I spent my first afternoon at the allotment yesterday and it surprised me, in ways that I didn’t expect. I expected a patch of bare earth, in the midst of lots of other patches to be perhaps the definition of unsurprising, but I was wrong. It proved to be really...
I’ve suffered from Adult Onset Still’s disease and secondary Fibromyalgia for close to 15 years, that means daily pain and fatigue and lots of pain killers to help me through the day. When I retired 6 months ago I decided that one of my first challenges would be to find...
As I mentioned yesterday in my review of last year, I’m a big fan of new year’s resolutions. I like the yearly opportunity to sit down and assess my year on New Year’s Eve and then tweak my lifestyle plan on New Year’s Day, even if I failed with every...
New year’s resolutions seem to be going out of fashion, too many times they are neglected before any progress has been made, but I like them. I print them out and stick them on my desk wall and read them every month or so. They provide a good way for...
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 the outline plan for my fruit and veg garden at home, if I manage to get an allotment in time then I will be expanding on the berries, root vegetables and beans. As it is this selection should keep me and Debbie well fed through much of the year....
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,...
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...