Sugar-free and Bertie the badger

I’m nearly two weeks into my sugar-free diet. My plan is to do it for a month and I expect by then my tastes will have changed such that I’ll no longer find sweet food appealing. This is largely what happened with salt.

I’m already noticing changes. In the first week I craved chocolate and spent several days looking longingly at a packet of raisins. This week that temptation has gone and I’m now enjoying 100% dark chocolate which was bitter and unpleasant last week. Fresh fruit is permitted and I have stocked up on yummy things like mangoes and papaya to satisfy any cravings. I eat the seeds with the papaya as these are good for you.

The other night a badger appeared on the wildlife camera in our garden. I’ve never seen a badger before other than a dead one on the road so I was naturally thrilled to have one in our backyard. He appears from about 20 seconds in the video. He looks like a big, healthy boy.

Recently I’ve been trying to catch some pigeons in the local shopping centre that have string wrapped around their feet. One of them can’t walk because his legs are tied together. I want to help them. They’re very wary of me now and I’ve had no luck so far but I will keep trying.