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Glad you've had some time away, it looks lovely!"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee3
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You definitely can't put a price on MH, so enjoy every moment. Wonderful pictures, hope you're having a relaxing and healing time ♥️
Debt Busting Again in 2026
Starting Debt 03.05.26 £5345. Total 01.10.26 £2994
Challenge 1 - Clear M&S Card: Starting Balance 03.05.26 £600, cleared 05.07.26
Challenge 2 - Clear V12 Finance: Starting Balance 05.07.26 £600, cleared 12.08.26
Challenge 3 - Clear Barclaycard: Starting Balance 12.08.26 £940, current total 01.10.26 £344
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What a brilliant thing to do for yourself, and of course your well-being brings well-being for your family They are lovely photos.4
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Beautiful photos 😍 definitely worth every penny from a MH point of view and that life still needs to be lived sometimes even when paying off debt.Current mortgage (1 Jun 2022): £289,501 - originally £351,999 got to love London sized mortgages!
OP Goal 2022 = 3.75% in OPs: £6,975 / £13,200
Emergency Fund Target: 3 months saved ✅
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Lovely piccies of some beautiful places, glad they're recharging the old MH batteries.If it's not adding up, compound it!5
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Fresh air, views, walks, you time. All long overdue. Soak it all up and create good, lasting memories.Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.5
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Thanks all. Nice parking spots on way to next cottage. Arrived safely. DS joining me tonight for at least one night... Will see how it goes.
Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £165K Equity 38.88% 6/9/26
2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 29/8/26 (but owed £130) so £1.6K
3) 47/82K @29/8/26 = 57.31% AVC Goal by mid 20289 -
Gorgeous photos. Am quite jealous! I too am awful at visiting our local area. We are half hour from the New Forest, never go unless we go to a big country park. We went there last week at half term, and on the way back we took a detour to see the Rufus Stone for the history obsessed nine year old, then drove through the forest for a bit just looking at it all. Planning a camping trip there in August now.Debt free Feb 2021 🎉5
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Thanks DIA.
Yesterday while walking or driving saw a bird of prey really close and big hovering over the road. Also saw another rabbit later. While DS and I walked around a forested outskirts of a lake we saw our first free owl just perched in a tree. The beauty was amazing. All things to be grateful for...Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £165K Equity 38.88% 6/9/26
2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 29/8/26 (but owed £130) so £1.6K
3) 47/82K @29/8/26 = 57.31% AVC Goal by mid 20285 -
That's gorgeous SH, definitely one to lose yourself in. Take in every detail, sit and look, take in the smells and create happy memories. In the future you can recall them and imagine you're back there.Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.4
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