Surplus Supper: Spanish style potato omelette with summery greens.

The perfect way to use up eggs, potatoes, a lonely onion and something green. This weeks #SurplusSupper suggestion from FareShare is a Spanish style tortilla from Marcia Barrington. fareshare.org.uk/news-media/news/surplus-supper-marcia-barrington-shares-a-spanish-style-potato-omelette-with-summery-greens/

Free ‘101 Ways to Live Well’ ebook.

Free with every purchase for a limited time only (normally £5.59). Be a calmer, more productive, healthier you. Discover the secret wellness hacks you can incorporate into your daily routine. The mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, yoga and stretching ideas in 101 Ways to Live Well all focus on providing easy, quick, tangible solutions to the stresses…

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A BIG, BRIGHT THANK YOU!

The Cancer Research UK Rainbow Pin Badge. The rainbow has recently become a symbol of hope and of thanks to healthcare workers across the country during these extremely challenging times. So if you’re looking to show some support with a little burst of colour, a Cancer Research UK rainbow pin badge is just what you…

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The Lockdown Boogie

To ease those Lockdown Blues (and when you’re inevitably sick of eating banana bread), have a wee listen to the extremely talented David F. Ross (@dfr10 on Twitter) reading the whole of his first book: The Last Days of Disco. Dancing around handbags is optional. Produced by the equally-talented Into Creative (@intocreative on Twitter), the…

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Protect yourself. Protect others. Protect the NHS.

And help support Whiteleys Retreat while you do so. Now that the Scottish Government have advised us all to wear face-coverings in enclosed spaces on the very rare occasions that we should be out and about, Whiteleys Retreat’s “buffs” have become rather popular. They are also a very elegant way of wearing something a bit…

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5 million reasons to head to Asda.

I wanted to write this earlier, but I actually rely on food deliveries from Asda normally too, and for a while it was rather difficult to find a delivery slot. However, with constant checking, I have ALWAYS found a slot (although many products are still “out of stock” – thank you very much Stockpilers!). On…

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Ataxia?

The Walking Years In The Media October 2013. During a round-the-world by train journey, I started falling over for no apparent reason. My balance became so bad that I abandoned the journey midway (in Novosibirsk, Siberia) and returned to Scotland to find out what was causing the problem. March 2015. After 17 months of being…

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