A day to reflect

Today I had a day off work with Rod - a rare time for us to do as much or as little as we want. It has been a very grey, gloomy, drizzly day - a complete contrast to yesterday when the sun shone and we sat outside a pub and had lunch with Richard, our friend visiting us from Skye. At least it is still very mild so that's a bonus, I guess.

This morning, we decided to take Lucy, our King Charles Cavalier, for a run on the beach at Lee-on-Solent. She loves getting wet and eating seaweed - though it has to be the right kind. Once home she was thrown in the bath to clean her up and is now looking absolutely gorgeous!

Grey sea, grey sky ... you can just make out Rod and Lucy in the gloom.

I said this was a day to reflect so Rod and I have time to think a bit about where we would like to live in the future and consider some options as to what we might do with our lives once he retires in however many years time. We really do not know all the answers so started to make a list of things we thought we would like and things we thought we would dislike. For example, we'd like to live somewhere that is peaceful but not too remote, not too far from the coast and where there are good dog walks from the door. There is no rush to move as we live in a lovely house and have all the modern conveniences near by BUT we don't feel it is right for our long term future.

One thing is certain, I certainly do not want to vegetate once I retire!

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