I have been super excited about Glastonbury festival for a few months now, it will be my first ever festival!

However my mood was dampened when I discovered the news Michael Eavis, founder of Glastonbury festival, supports the badger cull. I wasn't alone in my misery either, many more have displayed their upset, with a few now even refusing to attend the festival! But does it really have to come to that?

No, instead we can make a statement, to Michael Eavis and the world of the festival by showing we do not agree and are against the badger cull! Let us put anti cull posters on our tents!

Let us display our posters loud and proud. Gaffa tape it to your door, tie it to your tent pole or fly it as a flag.

We can make our mark and show we don't support the cull!

Get your poster here:

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Or for more posters visit these sites:

http://www.rspca.org.uk/webContent/staticImages/Microsites/StopTheCull/Downloads/STCportrait%20white%20url%20cmyk.jpg

http://www.tbfreeengland.uk.com/index.php/video/poster-downloads/

http://www.save-me.org.uk/BAD_BTB_posterdownload.html

http://badger-killers.co.uk/action/gallery/ 

Please like my facebook page to show your support: www.facebook.com/FestivalGoersAgainstTheCull

I love pizza, so going dairy free I thought I would miss my usual pizza night on a Sunday, until I discovered I could make my very own tasty pizzas!

Ingredients

Base mix
Pizza topper
Vegan cheese (I used Cheezly Mozarella style)
Soya cream
Bute Island's blue sheese
Your favourite veggies (onions, peppers, mushrooms, sweetcorn, pineapple)
Salt and pepper


Method

Make up your base. I use a pre packet of base mix, just add water and knead away! Once ready roll into your desired pizza base shape.
Smear on your pizza topper, I like Napolina's pizza topper.
Cover with grated vegan cheese (this is non-essential as we will also make a creamy cheese style topping).
Make your creamy cheese style topping. Gently heat soya cream in a pan, when warm add grated blue sheese, add slowly and taste until you are happy. Gently pour mixture into lines on your pizza. Don't go crazy as it will spread over your entire pizza when cooking.
Next gentle saute your veggies until they are part cooked. Season veggies with salt and pepper and scatter over your pizza.
Bake in oven and voila, all done!

Verdict

I had great fun attempting to knead the dough, this is something I definitely need to practice! I got in a right mess. The rest of the cooking process I found super easy, and it is so customizable, just add the veggies you fancy on the day!
The pizza tasted absolutely heavenly as well, I found the grated vegan cheese on the pizza really wasn't necessary as the creamy blue sheese topping worked perfectly and really is all you need. It gave it an indulgent cheesy feel, and I loved it! This has become a Sunday favourite again.

Hot sunshine, great entertaintment and vegan food..... what more could you want?

Last Sunday me and my 'almost' vegan mum decided to head down to the Bristol Vegfest to get involved in some of the fun. The main reason I wanted to give it a try was to taste some of the samples on offer so I could finally get an idea of what I liked and didn't like.

We quickly headed into the main stalls tent and directly opposite was the stall Vx, a London and online retailer and cafe. I eagerly rushed over in hope to pick up some more wonderful violife 'cheese' slices but sadly they had already sold out, I did spot one last packet of the Vegg, a vegan egg yolk alternative I had always wanted to try. I quickly swiped that up!

We moved on round the stalls, there were so many lovely things to try, you really can fill yourself up on just the samples. Some of my favourites were koko strawberry coconut milk and the mouthwatering range by wheaty. There was more than just food too, gifts, t-shirts, toiletries, and with many animal rights stalls campaining for their cause I lost count of the number of petitions I signed!

My mum and her new statment t-shirt.

Next we headed outside to get some lunch. There were too many scrummy things to choose from! Pizzas, burgers, kebabs, noodles, and so much more! In the end I headed for a trusty favourite of mine, Fry's vegetarian, where me and my mum had a yummy hot dog. It made a real change actually being stuck for choice for once, and to be able to have a cooked hot dog at a festival... it was unreal!

Whilst tucking into our tasty hot dog we sat in the glorious sunshine and listened to a couple of bands play music while kids played around us with their hula hoops. It really was a fun day for everyone.

 My big gob enjoying a hot dog

Very busy!

We then headed into yet another tent full of stalls, and we fell in love with smooze, a delicous frozen smoothie. I did feel sorry for the stall owner though... his products were in such high demand he couldnt freeze them in time! My mum picked up a box to freeze at home later. I also finally got to try vegusto cheeses.... I was actually very disapointed, with so many raving reviews I had high expectations, but the flavours just didn't appeal to me... but then again I had eaten so much I probably wasn't able to taste them properly anyway!

Inside the tent

Lastly we headed round to some of the talk areas where we sat down for a campaign talk by Ben Frost about our relationship with animals. Whilst a lot of his views were very controversial he brought up a lot of interesting points. Why support charities like RSPCA when they approve companies as freedom food. The animals are still slaughtered. Another was why support a campaign like meat free monday. It gives people the impression that meat is somehow different to dairy. Both animals suffer and are inevitably slaughtered. Some interesting points to think about!

After a long and lovely day we decided to head on home. I had a fantastic time and will definitely be going again next year!