Overdue.....

I have covered many miles on the road to retirement, not quite reached retirement yet, but heading that way. Some work and some leisure each day.

I have not been recording the progress so I am going to turn over a new leaf and try and post something per day.  

So to bring you us up to date.  

Lets start from last weekend - Saturday 3rd - had a great time meeting up with friends in Bournemouth.  Haven't been to Bournemouth for over 40 years.  Of course it has changed.

Prior to the weekend I had a book cull - from the 728 books on my shelves, over 100 has been put aside to go to charity.

I got up one morning at 6 am and it took me about two hours to go through every book and take out - "print too small", "light print" and  "lines too close".  A shame about Rumplestiltskin by Ed McBain - one I would have liked to keep til I read it, but it is hard work on the eyes. 

A nice drive out this afternoon - the goal was to find a pub for a quiet drink.  We drove some miles along "B" roads with not a pub in sight, but would you believe I had never ever been around the area and it is only about 10 miles from home.  At last we found one..... 

....and I don't like beer!  

Back home - picked some strawberries - have about 4 plants and this is all we have so far.

Yes they have gone - eaten.  Not much to show really.