The Retirement Thread

[Flick of the Elbow]

Back from a damp and atmospheric wander around the hills near Strathpeffer, the drizzle lifted for odd moments then came back again. But the colours were nice.
Now to do some packing ready for an early-ish getaway tomorrow, back to humdrum Edinburgh
A house move to up hereabouts is certainly very appealing.

 

[PaulSB]

Good luck and take care

Thank you. I will.

Wales has closed the border to Lancastrians from 6.00pm.

 

[oldwheels]

Back from a damp and atmospheric wander around the hills near Strathpeffer, the drizzle lifted for odd moments then came back again. But the colours were nice.
Now to do some packing ready for an early-ish getaway tomorrow, back to humdrum Edinburgh
A house move to up hereabouts is certainly very appealing.

Yes it is nice and I sometimes fancied a move as my maternal ancestors came from around there and a bit further north. Enjoying a holiday is not the same as living there tho' as was covered in previous posts. Spend at least part of a winter there first.

 

[oldwheels]

Just had a barney with an aggressive holiday home tenant who could not see why he should use the house parking provided instead of blocking my neighbour's parking. The neighbour went off on a morning boat and will be back on last boat nearly midnight and expects to park in his usual spot. Evenings here all the parking tends to be occupied without those who are too idle to park where they should also taking up space. I did start off being polite and reasonable but the reaction was such that stronger language had to be used. Since this house is normally empty from now on they are probably fleeing from some northern England hotspot as are the hordes still arriving.

 

[Mo1959]

Back from a damp and atmospheric wander around the hills near Strathpeffer, the drizzle lifted for odd moments then came back again. But the colours were nice.
Now to do some packing ready for an early-ish getaway tomorrow, back to humdrum Edinburgh
A house move to up hereabouts is certainly very appealing.

Secret Scotland at 8 tonight.

 

[oldwheels]

Secret Scotland at 8 tonight.

Trouble is when people reveal their secret spot they cease to be secret and are totally spoiled for everybody.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Trouble is when people reveal their secret spot they cease to be secret and are totally spoiled for everybody.

True, but the places that our Susan visits are hardly secret

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Why do we in Scotland have to pay the full TV licence fee when for months and months now the so called BBC ‘National’ News is 99% English news ? All we seem to hear about is Clown Boris v various English regions. This is English regional news not UK National News

 

[oldwheels]

True, but the places that our Susan visits are hardly secret

I looked at the programme for a few minutes once and then just switched off so I cannot comment from any reasonable base.

 

[Mo1959]

Why do we in Scotland have to pay the full TV licence fee when for months and months now the so called BBC ‘National’ News is 99% English news ? All we seem to hear about is Clown Boris v various English regions. This is English regional news not UK National News

We get all our stuff in Reporting Scotland though.

 

[oldwheels]

Why do we in Scotland have to pay the full TV licence fee when for months and months now the so called BBC ‘National’ News is 99% English news ? All we seem to hear about is Clown Boris v various English regions. This is English regional news not UK National News

Apparently they have had discussions about independence with no independence supporters present.

 

[BoldonLad]

Why do we in Scotland have to pay the full TV licence fee when for months and months now the so called BBC ‘National’ News is 99% English news ? All we seem to hear about is Clown Boris v various English regions. This is English regional news not UK National News

Apparently they have had discussions about independence with no independence supporters present.

The Politics thread is that way ->

 

[welsh dragon]

I'm pretty sure the old farts on this thread are more than able to make political statements without it sliding into all out war with each other.

 

[welsh dragon]

I must admit that I would pay good money to see Numbnuts and Dave hitting each other with their handbags.

 

[BoldonLad]

A few days ago, I ordered a spare part for my motorcycle intercom, on eBay. The item was listed as being in Leicester, UK.

Today, I received a text message from Royal Mail, to say my delivery was delayed, because it was held up in Customs.

I live near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which, as far as I am aware, is in the UK, Leicester, when I last visited the place, was in the UK.

Have I slept through a major news event?, if not, why is my parcel in Customs?