Come down for the world's busiest retiree...?

Not only is the intensely fun boys weekend over, but so is the summer - a double whammy come down. And this retiree, and his retired fiancee, are both working harder than they were when they had office jobs :)

The weekend away with the boys was excellent - it turned out to be a couple of days drinking and hill walking based in a converted barn in the middle of nowhere. Perfect. Plenty of photos here - I'm particularly pleased with some of the panoramics.


Since then, it's been non-stop. Having fixed the leak under the bathroom floor, the central heating has sprung a further two leaks (!). I must take some credit for the second one, but in my defense it was an accident waiting to happen. So, the plumbers laugh each time they hear from me.

The conversion of our flat into a showhome is really gathering pace, though. I've been busy finishing off lots of odd jobs that have been hanging over me for the last 18 months. For instance, not only can you now lock yourself into the bathroom, but you've got a handle on the inside of the door to get you back out again. And, almost unbelievably, the kitchen is now finised. Never thought I'd see the day...

We have decorators in (slowly) working their way through the lounge, hall and spare room. The house is a complete bombsite and dust bowl while they're here, but it should only be a couple more days and then the place will really start to look like the showhome that we always knew was hiding underneath that old wallpaper and avocado tiling.

Our trip home is now all booked up - we're out of here on 2nd October. Very soon. But once we land, we immediately start on the climb up Kilimanjaro. That should blow out the cobwebs....

Right - far too busy to actually be writing blog entries, so best get going!