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  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    Z I know what you mean .... But what about those people that have lost a loved one ... Son daughter mother father husband wife etc they are being promised that one of these people can contact them( and yes I know that can happen) or the person with an incurable illness MS or something ... If they buy this so called crystal drink the water jump up and down three times on the spot one legged ( you get my drift lol) then they just might be cured


    It just got my blood boiling


    Eden project ... Maybe I would be better keeping schtum on that one lol .... But I did love heligan gardens so it wasn't a totally wasted trip he he
  • elantan
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    Will reply better when I get home ... See have been to wells cathedral years ago I loved it .... Such a stunning piece of architecture and history ... Did that Stonehenge and the Avebury stones
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Oh dear! What a shame.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • savingholmes
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    when I went to the Eden project it was okay - I was just too hot and that was my over-riding thought! I don't think I am designed to live in the tropics! I like places like Bodnant gardens much better - I would go back to there whereas the Eden project I think is good if it preserves endangered plants but otherwise.... I was a bit disappointed too. Trentham Gardens does a much better example of prairie planting too.....
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/25
  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    The tourist tat made me laugh out loud. That part of the world really goes heavily into mysticism and crystals. We often go to Stonehenge and Avebury, i prefer the latter. Even so the village of Avebury has a shop which sells all the New Age Tat, in all honesty the prices are disgusting. Large crystals go for a fortune- and the Americans and idiots are the target. I felt like screaming at them not to buy- You could have picked up better off any beach or the internet.

    Re the Toll road- you don't need to go on it, i really wouldn't bother on the way back. Just get on the M5, then M6- to go on the toll you have to divert a lot. I would even consider cutting across through to Cirencester on the old A roads- nice route that one. :) Safe journey back and many happy returns of the day. xx
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    happy birthday...didn't realise it was sorry xxx
  • elantan
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    Thanks taxi ... Well today we are in Stoke on Trent ... I have just had my first veggies in a fortnight ... I was soooo craving them


    Have to admit though I can't wait to get home now ... Am shattered dirty and ready to kill lol
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    You will soon be at home in your own bed, but for now, just enjoy the fact that you are away x
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  • savingholmes
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    hi el - sorry your holiday hasn't been as good as it could have been
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/25
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    When are you due back?
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