Countdown to Freedom

muddywhitechicken

I once made the mistake of using the third class toilets whilst waiting on the platform for a train in Sri Lanka :eek:

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

brizzledfw wrote: »

Hi Mrs T.. good to see you're doing so well..hope the new lodger comes through

Re travels...New Zealand has to be on the list...its simply wonderful..both islands. Would be back there tomorrow if we could

Have a great eve

Brizzle

Hi Brizzle, lovely to hear from you. Prospective lodger visiting on Thursday - am asking Mr T to meet him as I'll be in a training session. Fingers crossed.

Will check out NZ as we do our research

BookWorm wrote: »

I second that - truly beautiful place with a fab laid back attitude to life :T

Thanks for the recommendation

Tilly x x

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

gallygirl wrote: »

Me too US - tiger trail and 1st class rail please .

Tilly if India doesn't figure next year we'll get saving the euro cents and go together :T.

unhappy_shopper wrote: »

@ Tilly, EL and GG, I have made a note of it in my to-do-in-the-future-when-I-retire list. So you will have ample time to save for it - after all I am still in my mid-forties

Is this OK for tiger trail? Not yet posh for first class rail, though I can vouch for second AC (air-conditioned in Indian parlance) rail travel.

Truly gorgeous

I take it this is the start of the MF vacation club . Will take me a while yet but I foresee numerous destinations on the cards. We will need to broaden our numbers, make sure we have all seasons covered, places of special interest, and more than everything, share the high and lows (hopefully not many of the latter) with like minded folk who understand what we are doing and why.


Tilly x x

gallygirl

unhappy_shopper wrote: »

Is this OK for tiger trail? Not yet posh for first class rail, though I can vouch for second AC (air-conditioned in Indian parlance) rail travel.

At a push .

unhappy_shopper

@ brizzledfw & BW, I have never been Down Under; the southernmost (?) I have been is 1 degree north of equator - have to widen my horizons after achieving MF status.

elantan

unhappy_shopper wrote: »

@ Tilly, EL and GG, I have made a note of it in my to-do-in-the-future-when-I-retire list. So you will have ample time to save for it - after all I am still in my mid-forties

Is this OK for tiger trail? Not yet posh for first class rail, though I can vouch for second AC (air-conditioned in Indian parlance) rail travel.

Yep sign me up for there

We did tiger temple whilst in Bangkok ... Now they say the tigers wernt drugged but I didn't believe them, would rather see them in a reserve anyway

elantan

Have to admit one of the driving forces for us becoming mfw is to travel, we also want to retire early, the reason, to travel long term, I fancy travelling for 6 months every year, I want to see the world but not from a touristy way from a local/ social perspective, mr el and I discuss holidays very often, we really enjoye the west coast of USA but kept saying it was too short, we wanted to take our time and yet see everything we could so it became a 3 week whistle stop tour, so it's deff on our list to return to.

I can see us easily spending 6 months in India one year, 6 months in Vietnam another year etc

I've always been a person that values experiences more than things I think that explains why my kitchen is falling apart lol

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Morning El, I find it hard to believe that this new way of life isn't too far ahead, given how many years we've had a mortgage :T

It's proving a great project for the family - 5 mins spare, flick through a brochure and see what appeals. DKs are loving it.

Best wishes Tilly x

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Morning

94 TT OP - I may need to keep a spreadsheet f these to track achievements :T

Dinner this evening is pasta with creme fraiche, home cooked gammon and peppers with chilli.

Need to run, we're taking hounds for a walk

Tilly x

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Ooo yum on the dinner Tilly - what time do you want us round??

Have to say all the travel plans sound fab - Im a bit of an unadventurous traveller but there is something so relaxing about being somewhere so different from home and day to day life!! Sounds a great way to celebrate your MF hard work!