Retirement with No Problem

Moored Paxton, River Great Ouse

Lots to do today.. rail tickets to buy for the future, personal filing and banking etc.  It all clears the mind you know.. Trouble is I enjoy my life so much being retired that when it comes to ‘must get that done’ it doesn’t get done until I have a ton to do!!

But now it is nearly all done, and here at Paxton, what more could I want than to sit on the raised dinette at the window by this beautiful river…

This is out of the front window.. and from the side window I have been watching a pair of beautiful swans, the diving terns, so precise as they make a loud splosh as they dive from above and nab a fish.. herons strutting on the far bank seemingly unaware of No Problem’s presence.. a family of noisy ducks, the young ones wanting to go for an adventure into the reeds.. Mum and Dad know best though and tell them off.. I can imagine it.. “Quack mink in there Quack!”

Oh in between I have been getting my filing and banking done.. well I admit, a lot slower than I would have done had I been in an office without this view!

Here is our mooring then.. very private indeed.  Hopefully the weather will cheer, but we did have a bbq last night.. I did some steaks marinated in chili, coconut milk, fresh coriander and peppercorns.. Yum!…

This area is the Paxton Pits Nature Reserve, and the lakes just a few yards away from here are formed by the gravel extraction in the area, but there are bird hides dotted all around, and some fabulous walks too.  I just love it here, the fresh smell of the flowing river is something else.. the flow at the moment is slight despite the rain, and the visibility in the water is amost totally clear, it’s like looking into an aquarium..

Some blue sky has appeared at last today.. Lucy and Meg are gonna get a good walk later me thinks!