Last week we went on a day out - to Oxford. There was a particular thing I wanted to see, the Bodleian Library, and also the Ashmolean Museum.

It was a bit of a trek, so first things first, I decided that the last thing I wanted on return home was to cook, so I requested a visit to our favourite Indian restaurant

I used to find eating out scary - linked to the old " oh no! if I eat out I shall muck up my diet for the whole week!!!!!!! drama".

and it was a big challenge when I started here. I learnt to carry portable browns wherever I went And how to ask what was in things on the menu AND.. desensitise the family to me asking and unpacking

so for my day out I packed a few yam cakes in my bag, and a container of nuts for just in case of delays etc. and some film wrapped red peppers

I made sure breakfast was up to scratch too, specially as I was planning a lot of walking

Loved walking round Oxford and I got to see all I wanted to see. Part of the fun of being radiant-on-tour is you get to case all the eating establishments as you go round

I quickly spied a Mc Donalds as thats my emergency place, as one can always rely on a beefburger to go with ones yam cakes, and a salad.... and the All-Day-Breakfast cafe's are also good for finding enough protein. But my husband wanted to buy something to picnic on from the Covered Market. He spied a pie shop with many, many different fillings that appealed to him. It was an astonishing display.

Not my easiest selection but looking round this huge stall I found cold roast beef, roast chicken and at a pinch there was salmon en croute that I couldve picked the pastry off ...

but they did have fat Cumberland sausages and they were hot too, so I had those, two, tucked inside my yam cakes and we went out and ate in the spring sunshine - was really satisfying

then we went and discussed our day over ( for me) Prawn Jalfrezi, channa dal and cauliflower bhaji . End to a lovely day.