R and R?

Having considered numerous options, we have finally bought a caravan in West Wales. It has all the necessary mod cons and sleeps up to eight people so John and I will have more than enough space. It is sited on a family site and has a private fishing pond, is next to the sea and has a private gym. The surrounding area is beautiful with Cardigan Bay on one side and the Snowdon mountain range on the other. We intend to take our bikes and use the numerous coastal cycle paths. It is ideal now that John has retired and we no longer are tied to working days.

Minor problem at the moment though. To celebrate John's retirement, most of our family spent a weekend break at Centre Parcs which was really enjoyable, however when I was playing badminton, I jarred my knee and it is still sore. I have reached the stage where my mind is a lot younger than my body, but as the months go on I'm sure I will get back into all those activities on offer.


Last week we took the grandchildren to the caravan and is was wonderful to have an excuse to try the activities that we wouldn't normally try. We had a lovely, albeit it, tiring time with them. Next week we are in London for a couple of days as one of my daughters bought us a gift experience for Christmas. So we will be cruising the Thames and having dinner one evening. I thought retirement was to rest but we have not stopped and there is no sign of a rest anytime soon!!



The following week we will be in Birmingham as our daughter, Alex, is having a civil wedding ceremony with her partner Kate. We went with her when she had a fitting for her wedding dress and needless to say, she looked stunning.



In between all this activity, I am still sewing and painting. The links to some of these are via https://sites.google.com/site/essellartandcrafts/  John has started to make his fly fishing hooks and I have been painting fish in water colours to accompany them.

Okay so my knee hurts, my hips are sore and I'm not sure what day it is but I quite like life in  retirement. I haven't found the R and R yet though!!