So.......the big day has arrived.
I'm now retired.
After careful consideration I decided to retire completely and enjoy life.
So.....more time to explore our beautiful county and other parts of the UK and the globe that we haven't visited.
Lots of time for our allotments, driving our 1972 VW Camper, playing (badly) the guitar, watching sport, walking etc etc

Oh.....might do a bit of messing around with model railways as well.

Congrats, and welcome to the club

If all goes well, I will retire on the day we take James St to Farnham next year...........

Martyn

Congratulations!   It's been said lot's of times but soon you will be wondering how you managed to fit in work around everything else you used to do.
I retired 7 years ago and moved immediately to Spain and since then have been working on the house, garden and loads of dogs, birds and other animals.  I realised I was working harder than I did at work so now the schedule is:  Get up, let animals out, have breakfast (leisurely), walk dogs, clean animals out, tea break.  DIY, currently rendering and painting, lunch, siesta, DIY and/or work on my scooters, walk dogs, Train time till bed time.  I have Wednesday and Saturday night off from trains because for some reason my wife want's to spend some time with me.
Enjoy your retirement.

Dave

Welcome to the club from me as well.   

I did that 35y ago but have only had time to do about half the things I wanted to do,,, if only I could remember what the other things were ,,,

Hah! As I have written in these pages before, retirement is a cruel illusion... I retired 4 years ago and my feet haven't hit the ground since! I've never been so busy. The model railway is still barely started  .

All the best for your retirement.

Chris

Congratulations!

In preparation for the inevitable questions to come, you may want to refresh your memory of this thread: http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=29100.0

Jon

Congratulations, Martin

I took early retirement 4 years ago and it was the best thing I ever did, or at least that's what my boss said
I'm quite sure you'll fill your days but, believe me, my body clock still wakes me up at the time I would to go to work. However, I just get a cup of coffee and go back to bed and read for a while.

Congratulations  ( lucky sod)  since you've listed all you'll be doing -please find time to keep in touch with the rest of us mere working idiots ! Be a dam shame to lose you now ! 

Congratulations on your retirement!   

Having recently celebrated 20 years of retirement I find that there's only one drawback - you never get a day off! Brian

Congratulations, but just be careful how many other things you get involved in or that railway will never make progress.

Well done that man - enjoy the retirement. 

Ditto to all of the above from me, Martin

I think this retirement business is quite alright. Apparently some have a tough time adjusting to retirement. For me, not a bit even from the very first second. Days are as full as they ever were.

Enjoy the next phase of your life.
Webbo

Congratulations Martin, welcome to the club, hope that you have a long and happy one.

I'm only 7 months into my new "career", and thoroughly enjoying it. It is big change after 40+ years working but I don't miss working one bit. However, as others have said there does seem to be less time...(look at how slow my progress on Sonmel is)