Hugh's Fish Fight Campaign

I don't think I would normally blog about campaigns, but I've been watching some of the programmes on Channel 4 lately and have been really angered by the wastage that the European Union is creating by the quota system that they force on fishermen. I love eating fish, and don't normally eat cod as I thought that it was an endangered species, or at least on the verge of being endangered. Why, oh why then, are fishermen forced to throw back the dead carcasses of perfectly good fish in order to comply with some stupid law which simply does not make any sense?

And this is to say nothing of the TV show featuring Gordon Ramsey looking into the practice of shark finning for the sake of shark's fin soup. That is not to be watched if you are squeamish (or while you are eating)!

I will continue to avoid eating cod, and will think twice about eating other species too... instead, I will probably diversify my eating patterns and try out some new species. Plenty of good fish in the sea, after all!

See http://www.fishfight.net/ for more information. And if you feel passionately about it, sign up.

I haven't fallen off the face of the earth

No pictures today. Just to let you know (you, whoever you are...) that I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. Hubby and I came back to the UK from our Christmas trip which was fantastic - but as soon as I got back I got the flu bug that seems to have been going around the country. I still feel very tired, and I'm back at work and busy like crazy, so recovering is probably taking a bit longer than it should. The advantage of having been ill is that I was at home for a little while and managed to get quite a bit of quilting done. Maybe I'll give a photo update soon...

So, holiday reading done - I'm back to attempting to read Ulysses. In all honesty, I'm struggling. I'm on page 400 or so, but as its bed time reading, I'm managing to read a few pages, and then the eyelids start to droop and that's it - I'm done! I guess as bed time reading - its very effective!

I will finish it - I will! I've got hundreds of books to finish on my list - I will not give up - even if it is the most dull book on the earth.... So its bed time now, and maybe I'll read a couple more pages which will help me drift off.