This is a question I am often asked, particularly by my friends in their 50’s who are approaching retirement. I think they are worried about what they will do, particularly if they are on their own. In fact I know several who retired, and then went back to work – one comment was ‘how many games… Continue reading You’re Retired – Don’t you get bored? What do you do all day?
Category: Travels
New Zealand Part II – South Island to North Island
The picture above was taken while we were sitting in a cafe, in the sunshine, having a beer, watching the sea plane take off…. OK, this started off as a bit of a monologue, but I have now hopefully made it a bit sharper! Where in NZ have we been? (in post I covered Christchurch, Dunedin,… Continue reading New Zealand Part II – South Island to North Island
Retirement Travels – New Zealand Part 1 – South Island
Having had 3 trips to New Zealand now, with a fourth coming shortly, here is part I of probably IV, on what we have found and enjoyed on our travels. I hope you will find it interesting should you be heading there, or indeed just visiting from your armchair…. We have used a local NZ travel agent… Continue reading Retirement Travels – New Zealand Part 1 – South Island
A Wee Trip to the North of Ireland
The beauty of retirement is that you can take a trip, whenever you want, even at short notice so we decided to extend a wedding invitation into a trip around the North of Ireland. Last week my husband and I went to Ireland for 8 days. We were going to a wedding (the daughter of… Continue reading A Wee Trip to the North of Ireland