Category Archives: Retirement

The Gap Year – May adventure

Posted on June 11, 2017 by

What an appropriate way to end this Year of Adventures Great and Small, as we began it last year with a circular walk around London (The Capital Ring). This month we did something I’ve long wanted to do – a … Continue reading →

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Just playing around (and a request!)

Posted on May 25, 2017 by

After finishing the last big (crochet) blanket I felt like just playing around a bit.  So I got out all the odds and ends of blanket yarn and started on a small ‘granny stripe’ blanket using Lucy’s online tutorial (Attic24). … Continue reading →

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The Gap Year: April

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

I seem not to have been paying attention – the Gap Year is over, and I didn’t spot it.  Inflation is apparently back with us – a year has inflated to 14 months.  We started in April last year by … Continue reading →

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The Gap Year: March adventure

Posted on April 9, 2017 by

This is getting to be a habit – an ‘adventure’ that to the outside world looks like nothing of the sort.  But maybe that’s just the point – to do things that are meaningful and different for us, regardless of … Continue reading →

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To sleep…..

Posted on March 17, 2017 by

I wrote this a couple of weeks ago, feeling somewhat desperate.   Since then I have continued with the medication, been to the GP (who was very helpful), and gradually begun sleeping more.  But I decided to publish this anyway, … Continue reading →

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Whatever next? – February 2017 update

Posted on March 3, 2017 by

1. LISTEN I’ve read some very interesting articles in The Guardian from different perspectives on both Brexit and Trump.  By ‘different perspectives’ I mean different from my own – ie outside ‘the bubble.’   It has been fascinating (and I … Continue reading →

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The Gap Year: February

Posted on March 2, 2017 by

(A bit like London buses – you wait ages for a post to come along, and suddenly three appear all at once – the third on its way soon). Finally something (slightly) more conventionally adventurous, though I have to be … Continue reading →

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