The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Good morning. Chilly here at the moment. I woke at the crack of dawn, but stayed in bed in the warmth.

Stay safe folks.

 

[screenman]

Morning all, off to Anderby Creek today, let us see if the stay is longer than the 50 minutes we lasted in Cleethorpes. That is if we can get there, my journey to Boston yesterday had me using 3 diversion routes due to road closures.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Morning all, a fresh autumnal start, might go for a walk.

Another spectacular day on the Tour yesterday, I think I prefer it at this time of year, the late afternoon light is adding so much to the scenery. Yesterday’s road up to the gravel track looked gorgeous.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning people

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Drago]

Mrs D has gone to work, so ive cranked the Planet Rock up to 11. Once Mini D is safely walked to school im driving over to Milton Keynes with the dog, to see an old boy I know. Hes a lovely old feller and he adores my boy Lemmy, so we'll go for a nice walk and maybe have a shandy in a pub somewhere.

@dave r I haven't had 6 punctures in total over the last 30 years!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Mrs D has gone to work, so ive cranked the Planet Rock up to 11. Once Mini D is safely walked to school im driving over to Milton Keynes with the dog, to see an old boy I know. Hes a lovely old feller and he adores my boy Lemmy, so we'll go for a nice walk and maybe have a shandy in a pub somewhere.

That sounds like an excellent plan.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Yay......it's Fish Friday!
Dunno what we're doing today apart from filling the car up as we're moving on tomorrow to Curry Mallet.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees,

An early night, it's surprising how tiring travelling can be, I suppose having specific trains to catch must weigh on the subconscious to some extent, no matter how "laid back" our usual approach to life.

It's warm and sunny here in Dorset, the winter wardrobe swap has been put off for a couple of weeks.
Our luggage is due to arrive today, a real boon not having to lug it with us when travelling, especially with our bikes. Our 10 kg box was collected from Edinburgh on Wednesday, the driver brought the label with him so we didn't need a printer, it's being delivered today, all for a princely sum in the region of £8!

Have a lovely peaceful day folks 👍

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow retirees.
Another bright start to the day here if a little cool at the moment.
Out with the dog soon and then out on the bike for a bit to keep the legs ticking over.
The tomatoes keep coming , I now have three big freezer bags full of homemade sauce, and still have a couple of pounds more picked, with plenty still to ripen off.
Stay safe everyone. 🍅🍅🍅

 

[oldwheels]

Lovely morning here but had a bit of a lie in as seem to just want to sleep all the time. Too late to get the trike out now so just another garden day.
Yesterday when I thought they were all finished I discovered a large crop of runner beans had sprung up so they will have to be prepared for the freezer and not looked at the broad beans recently. Grapes are nearly ripe but more leaves have to come off and that is before I even think about the top grass. Some courgettes are also probably hiding under the leaves and I need more potatoes dug. The garden never seems to stop but I only kept it going because of B----t and probable shortages.

 

[dickyknees]

Bore da pawb

 

[GM]

Morning all... Another busy day, got a delivery from our coffee in the park man this morning, just a few things to help out. A visit booked for the skip this afternoon.

We've got our daughter coming over the weekend, it's her birthday today so a weekend of 🍷 🎂 and more 🥂

Have a good day folks!

 

[Mo1959]

Facebook post saying my hairdresser has a cancellation for 12 tomorrow so grabbed it. The way things are going they could well be closed again before long!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Mrs D has gone to work, so ive cranked the Planet Rock up to 11. Once Mini D is safely walked to school im driving over to Milton Keynes with the dog, to see an old boy I know. Hes a lovely old feller and he adores my boy Lemmy, so we'll go for a nice walk and maybe have a shandy in a pub somewhere.

@dave r I haven't had 6 punctures in total over the last 30 years!

Riding 4-5000 miles a year and getting 1 perhaps 2 punctures a year, some years none at all, was acceptable, why I should suddenly get 6 in 10 months I don't know, but its pissing me off.