The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Just nipped into Iceland (the shop before you say it) as I wanted Tassimo coffee pods and Asda didnt have the ones I wanted.
So, up and down the tea/coffee isle 3 times and couldnt see them.
Eventually I found an assistant who told me where there were.......quite obvious really, in a different isle above the frozen ice creams and lolley ices. Silly me

 

[mrushton]

It somehow all passed me by in the Tatler.

The ne'er do wells and the vulgar media types have no place in there. The wedding of Capt Rupert Oberon-Joyce (Grenadier Guards) to Miss Jonty Fitz-Charles is of more importance

 

[mrushton]

What !!!!
That's £20 a Lb in real money .
I'll stick with chicken or fish (which is also getting stupid prices).

Sirloin in posh butcher near me was £40+ a kilo and T bone was £34 per kilo

 

[gavroche]

Still in France and got a few jobs done for SiL including helping with translating at the notaire to get the house on the market.
Estate agent coming on Thursday ( apparently she speaks English) and bank holiday tomorrow for remembrance day.
I can't wait to get back home though.
I am missing Molly.

 

[Dave7]

Still in France and got a few jobs done for SiL including helping with translating at the notaire to get the house on the market.
Estate agent coming on Thursday ( apparently she speaks English) and bank holiday tomorrow for remembrance day.
I can't wait to get back home though.
I am missing Molly.

Can I ask.......
Are you French by birth ?
If so, when/at what age did you give up that horrible climate and way of life for this wonderful wet, soggy climate ?

 

[gavroche]

Can I ask.......
Are you French by birth ?
If so, when/at what age did you give up that horrible climate and way of life for this wonderful wet, soggy climate ?

Yes , I was born in France from French parents and am the only one in my family to live abroad, except for a cousin who works in a bank in London but I never see her.
I left France at age 20, in 1970, after my military service to marry an English girl and been here ever since .

 

[Elybazza61]

Been away for a few days staying in Beccles for another look around the area plus take a day trip to Woodbridge.

Woodbridge;



And Beccles;







It was also Beccles beer festival so obviously had to pop in for a couple of sessions;

First pic is Green Jack Worthog at 11.5%

 

[Elybazza61]

Also popped in to The Old Tap in Beccles as they always have a good selection of Cask and Keg beers;

Beer in the pic is the excellent North Riding Caramel Porter.





Also had some nice breakfasts at Honey and Harvey in Woodbridge and the Old School Beccles;



Oh and spotted this old Yamaha with a Watsonian sidecar attached;



All in all a nice weekend with some pretty decent weather as it only rained briefly one morning.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

We are going to a wedding just after Christmas

sister of my wife's son's sister - we often pick their son up from school so we know them well

we were originally on the "evening do only" list

but apparently someone can;t come and we were first on the reserve list - so we are now going all day

I suspect I will be part of the "keeping the kids occupied" team - they like me, especially the youngest that never stops running!

anyway - we needed somewhere to stay nearby as the venue is full the night before

found a "steak House" 2 minutes away and booked it

looked at the menu after and it looks great
I was expecting a "Bernie Inn" type thing - but it looks great

Also - lots of gluten free stuff on it that I can eat - which is not always the case!!!