[Misc] Retirement

Ding Dong ! said:

Spend a lot of my time now doing calcs on the pensions & savings I have trying to work out when I can potentially retire. And am hoping to do this in 18 months or so when i turn 59 or certainly wind down.

Seen a nice rise of circa £40K in the past 14 months for one of my pensions due to the rapid rise in the North American fund unit price that has gone from 2.79p to 3.54p in that time.

Mans a nutter but hey if my crypto and pensions keep rising in the way they are..............Go Trump !!!!!

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Tim Over Whelmed said:

So people worry about having nothing to do in retirement. To be honest I sometimes enjoy “nothing to do” so much that I do it for longer, it’s great.

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Tim Over Whelmed said:

I am one week away from the first of three "big" adventures, this one sees my Wife & I fly to Delhi, before travelling by train to Shimla on the Shatabdi Express, taking in three days of trail walking in The Himalayas, then it's back on a train back to Delhi for a sightseeing tour. Day 7 sees us go to Agra and The Taj Mahal, followed by a train to Ranthambhore, and a jungle safari. We then move to Jaipur by rail, taking in the Amber Fort and the City of Jaipur before flying to Mumbai. Then we jump on a ship and sail down Southern Asia for two weeks. Far removed from our normal couple of weeks in Majorca, so very excited and really apprehensive. I suppose retirement was supposed to be about new adventures and pushing ourselves outside of our comfort zone and this feels that it is.

We are reasonably prepared for the potential ailments of such a trip and very excited.

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Tim Over Whelmed said:

I am one week away from the first of three "big" adventures, this one sees my Wife & I fly to Delhi, before travelling by train to Shimla on the Shatabdi Express, taking in three days of trail walking in The Himalayas, then it's back on a train back to Delhi for a sightseeing tour. Day 7 sees us go to Agra and The Taj Mahal, followed by a train to Ranthambhore, and a jungle safari. We then move to Jaipur by rail, taking in the Amber Fort and the City of Jaipur before flying to Mumbai. Then we jump on a ship and sail down Southern Asia for two weeks. Far removed from our normal couple of weeks in Majorca, so very excited and really apprehensive. I suppose retirement was supposed to be about new adventures and pushing ourselves outside of our comfort zone and this feels that it is.

We are reasonably prepared for the potential ailments of such a trip and very excited.

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Tim Over Whelmed said:

I am one week away from the first of three "big" adventures, this one sees my Wife & I fly to Delhi, before travelling by train to Shimla on the Shatabdi Express, taking in three days of trail walking in The Himalayas, then it's back on a train back to Delhi for a sightseeing tour. Day 7 sees us go to Agra and The Taj Mahal, followed by a train to Ranthambhore, and a jungle safari. We then move to Jaipur by rail, taking in the Amber Fort and the City of Jaipur before flying to Mumbai. Then we jump on a ship and sail down Southern Asia for two weeks. Far removed from our normal couple of weeks in Majorca, so very excited and really apprehensive. I suppose retirement was supposed to be about new adventures and pushing ourselves outside of our comfort zone and this feels that it is.

We are reasonably prepared for the potential ailments of such a trip and very excited.

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dazzer6666 said:

Similar to what we’ve been doing the last 2-3 years (different locations so far but longer, more adventurous holidays to new places)……bloody loving it. Driving Mrs nuts with planning the trips while we’re on current trips

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METALMICKY said:

Immodium is your friend!

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The Mole said:

Best advice for eating in India is to go to the busy places where the locals go. Fast turnaround in food means there’s less standing around for ages. Also eating with your hands is actually more hygienic- there are wash stations so you end up washing your hands a lot.
india assaults your senses but embrace it and you will love it. Sounds like a good trip you’ve got planned. By all accounts Ranthanbore is a bit mad compared to other safaris. Indians don’t understand that big cat’s don’t like noise. But there is no sight like a tiger in the wild.
shimla will probably be quite chilly. Everything is closed on a Monday!
we’re going back to India over Christmas- tiger reserve - Hydrabad and then Goa to meet up with friends we made last time we were there.

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