VfL Blog

A vegetarian retirement home

By Paul Appleby According to a 2016 survey commissioned by The Vegan Society, 3.25% of Britain’s population, of whom around one-third are aged 50 years and over, are vegetarian or vegan. The same survey found that 542,000 Britons follow a vegan diet, and that 14% of these are aged 65 and over...

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Australia and NZ with Fred – black marks for the Black Watch!

By Tina Fox We have recently returned from an 18-night cruise on the Fred Olsen Black Watch calling at three places in New Zealand and a few more in Australia, flying back to the UK via Cairns. We found the places we visited to be really good and we were both surprised and impressed with Austra...

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Haute cuisine on the high seas

By Tina Fox We recently returned from a 3-week cruise from Liverpool to the Cape Verde Islands. Brrr! We certainly noticed the cold when we returned on 11 December. We went with Fred Olsen on a special offer. They were not particularly places that we were dying to visit, but 3 weeks of warmth in N...

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