I retired at 55 when I took a redundancy from my GOV job of 31 years lived on my super pension till I got my old age pension at 67 last year, I still haven't done the things I wanted to do when I retired I got too busy doing other things lol, I did get time to do nothing but I was always busy, keeping busy is the secret to retirement, all the upgrades were done to my Norton a few years before I retired as well a new Thruxton earlier on the same year I retired, so had plenty of adventures on the bikes when I did retire.
Just wish I started the train hobby when I first retired, I might have finish it by now lol, when I was young I brought a 5 string Banjo and said I will learn to play it when I retire, well it still sits in it case waiting, just have other things going on, but this year with recovering and rehab has been the only time I been doing nothing for the first 8 months of recovery, drove me crazy not able to do anything at all, rehab, TV, YouTube or computer not much else but things started to move once I got my new leg then more rehab to learn to walk and now its full on again walking and driving again I can get around to get things for my hobby and getting on with retirement life as it was for me and the Norton is going to be ongoing as well the trains and everything else that is throw at me.
I have always been a very active person but the last 9 months and 8 months of not doing much at all, it is now time to get on with my life, won't be the same with only one leg but I have adapted and still take things easy as I am still getting used to using a peg leg, but I getting on with it and as I said many times now my trains have got me going again and keeping my sane. just wish Debra did the same but it's been hard for her with her injuries and her old injuries from her childhood has come back to haunt her with arthritis in her joints.
Ashley
