The Retirement Thread
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Chief Broom
Veteran
Morning folks 
im hoping for a weather window mid day so can go for a spin but not counting on it 
My local co-op has shut down for a 3 week make over...nearest place for getting veg is 6 miles away- good job that ive got panniers
Looking forward to the spring, my wallflowers are growing strongly and should look nice with pheasant eye daffs and a Prunus 'Kojo no mai'
im hoping for a weather window mid day so can go for a spin but not counting on it My local co-op has shut down for a 3 week make over...nearest place for getting veg is 6 miles away- good job that ive got panniers
Looking forward to the spring, my wallflowers are growing strongly and should look nice with pheasant eye daffs and a Prunus 'Kojo no mai'
Our offspring are both down there, so any chance we get we will have a day or more there 👍
So many things to do - museums, galleries, shows, even a few nice pubs & restaurants dotted about - we love it!
Heck, we had a little work reunion a few weeks back in the Pride of Spittlefields - beer at a fiver a pint, astonishing for London 🤣🍻
Mind you, I spent a good few years traipsing about there from time to time with work, mostly visiting customers, & MrsMikeIoW was based in Holborn for 15 months once.
Always happy to get home, but we do enjoy the buzz of a big city from time to time 🤷♂️
Good morning from a grey overcast Dorset. I will head out soon for a walk/jog as I have not been out for over a week with half term commitments. Just a steady bimble to wake the system up. Will phone the vampire hot line shortly, I have an appointment with the consultant on Thursday so they'll want to check my latest bloods. Must remember to make sure I'm fully hydrated, as apparently popping in for a blood test towards the end of a longish training run can skew the results DAMHIKT 😁
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
The noise, the dirt, the litter, the crowds, the rudeness, the inability of locals to obey even the simplest rules, regulations or laws...
I went out with a lass in London in the late 80s for a while and even then I had to grit my teeth.
Ha!
Also went out with a lass who studied at UCL in the 80s….we had a great time.
Courtauld Gallery, John Soanes Museum, various Tate galleries, Churchill War Rooms, Horizon 22, Sky Garden, so many parks, Borough Market, The George pub….sooooo much to see & do 😎
Avoid Oxford Street (although DD works opposite Liberties, with a private work bar serving Guinness at £2.60 a pint 😜)
Sure, there are crowds in shows, Covent Garden, etc etc, but without those crowds, you don’t get the shows and markets 🤷♂️
I find it much less dirtier than back in the 80/90s (maybe that ULEZ has done something 🧐)
BUT…this is the retirement thread, so it is natural to prefer things a bit calmer, I get that 👍
Both my parents were Londoners, I was born here and spent many school holidays playing in the bomb sites with my cousins around Bermondsey so I’ve always felt that it’s home from home.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Riverside trail walked in the showers. I see they have just started work on a new bit of path that joins the walk. It is to take at least 6 weeks. Not sure why they pick the wettest time of year to do work on the ground. Maybe just so there's less disruption?
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I went to London once......
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I've only been once too. I was probably only about 9 or 10. A family friend took me down for the week and we did all the usual museums, etc.
I don't enjoy cities and large towns.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Went to a conference at the Barbican many years ago
It was for a new networking system on Dec computers
Most people there were clearly "manager" type people who had zero chance fo ever understanding most of it
but "needed" to be there so they could show how "down with the techies" they were
Lunch was included
it was a very trendy lunch - lots of salad type stuff and very low on the sausage and the like
I got a few things I recognised and a variety of other bits to try
I got talking to some bloke who turned out to be a techie like me (at the time) and we were talking about the food
I commented that the green stuff I had was a bit weird
I was trying to work out what it tasted of
and came t the conclusion it tasted of absolutely nothing - nothing at all
even less that water
he looked at it and commented "Ah yes - in that case I think it is probably avocado"
It was for a new networking system on Dec computers
Most people there were clearly "manager" type people who had zero chance fo ever understanding most of it
but "needed" to be there so they could show how "down with the techies" they were
Lunch was included
it was a very trendy lunch - lots of salad type stuff and very low on the sausage and the like
I got a few things I recognised and a variety of other bits to try
I got talking to some bloke who turned out to be a techie like me (at the time) and we were talking about the food
I commented that the green stuff I had was a bit weird
I was trying to work out what it tasted of
and came t the conclusion it tasted of absolutely nothing - nothing at all
even less that water
he looked at it and commented "Ah yes - in that case I think it is probably avocado"
In the last thirty years I've been to Heathrow once, never again. I also had to go into London to King's Cross, then take the tube to Liverpool Street Station before getting a train out to Ipswich. Unfortunately I then had to reverse the journey three days later. I really didn't enjoy it. Just not a city boy.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
If it wasn't for the fact I would miss the internet, I would happily live like Yorkshire Hannah in a remote cottage up on the moors!
Just wandered up to the Co-op for a few things. I never seem to spend much less than £40 every time I go. Prices still seem to be going up.
