Today I went back up to work as I've missed it so much on my fortnight off. Well, that's a bit of a lie, I was meeting friends for lunch there, a couple of them left about 5 years ago and we meet up each year once or twice.

I saw the Hare Krishna man on the way there who arrives each day, in all weathers, with his long bike carrying free vegetarian food for the 'poor students'! There is always a long queue waiting to be served a plate of food. I wondered where the food was supplied from and found that an interview that a student had with him..here's a bit!..

How long does it take you to do all this (prepare food, set up stall, get here)? What's your typical day like?

We start cooking the food at 7am. Then I get here at about 12pm. I stay until around 1.30pm (depending on when the food finishes). And then, of course, I have to come back and someone will take care of the pots. I love serving everyday and I like the company. Sometimes students even come to help us. We prepare around 900 portions that go to 2 university and 3 homeless shelters.

The food's journey is even longer. It is produced in Africa and companies ship it here. However, if the food's best-before date is in less than a week, the UK supermarkets do not accept it because they wouldn't be able to sell it on time. Therefore, we take this still good food and we give it to both homeless and students. Otherwise this healthy, wonderful food would be thrown away.

I love coming here. It shows that even though I am vegetarian, I can be strong and carry all this food by cycling here.

What a kind chap!

I almost started some Christmas preparation today..I looked at Christmas cards in Paperchase, just looked, didn't buy..is that a start?? I think so.