Category : Retirement Stories

Session 87 - The Opening


14th August 2006
So it’s been and gone. The opening of the West Wing was yesterday. Lots of planning had taken place. The garden room doors were to be opened on the garden, tables with parasols where dotted around, portable gazebos were in place to keep the sun at bay. E… more »
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Session 77 - Humber Bridge Bash


19th July 2006
Last Saturday night we went to the ‘Humber Bridge 25th Anniversary Bash’. This had been organised by our good friends Chris and Gwen, the ones with the wavy plates in Session 29. You know the sort of thing, take a picnic, table, chairs, booze, watch a co… more »
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Session 64 - The Golf Day


14th June 2006
When I retired I wanted some ‘I’ time. Time to do things I wanted as opposed to doing everything as ‘We’s. Well yesterday was my first full ‘I’ day in the six months since I retired. It is surprising how quickly you fall into doing things together when e… more »
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Session 63 - One Forward and Two Back


12th June 2006
Retirement's great! It’s Monday morning again, the sun’s shining again and once again it is good to see everyone off to work. And even better, following a lot of hard work during last week and over the weekend all essential decorating is complete with e… more »
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Session 59 - I Don't Understand


02nd June 2006
During the first couple of weeks after my retirement I mentioned on the blog that Christine and I would be lucky to last six months, this despite it being our Ruby Wedding anniversary this year. The main reason of course being the total change in lifesty… more »
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