So this is Retirement

 So this is it - retirement - clear out the old land life - fly away to a new floating life.

It had seemed liberating to offload our plethora of possessions, gathered over a lifetime of consumerism, and free ourselves of the shackles of modern life, however most of the 'beneficiaries' have been our children.  Does this mean we're now burdening them with a life attached to 'things'?

As I'm writing this our Easyjet flight is clearing over the Rias of Portugal as we head towards & our awaiting Oyster 53, Amelie. This 1,500nm will take around 4 hours the next trip of the same distance will take around 300 hours, or 12 days. Life is now going to be lived at a very different pace.

We're landing on a Bank Holiday in the Canary Islands so whether our plan to sort out some food & clear off for Gran Canaria tonight can be fulfilled remains to be seen. If we can't then so what!