The Retirement Thread

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Ness
Ness
8 Jul
9:54pm, 8 Jul 2024
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Ness
Nice! 😃

For me... Sunny Hayling Island 😉🤣 in August and Menorca in October.
Diogenes
Diogenes
8 Jul
10:12pm, 8 Jul 2024
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Diogenes
Hayling Island? Holiday or punishment?
Bob!
Bob!
8 Jul
10:13pm, 8 Jul 2024
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Bob!
Menorca in October @Ness ?
Are you doing the half marathon?
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
8 Jul
10:16pm, 8 Jul 2024
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HappyG(rrr)
Hayling Islamd is fab. I learned to sail there in 1979! ;-) G
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
8 Jul
10:17pm, 8 Jul 2024
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HappyG(rrr)
True. Not a wink :-) G
Diogenes
Diogenes
8 Jul
10:29pm, 8 Jul 2024
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Diogenes
It’s okay for an half-day visit, not sure I’d want to spend much longer there
ThorntonRunner
ThorntonRunner
8 Jul
10:32pm, 8 Jul 2024
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ThorntonRunner
We've just booked a week near Grassington in Wharfedale in August.
Nice to be able to do it at fairly short notice and not have to worry about getting leave approved :)
geordiegirl
geordiegirl
8 Jul
10:42pm, 8 Jul 2024
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geordiegirl
Ohh thanks @Sigh missed I had a chair in the waiting lounge… exciting but feels like it’s not real. I’ll learn and practice.

All the holiday chat is great I suggested yesterday I buy a campervan in readiness for retirement (it has a fridge that would work in the boat for now) and we can practice

Great holiday plans all

And 3M it sounds like your manager and mine are related….
Sigh
Sigh
9 Jul
6:09am, 9 Jul 2024
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Sigh
@TROSaracen , we're off to Florida. First time since '05 (and first time ever for our 16-y-o daughter).

Great holiday plans on here!
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
9 Jul
6:44am, 9 Jul 2024
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
We will be spending a week in Derbyshire next month, hopefully be living there before the year is out, which of course means there will be another retiree!

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