It is evident I have been struggling
to keep this thing going. Time to break another long silence.
There
has been a life development since the my last post – both Mrs Darce
and I are now retired! So at least I should have more time on my
hands to post a few more things here. Hmm. Not so fast! Because I
should tell you I retired at the end of April. That's nearly four
months ago now, where did that time go!
I
had been been thinking of retiring for the last year or two but what
had stopped me was the thought I might not have enough things
to do and I might be bored (for “I” also read “we”, of
course). So, having taken the plunge what have we been doing for this
last four months? Not much at all really – no big holidays (one is
coming next year); unlike some of my friends I'm not a golfer, a
sport that can easily take up a lot of time; and I have not yet taken
up any new interests. So am I bored? No, and the weird thing is the
days seem to go by really quickly. I guess we are just simply
enjoying not having to be at anybody's beck and call, and not having
to have a routine. I also find I have this real urge to spend as much
time as possible outside, that urge had been growing in me for some
time now. In that regard the summer has helped, so we have been going
on lots of walks, bike rides, and lots of general pottering in the
garden. As the days shorten and winter approaches those activities
will no doubt reduce and it will be interesting to see what fills the
time then.
This
first flush of retirement had also, until a few weeks ago, caused the
record collection to be a bit neglected. But now I find I'm immersed
in them again, already anticipating winter, and long nights, maybe.
So
I won't promise anything but there maybe some more action again here from
now on (although we are off to Cornwall for a few days next week so straight away that will cause another silence).
I
think I have featured this 45 from The Intruders before* but I thought it would be appropriate in the circumstances – in the land of the
retired it is very easy to completely lose track of which day of the
week it is, so it is easier to say that every day is a holiday!
* I just checked. In fact it has featured twice before, way back at the dawn of this blog in 2006, and again in 2011.
