Another episode from our ‘places we have visited’ series. This time the Burnsall Fell hotel on the banks of the River Wharfe. The river, as you will see from some of the photos, was in full spate, is that the word? A lot of rain in it. Included are photos from Mrs Summerhouse’s iPad of… Continue reading Retirement blog from Burnsall
Category: Travel
Retirement blog from the East coast
That’s Whitby and Scarborough on the Yorkshire East coast, just to be clear about our location. After the success of our last photo blog we decided to do the same again on this Friday. This time the photos are from Scarborough, on a misty morning, taken with Mrs Summerhouse’s iPad. I’ve mixed colour with black… Continue reading Retirement blog from the East coast
Retirement blog about unplanned travel
I know I wrote recently that I wouldn’t be publishing a written retirement blog on a Friday. I thought it was a bit much so I’d confine my literary outpourings to Tuesday but it’s been a fairly busy week so, rather than let events get out of date, I’d write one this week about our… Continue reading Retirement blog about unplanned travel
Retirement blog about travel or rather lack of
What is it about me, as a retired person, and travel? I’m no sooner home after a three week tour of the Scottish highlands breathing a sigh of relief at it being over and the slightest little thing/s sets me off again. Forgotten are all the irritations and tribulations of the last trip and I’m… Continue reading Retirement blog about travel or rather lack of
Retirement and better writing
Just got home and a bit behind in the blog publishing. This is Fridays. I sometimes wish I could write better. To be a wordsmith with greater talents. Only then would I be able to do full justice to the fiasco that going to the toilet block this morning for, what shall I call it,… Continue reading Retirement and better writing
Retirement and the North West 410
See what I did there? No? Well I’ve revised our trip down from the 500 to the 410, this being the distance we have actually travelled. We have, to misquote Eric Morecambe, done most of the bits but not necessarily in the right order. We gave up on the top section from Durness to Wick… Continue reading Retirement and the North West 410
Reviewing retirement from a distance
I’m writing this retirement blog at a point when we’re roughly half way through our three week Scottish trip. You might describe this as the time of maximum distance. We’re not quite at the very top but it’s close. We’re in a place called Scourie which, as hopefully you can see from the photos, is… Continue reading Reviewing retirement from a distance
Retirement and a positive caravan experience
Time for a positive report from our Scottish trip to balance the previous two somewhat negative ones. For the last three days we’ve been based at a little place called Laide. You can see from the photo right, I hope, that we’ve got quite an exceptional pitch overlooking Gruinard Bay (left in photo) which in… Continue reading Retirement and a positive caravan experience
Retirement, caravanning, the adventure goes on at Kinlochewe* and beyond
Life in a caravan, or three weeks of my life, and that can seem like a lifetime, is perfectly encapsulated by the object on the right. In case you hadn’t recognised it, it’s a shower head. You’ll have to look hard at the photo for the bit in question. This shower head may be ‘specially-designed’… Continue reading Retirement, caravanning, the adventure goes on at Kinlochewe* and beyond
Retirement and the Scottish caravan holiday
Retirement, caravanning, comfort zone. These four words, in a so far limited experience (we only arrived yesterday and spent one night on this campsite), do not equate. Nope, not at all. Things as they say, can only get better or, I suppose, they could stay the same. Bear in mind this trip is our joint… Continue reading Retirement and the Scottish caravan holiday