Great news – the excellent and very dedicated folks at the Nottingham Royal Society for the Blind are holding another Bonfire Night Charity Firewalk at Nottingham Castle on November 5th!

Myself and Maid Marian are going to be helping out and leading the walk as we did last year so if you wanted to come and join in now’s the time – it’s fantastic fun, very empowering and best of all it’s for a great cause!

Last year everyone who took part or watched helped to raise the magnificent sum of over £20,000 for the NRSB and this year we’re hoping to beat that - you can check out the details and sign up to take part here or just buy spectator tickets to come and add to the fun!

There’s also music, a great fireworks display and good food to be had too and honestly, if you’ve never tried it before please do; it’s not painful at all, I promise – see the expression on my face taken at last year’s event? That’s exhilaration, not pain!

And if you fancy making a night of it you can join us afterwards in supporting the opening night of the Victoria Cross Memorial Beer Festival that evening at the Canalhouse pub on Canal Street, Nottingham where they’re hosting a beer festival 5th-8th Nov 2009 to help raise money for the VC memorial fund which aims to have a memorial erected in Nottingham Castle grounds to remember the 20 Nottinghamshire men who have been awarded this medal for bravery. This memorial will ensure permanent recognition and ensure these heroes are never forgotten.

There’ll be 20+ real ales all with a military theme and they’ve teamed up with the comedy festival to have comedians performing Thurs & Fri and live music by the superb Nimming Ned on Sat. There’ll also be selling raffle tickets as a way of raising money with the chance to win some superb prizes (list will be available at a later date, check out the Victoria Cross Memorial Beer Festival Facebook Group for more information).

One great night out, two fabulous causes – see you there!