Memory Drain

Ahhh, remember frosty, crisp mornings...

Sunday Smile

About right, probably not smile-worthy tho...

Birds eye view

Interesting fish-eye view of my home town, taken by a local photographer..

Friday Smirk

Not wrong there George..

Miss it?

It's been a period of reflection this last week, spent most of it with a bunch of other 60 somethings, some approaching retirement and others already retired. The guys who have yet to take the plunge were very keen to understand the process and the considerations involved and so many of our conversations centred around this. 

Talking about a topic allows you to practice your arguments and to reflect on the quality and depth of them as other people probe the nooks and crannies of your logic. My own view is that if you feel confident about retiring you should, at any age (within reason), I don't regret it for a nano-second, in fact after two years now I simply don't think about work at all! My cycles these days are consumed by family, friends, leisure activities, hobbies and holidays, sounds superficial and perhaps it is, but it feels damn good and after 40 odd years of slog working hard (never having more than 2 weeks off at a time) and missing a lot of important family moments I feel I earned it!

Experimental

I tried one of these while in Cornwall last weekend, supped at the Verdant brewery in Penryn it's a new DIPA (Double IPA) made with an experimental hop variety called NZH-101. Weighing in at 8% I only had a half but it was a unique flavour profile, very weedy (i.e. cannabis-like) with back-notes of mango and tropical fruits and a slight bitterness, a really interesting addition. I'm not sure I could drink loads of it, certainly not at that ABV, but as the newest member of Verdant's SBP#10 or Small Batch Project (number 10) beers I'd say it's a banger!

Bye bye USA...

Well done Belgium, good to see that cheats don't prosper..!

Tuesday Titter

Ah yes, I remember working in corporate environments...