Amsterdam is such a lovely place. I know it well from spending the best part of 2 years working there. However I didn’t know it as a tourist. So this was my first ever trip as a tourist. We were spoilt, the weather was glorious, in fact, slightly too warm, but I was not going… Continue reading Retirement Travels 2018 – Amsterdam
Category: Life in General
2018 – Half Year Review
2018 is halfway through. Time to do a half year review. When I started this blog I thought I would focus on this quarterly. By default I do a quarter review on 5th April, because it is that tax year end in the UK, although I don’t always a September one – last year –… Continue reading 2018 – Half Year Review
Summer in Edinburgh
Yeah – summer has arrived in Edinburgh. Even more amazing, it looks like it will be here for another week or two. A rarity… Scotland has had record breaking temperatures over the last few weeks, (although not so much in Edinburgh sadly, but we did have some 25c+ temperatures, which was pretty good. Edinburgh gets… Continue reading Summer in Edinburgh
Why do we get fat? Do Diets Help or Hinder?
Why do we get fat? A very good question. I don’t think anyone really knows or understands. There are so many different propositions around. Do Diets help or hinder? I have tried a lot of diets, and every time I end up the same size again. I am not alone. We get given so much… Continue reading Why do we get fat? Do Diets Help or Hinder?
June 2018
June 2018 – I have been busy recently, and I hardly noticed than June is here already – How did that happen? For us in the northern hemisphere, it is a lovely time, spring is turning into summer, the gardens are growing fast, in our local fields the wheat is already a foot high, and… Continue reading June 2018
Retirement Travels 2018 – The Hebrides Part 3 – Stornoway to Loch Lomond
An early night for our 6am start the next morning for yet another ferry – this one from Stornoway to Ullapool. We were lucky yet again – a lovely calm crossing. My son had planned a drive along to Gairloch, and back towards Inverness. Yet again , some glorious scenery. This one is overlooking Little Loch… Continue reading Retirement Travels 2018 – The Hebrides Part 3 – Stornoway to Loch Lomond