns etc. I got a fairly basic room, in a corridor which was reminiscent of a hospital. Pretty soon more people turned up, and we started the activities, there was a variety of light hearted learning sessions, and some fairly heavy sessions with lots of thinking.
We broke up early, went for dinner, which was disappointingly normal, I was expecting something exotic, but it was not be some African finger food, or such...
We all went to the bar that night, and had a good chat, then a fairly early night(most people left before closing time) ready for another long day of activities. This was followed by a visit to the local pub, and for me at least an early night (10pm ish).
Another session in the morning ended with an overview of fundraising activities, and then it was a shared taxi back to the station.
A very good weekend, lots of fun, met lots of nice people, learnt lots, and I felt lots better for going!
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