Working Hard at Idleness

2019 was a very significant year for my better half and myself. I finally reached the age where taking my pension, albeit early, was a possibility and in addition the youngest of our offspring left the nest and set up home with his girlfriend.

No dependents, It's time to think of ourselves

After 21 years as a full time critical care consultant in the NHS, the idea of leaving the endless treadmill of employed work became increasingly attractive. M is a self employed potter and we agreed that I would take early retirement and, together, we would devote more time to our hobbies and mutual interests. We had already made our holiday home, Fenay Cottage, available for rental after having spent nearly two years fully restoring this beautiful 17th Century stone cottage in Robin Hood's Bay on the coast of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park.

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