Last year I had a look at our cost of coffee & cake. Not an inconsiderable amount with around £600 just on coffee for the year (calculated). Well, today I […]
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Should we consider chunking up retirement into different phases ?
One of the things about the Trinity study (akka the ‘4% rule’) was that it made the assumption of a fixed (corrected for inflation, so growing) annual amount taken out […]
Read moreTime to Change the Car (Part 1)
It’s 3 weeks since I published an article. I have a few ideas in draft, some investigations and the like, but must say that the seemingly endless house clearing of […]
Read moreThe Memories in Photo’s
The Ugly The last couple of weeks have been a challenge in a number of ways. First we get this awful and needless death by a police officer in the […]
Read moreClap for Carers and the Normalisation of Behaviour
During the peak of our CV-19 crisis, as hospitals became full and almost on a war footing, some bright spark had the idea of everyone going outside their front door […]
Read moreSocial Media, Trigger Points, and the Balance of our Lives
How Quickly can our Comments get us into Trouble ? Want to see how quickly your life can unravel and crash then just look at Amy Cooper blatantly lying about […]
Read morePost Covid Holiday & Lifestyle plans
Just love this place !! I have been thinking a little about what we may do differently as we emerge from Covid-19 lockdown. In truth, the country is already starting […]
Read moreThe Secret of achieving FIRE
Catchy title isn’t it ? Its funny but since we have gone into an effective lockdown, I thought I would have way more time for research and writing up some […]
Read moreInvest in the bottoming Market or Pay the Mortgage Off ?
One of the great F.I.R.E. mantra’s is ‘pay off your debts first .. get rid, get rid, reduce, eliminate … etc etc . They are a drag. Well totally agree, […]
Read moreReflections of 4 weeks of Covid19 Lockdown
I did wonder last week whether I should write something. For many people, the lockdown has been very hard. There are families in small flats or apartments with limited space, […]
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