Retirement Trips

The Pitons, St Lucia

Our six years of retirement have been the best days of my life. A large contributing factor to our enjoyment has been our fantastic retirement trips. When we took early retirement in 2011, we had trips to New Zealand and St Lucia planned, but apart from that, we had no set agenda, except a general… Continue reading Retirement Trips

Slow Travel is Luxury

What is Slow Travel? For me, it is staying in one place for weeks at a time, getting to know the area, be acknowledged by your neighbours, essentially living like a local. It might also include improving your language skills. You become less a tourist, more a resident. If you move permanently to a new… Continue reading Slow Travel is Luxury

A Day Well Spent – Passing on my skills

Casting kit

What did you do with your weekend? I used mine to pass on some specialist skills. As I no longer work, weekends sort of lose their urgency, but I can still appreciate the attraction and enjoyment for those who are still working. For me, a Saturday is pretty much the same as a Tuesday, except… Continue reading A Day Well Spent – Passing on my skills

Book Review -Financial Freedom by Gisela Enders

Financial Freedom –  How people live when they no longer need to work. This book is a distillation of a series of conversations with people who have already achieved financial freedom, how they got there, and what they now do. It is an easy read. Many ideas are just dropped in, for you to think… Continue reading Book Review -Financial Freedom by Gisela Enders

Retirement – The best 6 years of my life

On 28th October 2011, I said goodbye to the world of work. I had just turned 56. I couldn’t really believe I was walking away from a very well paid job, which I mostly enjoyed, but it had got very stressful (or maybe it was that I had ceased to manage the stress well!). My… Continue reading Retirement – The best 6 years of my life