Retirement Travels – New Zealand Part III – North Island

Retirement Travels in the North Island Our travels to New Zealand, have taken us to the North Island three times, and every time we have been to different places. This is just a quick highlight tour…. You can read about our other travels in New Zealand in Part 1 and Part II. There’s quite a lot more to come,… Continue reading Retirement Travels – New Zealand Part III – North Island

You’re Retired – Don’t you get bored? What do you do all day?

This is a question I am often asked, particularly by my friends in their 50’s who are approaching retirement. I think they are worried about what they will do, particularly if they are on their own. In fact I know several who retired, and then went back to work – one comment was ‘how many games… Continue reading You’re Retired – Don’t you get bored? What do you do all day?

New Zealand Part II – South Island to North Island

The picture above was taken while we were sitting in a cafe, in the sunshine, having a beer, watching the sea plane take off…. OK, this started off as a bit of a monologue, but I have now hopefully made it a bit sharper! Where in NZ have we been? (in post I covered Christchurch, Dunedin,… Continue reading New Zealand Part II – South Island to North Island

Retirement Travels – New Zealand Part 1 – South Island

Having had 3 trips to New Zealand now, with a fourth coming shortly, here is part I of probably IV, on what we have found and enjoyed on our travels. I hope you will find it interesting should you be heading there, or indeed just visiting from your armchair…. We have used a local NZ travel agent… Continue reading Retirement Travels – New Zealand Part 1 – South Island

A Wee Trip to the North of Ireland

The beauty of retirement is that you can take a trip, whenever you want, even at short notice so we decided to extend a wedding invitation into a trip around the North of Ireland. Last week my husband and I went to Ireland for 8 days. We were going to a wedding (the daughter of… Continue reading A Wee Trip to the North of Ireland