Five days I planned doing Living Below The Line in 2014 – five days for £5 for all food – can’t do that 10 years later in 2024! It costs £7.58 now
Living Below The Line 2014 – £5 for 5 days. Updated June 2024, now costs £7.58
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Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK)
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LBLUK – Day 5
End of Day 5 - yay, FINISHED! Breakfast today was more bannocks, all jam ones this time. That was the last of those, they lasted well. Lunch was some potatoes, cooked in the microwave, with roasted vegetable hummus on them. That used...
LBLUK – Day 4
Another lovely sunny day today. We walked up to Cade Street and watched Dame Heffle release the cuckoo to usher in the Spring. Watched some Morris dancers, looked at all the different stalls, 59 this year. I’m sure there are a few more every year. Got a lovely...
LBLUK – Day 3
Delicious breakfast this morning. I made some bannocks yesterday and had two with some roasted veg whizzed up into a hoummous, and two with some home made damson jam. And the ubiquitous large glass of water to wash them down with. The bannocks recipe is here. Do try...
LBLUK – Day 2
Day two almost done Porridge and jam again for breakfast. It’s not as filling made with water. or rather, it is filling, but it goes down quickly and I want something else after a couple of hours. Went to a U3A Science group meeting this morning. Very good,...
LBLUK – Day 1
One day down - four to go. First up was breakfast. Porridge, made with water and served with jam to sweeten. I did modify the purchase here. I have lots and lots of pots of home made jam, so decided to use one of those. The one I chose is a damson jam made when I had...
I’m doing the LBLUK challenge from next Wednesday!
Do you remember about this time last year, I did Live Below the Line UK for Action Aid? I have been talking about it for the last couple of weeks. Why Action Aid? Because they are a charity that concentrate on women and girls in extreme poverty around the world. Why...
3 LBLUK plans, £5, 5 days, what would you make with these groceries?
Katherine asked me yesterday how the latest LBLUK plan compared calorie wise with the others. The answer, not very well. It worked out to only 1500 calories a day, so not enough. I've had a bit of a tweak and managed to up the calories. Govt. recommendations...
Antibiotics, websites and another LBLUK list
Aren’t antibiotics wonderful! I have had 5 tablets so far and I’m feeling so much better. I’m hoping for a decent nights sleep tonight. In bed, not sitting up in a chair. In fact , I think I shall go and lay down in bed and read some of my latest book and see if I can...
Sequins, off-cuts and an alternative LBLUK list
Had to go to Tunbridge Wells today, first time I’ve been out of the house in 2 weeks. I walked up the road to a locksmith, all of 5 minutes away. I went really, really slowly and it was still a bit much for me.
What did you last spend £1 on?
LBLUK15 is coming up fast now. It is due to run 27th April to 1st May, although it can be done before that if I wanted to. I have been thinking about what I might buy with the £5 and this is what I am currently thinking of.
The Live Below The Line UK challenge, 2015 – LBLUK2015
Here on Thrifty Lesley, we explore many ways of eating on £1 a day. And that is quite enough of a challenge for me. I couldn’t even contemplate existing on that £1 for everything. This email pinged into my inbox today and I reproduce it more or less in full as it...