Following on from my last blog about The Food Programme, one of the first and most controversial things that the U.K’s government of 2022 brought in was to ban the Chorleywood Bread Process: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorleywood_bread_process This process produces unhealthy bread with artificial additives which aren’t even on the label. See this link for more information: https://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/pappy_birthday/ … Continue reading
I recently listened to The Food Programme on BBC radio 4. It blew my mind! A lot of its content I was already aware of, especially through all my time as a WWOOFer, (WWOOF= worldwide workers on organic farms) but the way it was presented immediately caught my attention. It began by saying that the … Continue reading
This has been a wonderfully productive year in the garden, what with our unseasonably warm spring, followed by a lot of summer rain. In the picture you can see a trug of plums and a cucumber, one of potatoes and carrots and one with deliciously sweet cherry tomatoes, French beans, courgettes, leaf beet, blackberries and … Continue reading
The Japanese Maple, or Acer palmatum, was one of my mum’s favourite plants. There’s a full description in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_palmatum. In our garden there are 3 different varieties and I remember Mum whenever I look at them. They’re a fine sight in the evening sunshine as you can see in the picture. My daughter’s growing cucumbers and … Continue reading
In this video clip, Margaret reads a story about her time in Budapest, from her new book Stranger than Fiction, True Stories from around the World. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08BZTMHMK… Continue reading
I am aware that the title of this blog, A Traveller’s Tales, is becoming less about world travel and more about my immediate surroundings. This is partly because of the COVID pandemic but mainly as a result of my deteriorating health. I now have carers 4x a day and am at home more often. I hope … Continue reading
Margaret Halliday’s fifth book, Stranger than Fiction: True Stories from around the World, transports the reader from Syria to Canada, Cuba to Bali and many places in between. Continue reading
About three weeks ago my daughter took the clippers to my hair, which was driving me mad. Our hairdressers are still closed but I don’t need one now! I guess I’ll colour it when it gets a bit longer but apparently silvery grey is all the rage. Watch this space for details of my latest … Continue reading
This is the view from my corner room in Roodlands Hospital across to the Lammermuir Hills. I love the white May blossom on the hawthorn hedges right outside my window. A distant rape seed field is glowing in the sunshine, a windmill lazily turning in the breeze. This was our hottest day of the year … Continue reading
When my local pool was shut on 20/3/20, as a result of the U.K. lockdown due to the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic, I knew I was in trouble. With MS it’s important that I regularly stretch my muscles. Swimming and exercising in the pool kept me flexible. I exercise at home but it’s not the same. … Continue reading
