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Chockswahay

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Well, I've finally done it :whatthe: For many reasons which will only bore you I have resigned from my job and will be 'free' after the 19th June ::bigsmile:

We are planning to tour the Outer Hebrides for about 6 weeks, then Eire for a month or so then take a leisurely trip down thru France and Spain to spend the 'colder' months in Southern Portugal......::bigsmile:::bigsmile:

Let the party start :Smile::Smile::Smile: :Cool:
 
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Go for it!

I escaped the slavery last year and am planning to spend next winter in Spain too.

Since packing in work its amazing how many others I have met who are doing likewise.

Enjoy:thumb:

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enjoy and go where the fancy takes you but dont plan it. I have been out travelling for three months and love it. Someone at Newark show asked me tonight "but what dont you like about travelling full time?" and I cant think of anything - enjoy
 

trakweb

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We took the plunge on the 19th March and are now sitting in a field on the Welsh borders in 3 inches of snow. Toasty warm and having a whale of a time - so go ahead and enjoy.::bigsmile:

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Also thinking of wintering in Spain this year too!

Don't expect miracles.

There have been some real disasters reported on here over the years. Awnings ripped off. Endless rain.

Look at the Moroccan Mob this year, it wasn't until they were way down south before they got a bit of decent weather.

We had three weeks in Benidorm in Feb, it was OK, but spoiled by cold high winds. The question is, is it better to be in a tin box looking out at "OK" or back at home in a nice warm home looking out at "freezing".

There's not a lot in it in my humble opinion, except the cost.
 
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Chockswahay

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TBH I don't really mind where we go or how hot or cold (well not too hot!) it is. I am looking forward to being to take the adventure at a 'leisurely' pace without having to worry about being 'back in the office on a Monday morning'. :Smile:

A few years ago we did the same on a boat for three years and after that it just wasn't the same going away for just 2 or 3 days at a time. The concern with 'getting back' was always on our mind. :Sad:

Any way, I'm looking forward to a new kind of stress.............one that is different from where I work and what I do :thumb:

::bigsmile:::bigsmile:

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Don't expect miracles.

There have been some real disasters reported on here over the years. Awnings ripped off. Endless rain.

Look at the Moroccan Mob this year, it wasn't until they were way down south before they got a bit of decent weather.

We had three weeks in Benidorm in Feb, it was OK, but spoiled by cold high winds. [HI]The question is, is it better to be in a tin box looking out at "OK" or back at home in a nice warm home looking out at "freezing".[/HI]

There's not a lot in it in my humble opinion, except the cost.


Having done both, my first two winters as a fulltimer -20C and snowed in. I can say with no reservation I would rather be nice and warm in a tin box looking out at a different view every few weeks rather than sat in my brick house in the same place talking to the same people about the same crap every day. Even being stuck in the UK fulltiming beats living in a brick box. In my van I tend to overlook beautiful countryside with not a house in sight. Looking out my windows at the house all I saw was other houses.

:thumb::thumb::thumb:
 
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Popeye

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Having done both, my first two winters as a fulltimer -20C and snowed in. I can say with no reservation I would rather be nice and warm in a tin box looking out at a different view every few weeks rather than sat in my brick house in the same place [HI]talking to the same people about the same crap every day[/HI]. Even being stuck in the UK fulltiming beats living in a brick box. In my van I tend to overlook beautiful countryside with not a house in sight. Looking out my windows at the house [HI]all I saw was other houses.[/HI]

:thumb::thumb::thumb:

I know where you're coming from, that's how I feel about sailing off for a few weeks on the boat, if you don't like the view either wait for the tide to turn you or sail somewhere else, but my latest cottage in the New Forest looks out over heath-land and woods.

I can't see another house from any window; I can see ponies and deer and birds I haven't seen since childhood and I wouldn't swap this view for any view from my motorhome for any length of time.

Best of luck chocswahay
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Chockswahay

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Well, I've finally done it :whatthe: For many reasons which will only bore you I have resigned from my job and will be 'free' after the 19th June ::bigsmile:

Well, I did my last ambulance flight at around 3 o'clock this morning, smooth flight, a landing to be proud of, taxi back to the hanger, shut down engines, leave aeroplane................

I do feel a little sad actually :Sad: ....................there is talk of some part time flying but hey, it might not happen..

So time to move on...............embrace the future, there is another world out there :Smile:

Am I retired? semi retired? or on a Gap?

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Popeye

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Well, I did my last ambulance flight at around 3 o'clock this morning, smooth flight, a landing to be proud of, taxi back to the hanger, shut down engines, leave aeroplane................

I do feel a little sad actually :Sad: ....................there is talk of some part time flying but hey, it might not happen..

So time to move on...............embrace the future, there is another world out there :Smile:

[HI]Am I retired? semi retired? or on a Gap?[/HI]

Take your pick or better still, if you never fly again, decide then.........:thumb:
 
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That's my plan next year but then I have done homework and been self employed before
6 months on 6 months off :thumb:
 

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Just 4 years left and then I’m out of the services and free to roam where the hell I like::bigsmile:

I love the services, but have been doing it since 1978 and its almost time to end and my life full timing will begin. I don’t want to wish it away away, but I’m already excited at the prospect of the adventures:roflmto:

I’ll do lots more research into it all as the years tick past, but I do have one question now and that is, what do the true full timers do about their mail? I won’t have any fixed abode at all, but a bank account to run and, while it’s done via the internet, there’s always mail of some form or another. Do you rent a PO Box and drift by when you can or do you have another system in place?:thumb:

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vwalan

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be nice to roam where ever we like but unfortunately thats not an option . you can roan where ever they let you .
 

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Well, I've finally done it :whatthe: For many reasons which will only bore you I have resigned from my job and will be 'free' after the 19th June ::bigsmile:

We are planning to tour the Outer Hebrides for about 6 weeks, then Eire for a month or so then take a leisurely trip down thru France and Spain to spend the 'colder' months in Southern Portugal......::bigsmile:::bigsmile:

Let the party start :Smile::Smile::Smile: :Cool:

Congratulations. Life is worth living and enjoying not slogging away 24/7 and to be quite honest hospital workers, air ambulance staff etc see so much trauma and how quickly lives can be taken that the actual time we are a live becomes more precious.

Go and do everything you have every dreamed of.

Good luck hope to see you at a meet.
 

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Well, I did my last ambulance flight at around 3 o'clock this morning, smooth flight, a landing to be proud of, taxi back to the hanger, shut down engines, leave aeroplane................

I do feel a little sad actually :Sad: ....................there is talk of some part time flying but hey, it might not happen..

So time to move on...............embrace the future, there is another world out there :Smile:

Am I retired? semi retired? or on a Gap?

Congrats :thumb: We took the plunge at the end of last year, I'm just 60 and my soulmate is not 55 yet. She refuses to use the words 'retired' and gap years are what we tell folk. We have 10 weeks to go before we leave Orkney and take our first 3 month voyage of discovery ''Sooth'' :Cool: Maybe we will run into each other sometime! :ROFLMAO:

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My current contract expires in August, 11 months short of collecting my pension. With my wife's blessing I'm planning to have a senior gap year that could include anything, but will still need to involve earning a certain amount each week from my talents (God help me). No firm plans yet, but MH travel will be at least a modest part of it - interesting times ahead..
 
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Am I retired? semi retired? or on a Gap?

Congratulations on your new adventure. I started mine some 6 months ago at the age of 51, the first time since the age of 16 that I did not have employment. A little scary for me and possibly because of the older generational belief of birth, school, work, die, I felt a bit embarrassed. So I always say "Semi" and normally qualify it by saying i'm looking for something to occupy a few hours per week!....Bizarre isn't it, but thats brits for you.

Good luck.
 
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Madwife

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I am leaving the health service on Friday after 37 years service! I am definitely not retiring in the sense of sitting by the fireside (we haven't got one in any case!) and when people have been asking me what I am planning to do have replied 'having a gap year'.

Instead of coming home to the house on Friday I am starting as I mean to go on and joining Howie in the MH on a nice peaceful site and a few days away before getting ready to tour Ireland.

Kath

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