How many of you are retired or thinking about it.

[biggs682]

would love to but cant afford to this early

 

[derrick]

Wish i could afford to, think about it a lot of the time, so much to do don't think i would get bored.
May be if i stopped spending money on bikes and gear could probably retire a bit sooner. lol

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I cant afford to retire, if I could I would have done it by now

 

[ianrauk]

I plan to retire at the age of 55, 9 years time.... There is so much I can think of that I want to do/get on with but work get's in the bloody way. I have been paying into my pension since the age of 18 and it matures by the time I reach 55. It wont be a huge amount but the house will be paid off by then so hopefully it will be enough to keep me happy. But then again, who know's what the future may bring.

 

[ColinJ]

Retirement would mean me stopping doing things which I only do because they earn me money. I'm with NickM on that one - let me at it!

I'd still organise forum rides. I'd help people out on CycleChat. I'd learn to play the guitar and piano which I have been putting off doing for 35+ years because earning money (or thinking about doing so) got in the way. I'd read more books. I'd travel more.

I'd never get bored. I don't understand how retired people can get bored when there is so much to do and so little time to do it in!

PS If one of you has £500k spare to donate to my retirement fund, I'll step aside now and make way for a young 'un to take up the shackles reins of employment!

 

[colly]

Not retired, nor am I likely to be so anytime soon. I have never been so busy.

Depending on how things go I may start doing just 4 days a week instead of what seems like 7 days at the moment. Then again I have plans on starting something fresh so maybe I'll just keep on keeping on.

 

[slowmotion]

It seems you have to walk hand in hand with an alarmingly youthful woman ( who doesn't share your perfect grey locks), barefoot, down a tropical beach at sunset....at least that is the idyll fed to me by Saga and the cruise companies. "Free onboard spend" and stuff like that. They always wear white trousers too.....or worse...sarongs...

Give me work anyday.

 

[Milemuncher]

Retired at 61 at the same time as swmbo. Absolutely no regrets. Best bits? Well squandering our lump sums on our Thorns of course and promising ourselves to tour with them. And deciding each day, week and month what to do with our time. Tricky bits? Well, see the last point! And learning not to start counting the days ahead. I applied for a 10 year passport yesterday and the thought crossed my mind - will I do this again? You get no guarantees with your bus pass. So, seize the day and squeeze the life out of it, but in our experience, if the chance to retire comes along - take it!

 

[tyred]

I wish!

By the time I'm "retirement" age, the government will probably expect us to work till we're 95.

 

[G-Zero]

I reach the big Five-O next year and will have exactly 5 years left to do.

Every year closer to retiring goes a lot faster than the preceding year and I am looking forward to the freedom and have a few destinations prepared for the motorhome satnav, with the bike on the back of course.

I've still got over 200 Munros to bag (not on the bike), so Scotland is going to get hammered and I want to see the Northern Lights, so a trip past Dayvo's house is also on the agenda at some point; then the rest of mainland Europe; and I've only got 3 years to do it all in before Mrs. G-Zero retires and will want a piece of the action.

 

[yello]

Retired at 45, sold the flat in London and moved to France. I have my life back! It seems like a no-brainer decision now but at the time I was wondering what the f* we were doing.

 

[ColinJ]

Scotland is going to get hammered and I want to see the Northern Lights, so a trip past Dayvo's house is also on the agenda at some point

You can sometimes see them from Scotland - my mum saw them several times growing up in Argyll.

 

[Mozzy]

Retired twice now. This time for good though. Had own company built from nothing; finalist in DTI business man of the year in 1993, came third, got 10K prize (which was nice) sold up in 2000 and retired. Got bored 12 months later, so started a consultancy; quite good but got suckered into taking a paid position full time for one client. Total muppets that could only just about run to joined up writing ... just. Paid me far too much for doing very little and five years later they decided to make me redundant which was two years ago. I piddled around doing this and that for a while but actually decided I had had enough. Properly retired now and enjoying almost all aspects apart from too much time with er indoors.

 

[Oxo]

I retired five years ago. Fill my time with no problems as I now get to do all the things I never had time for. Days out, bagging Wainwright's, bicycling, entering photographic competitions, time with grandkids etc etc. All done at my own pace when I want to do them and this is the best part, doing things when I want to do them (all with the full permission of her indoors).

 

[Davidc]

I want to see the Northern Lights, so a trip past Dayvo's house is also on the agenda at some point

I've seen them fron the South Downs! (Once at Devils Dyke and once at Ditchling Beacon). It does have to be a big one though.