QUIRKY WORLD ... Oatally brilliant... porridge is out of this world
Simon Rookyard, who just two weeks ago submitted his PhD thesis on pulsars, has taken the title at the World Porridge Making Championship held in the Scottish Highland village of Carrbridge in Cairngorms National Park.
Rookyard, from Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, saw off competition from 20-strong international line up including a Finnish biochemist, a Swedish doctor, a Norwegian museum manager, a South African chef and an American personal assistant to whisk away the coveted Golden Spurtle award.
