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Monday, 2 June 2025

The Cardinal by Alison Weir

 Is This Mutton features The Cardinal by Alison Weir

Dear friends. What do we know of Cardinal Wolsey, right hand man to Henry VIII until he fell out of favour? 

Best selling historical novelist Alison Weir brings the Cardinal to life in her new book.  We learn about a man whose religious calling was somewhat reluctantly accepted;  a man who nurtured a secret love, and who lost everything dear to him. 

Today is my turn on the book blog tour for The Cardinal. 

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Sunday, 1 June 2025

Maximising a Galley Kitchen

Is This Mutton on the refurbishment of an outdated and shabby galley kitchen


Dear friends.  We're just completed a kitchen renovation. It's the first time I've ever had a brand new kitchen. 

When we moved into this house 20 years ago the kitchen had been recently updated - on the cheap - to help sell the house. 

It's a small galley kitchen, typical of this era of house (late 1920s).

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Saturday, 31 May 2025

May In Review {2025}

 Colourful clothes drying on a washing line


Dear friends.  I wasn't going to publish a review this month because I've already written about our 2 week cycling holiday.  But I realised I could still provide my usual daily account as I didn't describe the holiday day-by-day, and still have lots of unused photos. Plus we have a new kitchen! Above: my colourful washing line after returning from holiday.

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Thursday, 22 May 2025

Cycling Adventures in Scotland

 

Is This Mutton's Gail Hanlon and husband on the banks of Loch Ness in Scotland during their cycle ride of the Caledonian Way

Dear friends. We're back from an amazing fortnight in Scotland.  We completed 2 cycling routes, the Hebridean Way and the Caledonian Way. Total mileage was around 450 miles (724 km). The weather was extremely kind to us, and there were no midges. 

As with our epic journey last year from Land's End to John O'Groats,  we went with specialists Saddle Skedaddle. The two tours were fully guided and our bags transferred to the accommodation each day. Below: the trailer of bikes on its way to the first ferry. 

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