[QUOTE 4758251, member: 43827"]I retired at 50, but it was far too early and I was bored ( I hadn't returned to cycling then), plus I had underestimated the cost of funding two kids through university.
I started work again a few months later, went self-employed for the next 15 years, which allowed me to work just two or three days a week and phase down into retirement gradually.
Been retired for five years now and love it! Several holidays a year, volunteer work as a bike mechanic, cycling, walking and drinking coffee.[/QUOTE]
You can get volunteer work drinking coffee?
Graham.