It didn't really fade! It just stayed the colour of the girl on the right's hair

It was a brand i don't even know if it still exists called CrazyColour.

Awh which festival are you going to Twass i used to work on festival radio it was great not only free tickets but you get to see the gigs and interview all the musicians!!

It's a cheapo cover bands festival, I go every year, called GLASTONBUDGET Three days of utter mayhem. Often the cover bands are just as good if not better than the originals. We have a brilliant time once we've got Chequers [the tent] up. Chequers has a mind and will of its own and it's usually touch and go if we'll manage to erect it. It's always a different rather warped shape. We provide entertainment for the other campers during its erection Then we festoon it in fairy lights and bunting just in case we can't find it after dark. Ours is the one visible from outer space

sounds fun i hope the rain stays away i've been to festivals when it's knee deep mud and the amusement wears off after a while

Two years ago Glastonbudget was awash. Knee deep in liquid mud and still the rain kept coming. This was prior to my friend's hip replacement so she was on crutches in considerable pain. AND WE STILL HAD A BLAST!!

oh well i hope it rains for you then

We'd rather it was dry please. It's even MORE fun in the sun!

I just had a Birds Eye fish burger in a ciabatta roll with lettuce, tomato, cuc and sliced cheese, mayo and ketchup and it was just awesome! How are your holey gums? Could they do a burger yet?

still can't do bitey food BUT tonight i made a delicious stir fry with the same seasoning as when making char sui pork but over chicken - and yesterday i did a delicious veggie chilli (which i hadn't eaten for years!!) oh my god it was gorgeous! Before that it was italian with a courgette marinara!! i'm enjoying cooking at the moment

i do love a fish finger sandwich though

It sounds like you are getting there which is good news indeed. You've come a long way in these few months it seems! Are the docs of the general opinion that you're now sort of on the up?

It's lovely to eat when i want which sounds weird but for two years i had to eat when other people told me to.

Was at the docs again yesterday discussing latest batch of test results! It's sort of mixed, some stuff is good, other stuff (which are side effects or as a result of the original issue) aren't so crash hot, but i got the weirdest advice yesterday....both my GP and the nurse are insisting i start eating chocolate It's so weird, never been prescribed chocolate before BY A DOCTOR!!! Its the second time he's said it, the first time i thought it was a joke so didn't buy any!

Well, there's iron in chocolate, and obviously fat which you may need. Decent choc is full of health benefits so long as not a high sugar version. Lucky you! *passes over the Lidl finest choccy bar*

Very kind would you like to try some of my Doctor approved 76% cocoa solid chocolate with orange peel?
*passes bar* it's very nice!!

Cor yes please!! Lidl's is 70%, they do an 80% but it's a tad bitter

This is a Belgian chocolate! It's weird i tried the lindt 70% and it was so bitter but this stuff is lovely!

A bar a day keeps the doctor away

i know it sounds silly but it really did make me go when it was insisted upon!

the sky is gorgeous here all golden

Cloudy and dusky here but all the birdsong as they prepare to roost is lovely

Like i said earlier i went for a wee drive around the dale after the doctors yesterday. It's weird how emotional i'm finding this spring it's all so beautiful, i felt so lucky to be living somewhere so beautiful. I figured it was being trapped inside for so long.

ooo mary beard and the romans!!

Is that on the tellybox? I am watching lovely Noel Fitzpatrick on 4+1 with the tissues to hand

It's not strange at all my dear. You had a close call, and were shut away from nature, which is the fount of all life and what's best in this world. Now you see and value it as never before, and it rewards you with its endless bounty. This is why pagans like me say nature is our church. No need for anything else

yes BBC2 if you've missed it it will be on iplayer. I love Mary Beard.

I've always had a bit of a nature bug since constant beach combing as a kid!! It's ridiculous how excited i was when my first poppy came up in my wee garden!!

i'm a bit random tonight sorry
OH MY GOD I'VE GOT R WHITES LEMONADE ICE LOLLIES IN THE FREEZER

I didn't know such things existed!! Twisters are my faves. THey're just so suck-ulent!!

I will have a look on iPlayer, didn't even see that was on

me neither until i bought them the other day!
just having one now, they do indeed taste of r whites lemonade!!!!
never tried twisters what flavour are they?

it's the 4 part of a 4 part series not sure if all the episodes are still available

I'll have a looky.

Twisters are a centre of raspberry water ice with swirls of vanilla and lime water ice ..... look!

ooooo limey goodness!!! i shall have to try them! i love citrus ice lollies
yum

They come in other flavour combos.....you can get mini ones!!

this is sounding better and better!!!! are they in most supermarkets or are they from a specific shop (like those delicious lidl orange sorbet things, must get some more of them)?
i get a lot of fevers so ice lollies are great way to cool me down! that r whites one was lovely didn't have that weird after taste some lollies have *thumbs up from planets*