The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Good morning you lot. Guess what? It's snowing here again.

 

[arch684]

Good morning all,a cold morning here but the sun is shining

 

[The Jogger]

Sun here and rain stopped, out to gym later via bike and a quick visit to the oldies in Boģnor (maybe).

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning! Bike ride for me this morning, first one for over a week, if it stops raining.

 

[Dirk]

I'll get up in about an hour, then hitch the caravan off and trundle down the A377 to Exeter. I'll set the cruise control to 'maximum annoyance/pensioner caravan' speed..........just to keep the side up.
Meeting up with my old boss tonight who lives down there. We'll have a few pints and put the world to rights - he's still having to wo** and absolutely detests it, bless him.
Going to the Caravan & Motorhome show at West Point tommorrow, then off up to Wookey for a week.

 

[PaulSB]

Hmmm 3” snow in an hour. Our scheduled walk on the lower reaches of the west Pennine Moors is due to depart at 10.00............

 

[arch684]

I have my daughter coming for dinner tonight so a trip to the local butchers and aldi once the frost lifts

 

[jongooligan]

@Dirk - decided not to take up my mates offer of a free caravan. Before we'd get to sleep in it we'd have to pay for towbar, storage and servicing. All that was a bit too much for something that we may not even enjoy.

 

[Dirk]

@Dirk - decided not to take up my mates offer of a free caravan. Before we'd get to sleep in it we'd have to pay for towbar, storage and servicing. All that was a bit too much for something that we may not even enjoy.

Mine's as much as a hobby, as anything else.
When I factor everything in (cost of car and van, fuel, site fees, maintenance, cost of tow bar, storage etc) I reckon it has cost me less than £40 a night to go away over the past 3 years. If I removed the cost of the car, which I'd run anyway, it comes down to around £15 a night.
If I remove the residual value of the van, it comes out at around £5 a night.
That's a cheap break by anyone's standard.
Mind you, it does get used a lot!

 

[jongooligan]

Mine's as much as a hobby, as anything else.
When I factor everything in (cost of car and van, fuel, site fees, maintenance, cost of tow bar, storage etc) I reckon it has cost me less than £40 a night to go away over the past 3 years. If I removed the cost of the car, which I'd run anyway, it comes down to around £15 a night.
If I remove the residual value of the van, it comes out at around £5 a night.
That's a cheap break by anyone's standard.
Mind you, it does get used a lot!

Sounds like it makes sense for you. It may be something we look at again when Mrs. jg retires and we could get a lot of use from it. Would be a lot easier if I had somewhere to keep it and get at it to do my own servicing.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I'm sat here in my cycling gear waiting for the rain to stop.

 

[Drago]

Want to go out for a run, but im full of sandwiches and Pepsi Max. Maybe later.

 

[Dirk]

The Eagle has landed.
Nice and sunny here in Woodbury Salterton.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I'm back, I finally got out about eleven, reasonably direct route over to the Hatton Locks Cafe then a scenic route back, a 43 mile mostly dry and enjoyable ride, my first since the 25th of February.

 

[roadrash]

are you sure about the date @dave r