Do you need a Bucket List?
Having Fun Cracking Retirement
by Erith
1M ago
I’m not a bucket list sort of person. I am very fortunate to be able to afford most things I want to do, the problem is more in fitting it all in. I have zero desire to bungee jump, or leap from a plane, drive a Ferrari, or live at the Ritz. My desires are much more mundane. Travel to different places, visit with family, enjoy nice food and wine. However, I was intrigued on Saturday, to read an article in The Times magazine, where a family sold everything, for about $25k and prepared to set off to travel the world. They had two young children, and now have a third. After about 8 years, they ha ..read more
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Sevilla 2023
Having Fun Cracking Retirement
by Erith
4M ago
Seville/ Sevilla is such a lovely city! If you want to relax and enjoy the Tapas life, Sevilla/Seville is the city for you! (please do be aware Sevilla can get very hot – even when we were there late September, it was still about 30-35c, in July/August 40-45c is not unknown!) Slow travel gives us time to get to know the city! How lucky we are! Sometimes life gets in the way of your plans, so we are learning to go with the flow! My husband had an unexpected problem with his eye, thankfully identified very promptly, and referred by his optician (Crystal Optometry, in Edinburgh, if you’re interes ..read more
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Slow Travel is Back!
Having Fun Cracking Retirement
by Erith
9M ago
After an enforced break for Covid, and the many uncertainties it brought for travellers, we are back on our Slow Travel adventures. 2023 will take us to Sevilla in Spain. Why Sevilla? It is well known as a lovely tourist destination, with many great things to see. There is a lovely old city, a Royal Palace that started life as a fort in the 10th Century. A memorable Cathedral. Not to mention some delightful food experiences! The Tapas will be stunning I am certain, not to mention some great sherry tasting opportunities! Cordoba, another amazing city is just a short train ride away. We’ve done ..read more
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Book Review – Be Brave. Lose The Beige
Having Fun Cracking Retirement
by Erith
11M ago
The subheading says it all – Finding Your Sass after Sixty. The author, Liz Kitchens has been entertaining the world for a while with her blog Be Brave. Lose the Beige, much of which has been published in the online magazine Sixty and me The book is really easy to read, a light hearted look at how those over sixty are often overlooked, how easy it is, to just let the world pass you by, effectively you are invisible! She raises the question ‘why should we be beige?’ Why should we follow the rules, mostly we have done so all our lives, but now we don’t have to! Liz introduces another character M ..read more
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Looking Forward
Having Fun Cracking Retirement
by Erith
1y ago
2023 is here! Finally it looks like life is returning to normal, at least here in the UK. We’re finally back to travelling and staying in hotels! First it wasn’t permitted, then even when we were allowed, we were strangely hesitant, it all seemed so hard. We had got lazy, it became far too easy not to bother! In November, we even went to a 40th Birthday party! Our first proper event in ages. Quite strange, but so lovely to see friends and family in a social setting again, having fun, a bit of dancing (Scottish Ceilidh). Even stranger coming home after 11pm… Thanks to the Scottish government, a ..read more
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I’m Back
Having Fun Cracking Retirement
by Erith
1y ago
I have just renewed the hosting of the website for another 3 years, so we’ll see how it goes. As I write this, it is mid October 2022. What a roller coaster the last 3 years have been. From an amazing 2 month stay in Athens September/October 2019, through another great 6 weeks in New Zealand Dec 2019/Jan 2020 staying with my son, his wife and my lovely new grandson. Arriving back at the end of January 2020 to the onset of Covid, and all the madness that then ensued, anyone could be forgiven for wanting to reset the clock. But resetting the clock would not be good. We have not yet learned every ..read more
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It’s time to move on
Having Fun Cracking Retirement
by Erith
2y ago
It’s been fun running this blog for the last 5 years, but it is time to move on. To start with, I really enjoyed the novelty of reaching a new audience, writing about my life, but over the last few years, with no opportunity to travel, I have been focussing on other things. This blog will stay for a while until I make my final decision, about its future existence. So there’ll be no new posts for the immediate future. If you want to get in touch email me at crackingretirement@gmail.com who knows what the future will bring?? The post It’s time to move on appeared first on Having Fun Cracking Re ..read more
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Retirement – 10 Years On
Having Fun Cracking Retirement
by Erith
3y ago
This year, my husband and I will complete 10 years of retirement. The most important thing is that we both still love our retirement life. The good, the bad and everything in between. As time has gone on, things that seemed very important at the start, seem less important now, and indeed other things have become more important. 2020 has changed us 2020 has indeed changed us, and sadly not for the better. We have become more sedentary, not through choice, but due to lockdown, there have been fewer things to do, and certainly No Slow Travel. Never, before in our more than 40 years of marriage, h ..read more
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Life Moves On – 2020 Has Changed Us
Having Fun Cracking Retirement
by Erith
3y ago
Life Moves On? What do I mean? What was very important to you a few years ago, may be less important now. Four years ago when I started this blog – early retirement, financial independence was innovative and new. The concept of stopping work, before you got to age 60 or 65, was so different. I remember once speaking to an ex-boss, who had just got an early retirement package, (the first I had ever heard of c1992) and his comment was – I am 58, and I get to spend the next 2 years on the golf course, on effectively a full two-thirds salary pension, instead of at work. What is there to complain a ..read more
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Glucose Monitor – my trial experience
Having Fun Cracking Retirement
by Erith
3y ago
Out of total curiosity, I jumped at the chance to take part in a group event, where about 30 of us signed up to use a Continuous Glucose Monitor, and share information on our experiences each day. Jack Black Mindstore kindly negotiated us a very beneficial group rate with NutriSense, who provide an App, and nutritionist support to set you on your way. I’m not diabetic, but I am very interested in how well my body copes with different foods. I am aware that if you eat processed food, or sugary stuff, you get a glucose spike, which translates almost straight into fat if you don’t burn it off imm ..read more
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