Retirement Trips

The Pitons, St Lucia

Our six years of retirement have been the best days of my life. A large contributing factor to our enjoyment has been our fantastic retirement trips. When we took early retirement in 2011, we had trips to New Zealand and St Lucia planned, but apart from that, we had no set agenda, except a general… Continue reading Retirement Trips

Retirement – The best 6 years of my life

On 28th October 2011, I said goodbye to the world of work. I had just turned 56. I couldn’t really believe I was walking away from a very well paid job, which I mostly enjoyed, but it had got very stressful (or maybe it was that I had ceased to manage the stress well!). My… Continue reading Retirement – The best 6 years of my life

2017 – 1st Quarter Summary

2017 started with a post – Dream Big. When I wrote it, I was in New Zealand, the weather was brilliant, I was warm. Now I am back in Scotland, and while we have had a very reasonable / almost warm winter, it is still ‘coats weather!’ So how am I getting on? My goals… Continue reading 2017 – 1st Quarter Summary

Retirement Travels 2017 – Bay of Islands NZ

The Retirement Travels 2017 continue.  Our one month trip to New Zealand has just ended. The last week of it we spent in the Bay of Islands with our son and daughter-in-law.  We all had a great time. The weather was good, the scenery was amazing, the accommodation worked well. In short, a great holiday.… Continue reading Retirement Travels 2017 – Bay of Islands NZ

Our New Zealand Travels 2017 are not well planned

For some reason, we were disorganised before we set off on our New Zealand travels. Normally I am very organised, with plans made, things booked long before we get on the plane. This trip – I failed miserably. We knew we were going away with our family the last week of our trip, but it… Continue reading Our New Zealand Travels 2017 are not well planned