Fact or Fiction?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-carrots-improve-your-vision/

“In the dead of night, just how did the British Air Force manage to gun down German aircraft during World War II? Eating carrots was the key to the pilots’ success, according to the U.K. Ministry of Food. The now-defunct agency rolled out a propaganda campaign detailing the pilots’ superb carrot-enriched night vision and encouraging civilians to devour more of the locally grown vegetable to help them function during blackouts. The root vegetable is rich in beta-carotene, a naturally occurring pigment that nourishes the eye”

Wonderful day. Wall to wall sun. So got the Dacia out and parked at Hengistbury Head (10mn drive). Anyone and everyone, and their dogs, were there. Surprisingly warmer up the top. Walked a couple of miles.

Suppose I’ll have eat a carrot now :)))

Thanks Ingeborg for today’s Abstract Thursday challenge, ‘Food’

Mr B said he can see a Bichon :) on this

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