I've just been away for a long weekend to a holiday camp in the new forest, with my family. Yesterday we booked a family meal at the onsite Bistro. They had a carvery. When my Mum booked the meal, she asked what they had for vegetarians. Apparently the manager looked stunned and said that he didn't think the two were suited. Vegetarianism and carveries that is, but said he could offer butternut squash risotto. With courgettes. Which I hate. So I was instead offered, a plate of vegetables, minus the gravy, as it contained beef dripping.

Being vegetarian shouldn't mean that I can't enjoy a roast. Come on people - modernise! Us vegetarians are everywhere, and even the meat-eaters enjoy the healthy alternative of quorn and soya from time to time. I have been to plenty of carveries that serve a vege option, complete with vege gravy!

In the end, I cooked my own vege sausages which were ready just before we left the cabin, which I put in a sandwich box, and I cooked up some vege gravy which I put in my canteen and took with me too. When I got my veg and potatoes, I added my own sausages and gravy and enjoyed my vege roast, my way.