Despite all the planning I did retirement has taken me somewhat by surprise, I’d planned to do a lot more, to learn new skills, travel more widely, decorate the house from top to bottom, but it’s not been like that. Instead the activities that I was already doing have just...
This has been my second trip to London in the last week and my third trip in the last three months, it’s too much, my tolerance for London is quite limited. The more time I spend there, the more I realise what a dysfunctional place it is, one of great...
I’ve just updated the poster that I’ve kept next to my desk for the last few years, I fine tune it each year and this time it gets a big update to suit my goals in retirement
My reading list has been flooded today with lust worthy gadgets, the new Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, the Nexus 6P phone and even a tap with a touch screen. All amazing technology, but I’m having none of it. I’ve just bought a two year old ThinkPad x230 laptop,...
Although megabus provides an FAQ there don’t seem to be many guides to what travelling on the megabus is actually like, how to prepare for it and get the best from it. Last week I travelled from Preston to Amsterdam via London, starting on a busy Sunday night/Monday morning and...
For context I’m reviewing the 6S after being the restrained owner of a 4S for several years. I’ve resisted upgrading each year, because I’ve been waiting for sufficient innovation to finally creep out of Cupertino. That point has finally arrived, a great camera, enough CPU power to handle my large...
Note: This post is a new version of an older post, adding new hints and tips I know my memory is failing me, it’s never been great, but ten years ago after years of medicinal steroid use (to help with my auto-immune condition) its decline really started to accelerate. By...
I’m now two thirds of the way through my, post retirement, three month long withdrawal from medication and it’s becoming ever more brutal even though I’m taking it easy. For example I’ve dropped from a high of 250mg of Lyrica down to a current low of 75mg and while doing...
It was walking along the excellent Welsh Coastal path (above) with Debbie that I decided on my next challenge, to write a diary for the next 30 days. It was clear to me that I wanted to write it as part of my blog, because diary posts would document the...
It’s hard to remember what a life at work was like now, I’ve adjusted to a new pace of life and that life has more than expanded to fill the time available. When I first retired I made the mistake of trying to pack to much into my weeks, It...