In my, now not inconsiderable, experience it is generally a good thing to plan your retirement around certain key goals. For example, in my case, writing a blog, playing music and creating and maintaining a vineyard. Perhaps it would be wise, however, not to see these goals as a forever thing. Inevitably, I think they…
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Is this what’s in store?
It’s inevitable that when you get to a certain age, deep into retirement and even in danger of emerging the other side, we contemplate, with some trepidation, what you might call the final countdown, and that you start to wonder who will take care of me /us (if we’re lucky enough to have a partner)…
So what’s normal and is it fun?
My plan is to have as much fun as my health allows. Is driving my Land Rover Defender fun? Well it must be because that’s what I’ve just done. Admittedly not very far but it’s the first time I’ve driven since all this business started i.e. about ten weeks ago. I reckon that’s the longest…
Woods not out of yet
The more astute of you may have noticed an absence of these retirement blogs for the last couple of weeks or so. The simple explanation being I have (and I don’t think I’m being too dramatic here) been very poorly. I’ve just come out of hospital after collapsing at home. Not just one ambulance but…
Advent calendar day 9
Back to black and white. Two images with a botanical flavour for today.
Vineyard Years Podcast Chapter 5
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:36 — 4.5MB)Subscribe: Android | Email | RSSChapter 5 sees me moving into somebody else’s vineyard. An established one of over 10,000 vines at that time. I’m trying to acquire some wine-making expertise should we ever get grapes of our own. We’ve a long way to go…
Final China post
Just a quick note to let you know that I’ve finally updated Rich and Gail’s China reports. Apologies to them for my tardiness as I explained / excused earlier, their reports got spammed on my website so I had to take them down for a while and it’s taken me this long to catch up….
More information from our friends in China about their retirement adventures
3 more posts from our friends, I’ve put them in the ‘Ebook’ under, you’ve guessed it, more adventures
Emergency blog ; do not read if of a sensitive nature
This blog has a health warning, if you are of a sensitive disposition, don’t read on. You have been warned. Talk about hold the front page. This was not the blog I intended to post this week but for once I am forced by the behaviour of the bastards to post something serious. If you…
My manifesto
Once a week on a Tuesday I’m going to tell you about my retirement experiences. Don’t be fooled by the somewhat bucolic title there’s a lot of stuff going off even if most of it is in my head. What better week to launch my new and exciting blog than in the week shortly after…