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.
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).
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.
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.
