Originally Posted by
Earl Smith
The first six months as part of the sale agreement I helped the buyer set up my old business and showed them how it all worked. Then I took a couple of holidays. One to bury my mum who died during covid and I couldnt get over to the UK to bury her (remember Boris and his parties?) And then we took a two month holiday in the south of Spain. That really settled me down into retirement. That was in 2022, the following year we had a couple of long holidays and keep ourselves busy at home and seeing friends. This year we are doing the same, in fact three holidays this year. My wife also retired at the same time. We live in a very interesting city in Germany and keep ourselves busy. Lots of friends and places to go. Every now and again I will pop down to see my old business and have a coffee, its an hour away so makes a good day out. As they are a bigger firm than I was they have grown the business even further.
Being retired was a bit worrying to start with but now after two years Im enjoying every minute.
John