Riot

We have a very lazy start to the day, and by the time we've gotten up and eaten and done the usual weekend fluffing around it's time to head off to Oxford so that Phil can get his hair cut.

Whilst we are travelling in on the bus from the park and ride we notice that the police are busy shutting off roads and the like, and after discussing the reasons for this (from important people visiting the centre to murder) it doesn't take long to realise what is going on once we get closer to the shops.

Phil tootles off to get his hair cut, and while he is in the chair I do some shopping and pick up some various baking tins. I've decided that even though I'm eating healthier I shouldn't deprive myself to the point of resentment (which then leads to giving up). Luckily for me I've got a number of healthy baking recipes and so I've going to give them a go, but to do that I need the baking tins, which I manage to get in the sales at a reasonable price.

When I finally extract myself from the hoards of other shoppers looking for a bargain, no sooner have I walked out of the shop I am confronted with a line of 10 or so police horses and a host of other coppers who have blocked off the road ahead. It appears the Animal Rights protesters were in full throw of having a rally about the animal research center that is being built in Oxford. From what I gather the center has had a bit of a marred history since its conception with a number of building contractors leaving the job due to suggested threats and harassment from animal rights members. This latest rally is because the building work has begun again with new contractors, and I should think the protesters want to highlight their cause again, the cost of which was 5 arrests later on in the day.

Back home and we don't get up to much - I bake some healthy brownies, though I'm not convinced of the outcome and so decide to do some hot cross buns tomorrow instead. And the rest, as they say is history.

So it's good night from me!

Posted by Abi on the January 14, 2006 9:58 PM