DCBeatle64:

caverndweller:

Funny that this weekend had been the weekend of The 2011 Moonwalk - last year it was the same day of the Hampden concert so by the time I saw Paul, I'd walked 26 miles through the night, been in a medical tent, had 30 mins of shut eye, and ready to dance for 3 hours Nice to see the mile markers up around Edinburgh and thinking, "I went to see Paul McCartney this time last year"

and the weather was s**t this weekend, yeah its kind of strsnge the moonwalk being early this year. You did well to do that and then go see Paul

Whatever they gave me, worked wonders! I wanted to go out afterwrds to, but my mate (who hadn't moonwalked and whom I was giving a lift home to) wanted to head straight home afterwards : Next time, I'm taking the week off for all the highs and lows that go with it

Funny that this weekend had been the weekend of The 2011 Moonwalk - last year it was the same day of the Hampden concert so by the time I saw Paul, I'd walked 26 miles through the night, been in a medical tent, had 30 mins of shut eye, and ready to dance for 3 hours Nice to see the mile markers up around Edinburgh and thinking, "I went to see Paul McCartney this time last year"

Great set of links there - thanks! Always good to get some new ideas for recipes and the like

JordanOnTheRun:

Did you guys get the lennon edition or the standard edition?

The 'Inspired by Lennon' edition

I'm another one with the sunburst Casino

I'm trying to guess the guitar track from the link - any clues?

Aw shucks, thanks. If your family need some assistance in finding out about following a more nutritious vegetarian diet, the vegetarian society are always willing to offer helpful advice.

As someone who is not a millionaire or benefitting from access to a personal chef, I can honestly say that a vegetarian diet is no more demanding to cook for than a meat diet. Does it take longer to cook a chicken stir fry or a vegetable one? Does a vegetable lasagne take longer to cook than one containing meat? Do you need to be a millionaire to make a fruit salad for dessert as opposed to prawn cocktail? Does it take a lot to cook tofu or to add cashews to give that little bit extra protein to a veggie meal? Of course not. Truth is, most vegetarians and vegans pay more attention to the contents of their food because they have to, anecdotally speaking. It's been scientifically proven that those who have a vegetarian diet are generally healthier with less problems with blood pressure, cholesterol, heart problems, obesity and consequently diabetes, cancers, etc. Healthy snacking is generally encouraged by dieticians who encourage the eating of more regular smaller meals throughout the day rather than 3 bigger meals which serve to bloat, particularly when they are less fibrous than vegetable based diets. But, thanks for your anecdotal input nonetheless. The scientific facts, however, speak otherwise.

Funny reading back on my post from a few months back, as I've actually been vegan now since the 3rd January. What I thought would be tough has actually been quite easy for me. Thankfully Edinburgh has a good few places to pick up vegan foods (vegan haggis samosas mmmmmmm) including one which is on my walking route to work in the morning, so I can always fill my bags early morning and be ready for the day ahead. I've lost a stone since then too (it was there to lose!), and feel much better for it. I did have a bad kidney infection about a month back and had all the sceptics tell me smugly it was because I don't eat meat or an other animal related products. Of course, it was nothing to do with that, but the barbed comments kept coming from those who assume that anything other than 'chips with everything' is an inadequate diet! There was also a massive fall out about a team away day at work over me being a vegan - long story, but ended up with me staying in the office for the day after I'd organised it all because one of my colleagues made jibes at my eating choices. HR were involved, all very messy, and all because someone just couldn't tolerate my lifestyle choices. What I have enjoyed most of all is learning to cook different things. It's very easy to stick to the same food time and time again, but I've tried lots of new things of late, the majority of which I've enjoyed.

We get the 29th as a holiday - a few of us wanted to go into work but the decision was made to close the buildings so it's physically impossible to go into work even if you want to. I never thought I'd hear myself say that 'I would rather go into work' :