Middle-aged, Free and Single

A Week Off Work – At Last

What with Covid-19 and lockdown and furlough and being a key worker and everything, the week off that I’d booked for the week after Easter didn’t happen. That means this is my first annual leave since Christmas, and I am SO looking forward to it. My FEET are so looking forward to it. No plans,…

Rubber Chicken – revisit, one year on!!

I can’t believe it’s a whole year since I first wrote about Rubber Chicken. It’s the post that people keep coming back to. It’s been mentioned on the Forum of Money Saving Expert.‘ It’s been used by 67 and Stopped Counting during her ‘Holiday’ in Mallorca during Lockdown. If you haven’t read it, here it…

Life under Lockdown – The Holiday Part 5

They went on holiday but couldn’t come home. It’s been more than 10 weeks now. Here are parts 1, 2, 3 and 4. What We Did on Our Holidays – Part 5 by 67 and Stopped Counting Cry FREEDOM! Well not quite, but restrictions have been lifted a bit here on the holiday island of…

A Different Normal

Today is going to be a doing-day. It’s the first mid-week day off I’ve had in a while – I have a list of things I need to do. Wash my work apron and hang it outside to dry. Put away the washing that I did on Monday. Pay a cheque in. I’m doing the…

Covid and Kids

I used to be a teacher. So – I have an opinion about kids going back to school. That Reception/ Year 1 period, when the kids are aged 4 – 6, is a crucial part of school. It’s the period when the foundations are laid. Children learn what behaviour is expected of them, they start…

Life under Lockdown – The Fitness Studio Owner

This is the gym I go to – or rather it’s the one I will go to again as soon as I possibly can. I wrote about how it has changed my life here. From Gym to Garden to Garage by Jules Parry On Friday 20th March, around 6pm, the government announced that all pubs,…

Immunity

Immunity. It’s something we’ve become used to. We expect it. We pretty much see it as our God-given right. We have a natural immunity to many things, and we have been immunised against many more – but we have no immunity to Covid-19. Our immune systems can’t help us. Our ability to fight off the…

Life under Lockdown – The Holiday Part 4

Guess who’s STILL still on holiday… This is getting silly now. What We Did on Our Holidays – Part 4 by 67 and Stopped Counting Being locked down in a foreign country is a strange experience. We are stuck in Mallorca after popping out for a quick holiday at the beginning of March to chase…

Life under Lockdown – The Business Woman

Making travel safe and affordable for single women over 50. Well, that was the plan… The New Travel Business by Sue-Anne Mayne Last year, with a limited budget, a hankering to explore new places and an empty nest in sight, I set up a friendly homestay community for ID-verified women over 50. Quite a number…

Anniversary

Yesterday was 8th May. A strange day, in many ways. First of all, of course, it was the 75th anniversary of VE Day, the end of the Second World War in Europe. Not the end of the war – that didn’t happen until VJ (Victory in Japan) Day on 15th August – but the end…

Corona Virus – That was Then

Just two months ago – but it feels like ancient history now. I posted this on 3rd March – which is really not that long ago. Read it and weep. I don’t bloody believe it. I want to travel. I love travelling. I travelled a fair amount in the past. I’m happy to travel independently….