Busy Holiday Weekend - Part 2 - VEGFEST- BRISTOL UK

Dana with herbs

Herb Stall

Vegfest Crowds

Veggie Food Van

Marquee for veggie's

Bristol Docks

Veggie Food Stalls

Saturday May 25th  it was the annual "VEGFEST" event in Bristol, next to the dock area.

This was the third time we had visited there, which is quite a long drive from Staffordshire, made worse being a bank holiday.....and the traffic jams on the M5 on the way. Pity it is not held on another weekend....but there you go. Anyway we had a few hours at the event which seemed better than ever. It is a Vegan event to be honest, which suits us fine being Vegans too. So everything on sale is animal friendly & cruelty free as it were. Dana bought a few books from the "Viva!" stall, which is a big animal compassionate society.  There were also cosmetic stalls (free from animal testing), plenty of Vegan food stalls, music on stage thoughout the day & evening and also talks and vegan cooking exhibitions. A very interesting event and it is also held in Brighton in March. This year also another in London in October too at Olympia. It shows there is an alternative lifestyle to one of meat and dairy, which is not at all a healthy one if people only knew the facts behind it, especially the dairy farming industry.

We prefer a lifestyle that does not mean you need to end a life to provide a meal. Some people say you cannot get enough protein and calcium from a plant based diet.....which is totally wrong!  You can get all you need from a plant based diet and actually animal proteins are harmful to bones which can lead to arthritis. So having heard so many facts from nutritionists that a Vegan lifestyle is a very healthy one and  one that lessens chances of getting certain cancers, it is the way to go in our opinion. Just looking around the "VEGFEST" event on Staturday, showed us how much more variety there is in the food recipes, as opposed to traditional meals you see each day and far healthier too. We returned home with a selection of Herbs from a Herb stall and lots of literature too. Plus we had a lovely sunny day as well!