The Retirement Thread

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Good morning folks,
Daughter and granddaughter are off to Camp Bestival at Lulworth today. I was looking at the lineup and among the acts I spotted “ Musical Youth “ , they didn’t look all that young in the accompanying photo 😁. It’s a great family oriented music festival, there’s a CBB’s tent and lot’s of stuff for children as well as adults.
Hope the weather stays ok for them, it’s forecast to get a bit blowy later today.
 

Dave7

Legendary Member
same here. We had a good summer, however, didn’t we?
Due to come back in August apparently^_^
 

Exlaser2

Veteran
Morning all. Sun it shining and all is well in the world with me, no cycling unfortunately but a week doing sailing stuff.
Today = Off to the sailing club to assemble a new launching trolley, have a picnic and a quick glass of wine .
Friday = off to Huntingdon to pick up my new boat 😀
Saturday = Sell old boat .

I am exchanging this type of boat .
601474


For this type of boat.
601475


Sunday = First go in my new boat and help Mrs ex laser ( that’s her in the pink boat ), pack up her boat ready for the national championship, which runs from Wednesday to Friday at chelmarsh near bridgenorth.
Monday = Drive to Lymington with Mrs ex laser to pick up her new sail.
Tuesday afternoon = Drop off Mrs exlasers boat and book into B &B near Hampton loade.
Wednesday to Friday = Do some of my favourite things, watch sailing, eat fried food and tell tall tales while drinking too much wine 😂😂😀😀
 
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Mo1959

Legendary Member
Morning all. Sun it shining and all is well in the world with me, no cycling unfortunately but a week doing sailing stuff.
Today = Off to the sailing club to assemble a new launching trolley, have a picnic and a quick glass of wine .
Friday = off to Huntingdon to pick up my new boat 😀
Saturday = Sell old boat .

I am exchanging this type of boat . View attachment 601474

For this type of boat. View attachment 601475

Sunday = First go in my new boat and help Mrs ex laser ( that’s her in the pink boat ), pack up her boat ready for the national championship, which runs from Wednesday to Friday at chelmarsh near bridgenorth.
Monday = Drive to Lymington with Mrs ex laser to pick up her new sail.
Tuesday afternoon = Drop off Mrs exlasers boat and book into B &B near Hampton loade.
Wednesday to Friday = Do some of my favourite things, watch sailing, eat fried food and tell tall tales while drinking too much wine 😂😂😀😀
Just curious..........what do these things cost if you don't mind me asking? Looks fun but I'm scared of water. Lol
 
Good morning all, cloudy and cool here. More use of the GCN app planned this afternoon, the Tour de l’Ain.
 

PaulSB

Squire
I do hope so. Daughter No4 has eventually found herself a man. My investment in cookery books for her, to improve her domestic prowess, finally paid off. He is an “outdoor type”. She has taken up: Camping; kayaking; paddle boarding; swimming; cycling; running; walking… they are due another camping trip towards end August. Don’t want anything to put a dampener on it
That sounds like love to me.........well and truly smitten. 😍
 

PaulSB

Squire
Morning all. Sun it shining and all is well in the world with me, no cycling unfortunately but a week doing sailing stuff.
Today = Off to the sailing club to assemble a new launching trolley, have a picnic and a quick glass of wine .
Friday = off to Huntingdon to pick up my new boat 😀
Saturday = Sell old boat .

I am exchanging this type of boat . View attachment 601474

For this type of boat. View attachment 601475

Sunday = First go in my new boat and help Mrs ex laser ( that’s her in the pink boat ), pack up her boat ready for the national championship, which runs from Wednesday to Friday at chelmarsh near bridgenorth.
Monday = Drive to Lymington with Mrs ex laser to pick up her new sail.
Tuesday afternoon = Drop off Mrs exlasers boat and book into B &B near Hampton loade.
Wednesday to Friday = Do some of my favourite things, watch sailing, eat fried food and tell tall tales while drinking too much wine 😂😂😀😀
I am worn out looking at your schedule.........enjoy, looks like an exciting week ahead.
 

PaulSB

Squire
I slept for a full three hours. Slept not dozed. Feeling great and fully motivated. Slobbing has been cancelled. Doing has been added to my schedule. 😃

Next question. What shall I do? 😂

Loads of tiny things need sorting so I've made a list. It's so utterly mundane I won't bore you but here's a couple of the highlights:

Order garlic for autumn​
Book smart meter installation​
Find link for online NHS appointment​
 
Just curious..........what do these things cost if you don't mind me asking? Looks fun but I'm scared of water. Lol
We had some friends you were into sailing, they said if you wanted an experience of it you were best to try standing under a cold shower whilst ripping up £20 notes ^_^
Undaunted, we did try out dinghy sailing for a bit. We tried it first on a Neilsons multi activity holiday in the Med, and then a course at the Loch Ken sailing centre in Galloway, then more Neilsons type holidays in the Med. It was good fun but we never got sufficiently committed to buy a boat and enrol at one of the many local sailing clubs.
 
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