My month of self-imposed beverage exile ended yesterday. By the middle of the day I'd managed to work my way through hot-water-with-lemon-juice (my usual first drink of the morning), fizzy cranberry squash, coffee, banana smoothie and prosecco. I added proper beer (Old Speckled Hen, as it happened) in the afternoon and improper beer (Tsing Tao) in ( Read more... )

The 20th of January? Well, that sounds like I'm nearly two thirds of the way through. Some of you may remember that, to raise money for WaterAid, I'm drinking nothing but water throughout January. If you'd like to make a donation, there's still plenty of time to do so :) Many thanks to those of you who already have.

( Water, water everywhere )

So, I am already wondering why I thought this was a good idea. I've decided to accept WaterAid's sponsored "Just Water" challenge, and drink nothing but water during the month of January. They say it will make me feel good. I suspect it will make me feel like an idiot ( Read more... )