Category : Retirement Planning

Session 179 - Christine and the Mosquitos


15th August 2007
Here we are again, sitting in the garden room with the rain falling and the temperature well below where it should be but are we bothered, certainly not, we are watching people going off to work while we plan our next trip to Barcelona. It is that time a… more »

Session 178 - Draft Proofing the Terrace


10th August 2007
You may remember that the major extension and refurbishment of our cottage completed shortly after I retired left our garden looking like a building site. In fact that’s exactly what is was but due to Christine’s sense of design and natural talent to mak… more »

Session 177 - What Happened to the Meat Pie?


07th August 2007
When I retired and the company car was confiscated we made a decision to see if we could manage with just one car, the Clio which was in fact Christine’s, a fact she is never been slow to point out.. But all in all we have had no problem having just the… more »

Session 176 - The Past Eighteen Months


30th July 2007
It’s Monday morning again and surprise, surprise the sun is shining and I’m sitting in the garden room as I like to do on a Monday watching the queue of traffic leaving the village as everyone beavers off to work. I am just having my second cup of tea of… more »

Session 175 - Building a Pyramid


24th July 2007
Two days down the garden have resulted in the cast iron bath full of compost and shrubs being moved across the garden to its new home at the end of the upcoming York Stone patio. Also the shed with all its contents being moved three feet further away fro… more »