One of the many upsides to early retirement is an abundance of free time. I’ve been spending a great deal of the past almost three years volunteering at the local covid vaccination clinic. It’s been an incredibly uplifting and humbling experience but it’s now coming to an end, or at least until we are told…

I don’t think I have ever written about one of my greatest passions, an error that I will now correct. The good lady and I are dedicated and long serving members of our local amateur dramatic society. Over the past 20 years we have participated in countless shows and it seems to me that the…

Only two people live in our house. One of them has an unhealthy appetite for binge watching what might loosely be termed as voyeuristic tv experiments in the human psyche. It is more correctly classified as crap by the other, wiser member of the household! It would appear, somewhat frustratingly, that this so called entertainment…

Most of what I post here is somewhat introspective and rather personal, not of much interest to anyone else and unlikely ever to see the light of day. Occasionally, however, real life intrudes on my ruminating…..today is one of those days. Our niece that lives in Canada is beautiful, caring and we love her to…

Elsewhere in these blogs I have occasionally mentioned my intention to start some serious writing. Serious in terms of input you understand, the output is at present anyone’s guess. Efforts so far have been a learning experience, ideally moving towards some sort of style and perhaps even a little confidence. The audience has been precisely…

Well it’s weigh in time again and the results are still pretty impressive….. August means another 3lb gone and I am getting trimmer every day. The intended ban on sweets & treats is mostly holding and I am generally making sensible eating & drinking choices. The overall feeling is that being active every day is…

The missus is now a disciple of the world’s most important acronym, or at least in relation to us. Recent events, in particular the relentless loss of friends & relatives taken long before their time, have convinced us that life is too short. Potentially very short indeed and certainly much shorter than most of us…

This was supposed to be a month on from my last post and I was a little wary that I would be reporting little or no progress. Happily, that couldn’t be further from the truth. The last Friday of every month used to be weigh-in day and it occurred to me this morning to take…

Paraphrasing from a previous post, chocolate is supposed to be off the menu and snacks a distant memory. Health & fitness are a top priority and consuming crap on the highway to an early slot at the crematorium a big no-no. This has not gone well. The sad facts are as follows……. I like the…

Pretty much everyone I know has a weight problem. Too much, not enough, everything in the wrong place. Therefore it seems that I am not alone, although that doesn’t make this phase of life any easier. I should explain. I spent the majority of my early life playing sport. It was quite easy to stay…