I need to return to Ireland one more time, not actually but in writing. This blog is the blog I intended to write about Ireland before we went. It is the blog that I thought I would write if not much happened on our ten days away. But then, predictably I suppose for us, a…
Category: Travel
Vicarious travel for retired people
We might have lost our place among the globe trotting elite (not what we anticipated before our retirement) but it seems our children have picked up the baton with some enthusiasm. Understandable in one sense, given that they were a part of our living in other countries life style. That bit doesn’t surprise me but…
Looking for challenges and a sense of adventure in retirement
I suppose the title gives it away – it’s long enough. I complain sometimes about retirement not being exciting enough. I read catalogues like the one on the right (and no, that’s not us) with envy and then when my life has the potential to be so, I back away. Oh dear. In my last…
Life on the edge
When you retire why don’t you do what a lot of retired people do and buy a caravan? It could be a mobile one or, in the case of this story, a static caravan I believe they are called (see right). A misnomer as we shall see. A mobile home might be a better term….
Our first retirement trip
Yes, we’re travelling, our first proper trip since we got the pups over a year ago, only three nights in Oslo (hence the flag), modest by past standards but grand in recent times. In my last blog I wrote about routines and how I missed them when they weren’t there. So even when we travel…