Wow! This play sounds great! I didnt even know about it.

I have to give this place ago.

hi

just thought i'd add that im from chester and am moving to London in 2 weeks. Nice to see some british people on here. :hi:

I'd also never heard of the manchester veggie restaurant. I hope i can go there before i go away it looks great.

Yes, its great in there. I end up spending too much though!

I need to stop. Im pretty bummed that Cafe Pop closed, it was super in there too.

i miss cafe pop too :cry:

hello!

as some of your already know, i'm coming to england next sunday for the national vegan festival which is on the 14th sept.

i have a question or two....

i will be basing myself in cambridge (free accomm) and want to know where else i can visit in england that is nice and not too touristy. i will be going to london and have been there before last year when i came for the festival.

is it cheap to travel around by bus or train?
we won't be on a strict budget but prefer not to spend too much money if we can.
oh and it must be vegan firiendly f course, meaning at least one veggie restaurant.

some nice country places would be great to see...
anyone got any hot tips or hints for me.
i'll be travelling with my BF and we will be there for a total of 11 days.

does any of this sound like it might be your town/city or somewhere you have been to? hehe

i would greatly appreciate any help.

thanks :)
*sarah**

edited to add :: i am so excited to be coming back to england. i loved it when i was there last time :vebo:

ohhh and after visiting HILLSIDE animal sanctuary, we went to the treehouse restaurant in norwich/norfolk and it was really yummy. mmmmm
http://www.vegfolk.co.uk/treehse.htm

oh i am so excited.

i just found a bed and breakfast called HEARTSPRING which serves organic vegan food and it's right on the coast of wales. :vebo:

can i ask some more questions? (i'm sorry...)

how many hours is it from london to say, cardiff (it's actually in Carmarthen)?
what would be the best/cheapest way to get there, train or bus?

"The village of Llansteffan is a designated Conservation Area. The house overlooks the village's ancient church and Norman castle. There are locally many walks in varied landscapes - cliffs, sand dunes, salt marshes, woodlands and coastal paths etc. The house is only a 5 minute walk away from the local beach and a further 10 minutes away you are likely to be only in the company of wildlife."

this place looks amazing.
check it out for yourself >>> http://www.heartspring.co.uk/index.htm

ohh i hope someone can help me.
i have all butterflies causei would loooooove to go there :smitten:

I dont know the exact number of hours but its not much.
Many people commute between London and Cardiff.
Train will be your best bet.

mparle: Do you post on the Jillys Board? And yes, we all miss Cafe Pop. :(

I dont know the exact number of hours but its not much.
Many people commute between London and Cardiff.
Train will be your best bet.

thankyou !!!!!
i will check out the train website now.

trainline (http://www.thetrainline.com)


thats a good train fares/timetables site.

national rail (http://nationalrail.co.uk)

thats another one for you.

Hope you can make it to where you want to go. Maybe ill see you at the vegan festival.

i'm gonna be in london soon, too....! leaving on tuesday.. i'm very excited about it... :)

trainline (http://www.thetrainline.com)

thats a good train fares/timetables site.

national rail (http://nationalrail.co.uk)

thats another one for you.

Hope you can make it to where you want to go. Maybe ill see you at the vegan festival.

thankyou mparle, i did check out those two sites and found a few train connections. :)
i just wish i knew *where* to go .... hehehe

i sent you a PM with the link to the vegan festival site. i hope you got it. i might just see you there :D

Could I have the link to please!

Could I have the link to please!

certainly 'mam!

just go here http://www.veganfestival.freeserve.co.uk/
there is also a thread about the festival somewhere round here .....

:vebo:

i'm gonna be in london soon, too....! leaving on tuesday.. i'm very excited about it... :)
:) Hi icicle, there's lots to do in London (I've lived here all my life).
There are many veg*n friendly places about. Red Veg is good for fast food (there's one in Oxford St). There's a gr8 Thai Vegan place in Islington, eat as much as u like for a fiver!!! Too many for me to mention.
I'm vegan and eat really well here! I'm sure you'll enjoy it here!

yeah, i'm totally excited to be coming back to london.
you have so many great vegan places to eat :)

we went to the all you can eat place called TAI and it was so yummy.

you are very lucky to live there XpandaXmirandaX :up:

i've actually been to England several times before.. but this will be only my 2nd time as a vegan! so i'm excited to try new veg places.. though the people i'm traveling with may not want to.. ohwell!

red veg? i'll try to go! any other specific places i should check out? is country life really that good? (thats the right name.. right?)

i've actually been to England several times before.. but this will be only my 2nd time as a vegan! so i'm excited to try new veg places.. though the people i'm traveling with may not want to.. ohwell!

red veg? i'll try to go! any other specific places i should check out? is country life really that good? (thats the right name.. right?)

hi icicle!

me and my BF really wanted to go to countrylife but we got there and found out that it was closed. :( but hopefully this time when we are in london we will go there and it WILL be open !!

if you're interested, i wrote a small vegan report after my trip to england and wrote about a few of the restaurants we went to. you will find it here >>> http://www.rootsofcompassion.org/beta/zine/articles/atriptoengland_sarah.shtml

good luck and i hope you come along to the festival. :vebo:

hi icicle!

me and my BF really wanted to go to countrylife but we got there and found out that it was closed. :( but hopefully this time when we are in london we will go there and it WILL be open !!

if you're interested, i wrote a small vegan report after my trip to england and wrote about a few of the restaurants we went to. you will find it here >>> http://www.rootsofcompassion.org/beta/zine/articles/atriptoengland_sarah.shtml

good luck and i hope you come along to the festival. :vebo:



thanks soo much!! :)

unfortunately, i'll be leaving the UK on the 12th! maybe next time. i'd love to go.

Howdy UK!
We're in NYC, and my husband is coming your way the 3rd week of October to play some shows in London on his banjo. Anyone know of a real inexpensive (but decent) place to stay in London? I looked up some hostels and they seem cheap and pretty good, but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. (Veggie-friendly places to eat on the cheap would help too!)

Oh, yeah, if you like Americana Banjo music with a heap of yodelling, come out to his shows! Look on http://www.curtiseller.com for show listings.

Thanks guys.

Does anyone know of anywhere in London that sells Luna bars?? My Dad brought loads back from the US, but they were so tasty that I've eaten them all :D

Does anyone know of anywhere in London that sells Luna bars?? My Dad brought loads back from the US, but they were so tasty that I've eaten them all :D

you just reminded me that i bought a luna bar from the vegan festival in london.
i'm opening it right now ..... mmmmm it's so tasty and not too sweet! :)

so back to your question, i don't know where you can get them in london but the vegan store was selling them so you can order them online from www.veganstore.co.uk

direct link http://www.veganstore.co.uk/luna_bar.html

it is quite pricy though, i paid 1.75 pnd :eek:

ARRRRRRGH! I knew I should've gone to the festival! I really wanted to, but I'd had a stupid sinus op the previous Monday, so I was still tired and yucky :( Did you have a good time, with_open_eyes??

ARRRRRRGH! I knew I should've gone to the festival! I really wanted to, but I'd had a stupid sinus op the previous Monday, so I was still tired and yucky :( Did you have a good time, with_open_eyes??

yeah, you should've gone but i understand.....next year, okay? :)

yeah, i had a great time! it went pretty fast cause we were really busy at our table but i bought lots of yummy goodies ;) hehehe
we also got to meet quite a few nice people and very inspiring activists too :)

If any of you guys ever come to the south of England, pleeease tell me! I'd love to give you a guided tour of the area.

There aren't many vegan restaurants, but plenty of health food shops and vegan-friendly products (if you look hard enough!)... also you could meet the local animal action group, and perhaps get a coach up to the demos in Cambridge.... or stay in the area and disrupt a fox hunt (there are quite a few hunts that happen surrounding my area, although I've never been on a hunt sab myself)... the list goes on! Go on you know you want to :yes: :yes: :yes:

i went to brighton, veggitash .... are you much further south?

oh the hunts sabs amaze me. they are so brave!

some people are coming from germany for the demo on the 11th oct at cambridge. i wanna come too !!!!!
i am trying to get a spot in their car but at the moment it's full *but* two people aren't 100% sure they will go so i am crossing my fingers!!

hello!

i thought i would post this here just incase you hadn't seen it already.

You can help build parliamentary pressure for a ban on all primate experiments by contacting your MP and asking him or her to sign EDM 1307. See the link to view the latest EDM signatories and check whether your MP has already signed.http://edm.ais.co.uk/weblink/html/motion.html/ref=1307

EDM 1307 - PRIMATE EXPERIMENTS - 03.06.03 - Baker/Norman

That this House believes that experiments on primates cannot be justified in view of the important biological differences between people and primates and their well-developed intellectual and social awareness, which makes their needs impossible to meet in a laboratory and their suffering so severe; notes public opposition to the practice; therefore believes it is time for the UK to adopt the Zero Option, a total end to experiments on all primates; and calls upon the Government to extend the ban on the use of great apes to all primates as a matter of urgency.

http://edm.ais.co.uk/weblink/html/motion.html/ref=1307
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/