Retirees what is your typical day

Bostonerimus1

Watched Pidcock win the Amstel Gold Race, went for 50 mile bike ride with lunch at half way point, fixed my tenant's storm door closing mechanism, watched Masters golf and then Coachella on youtube.

Sea_Shell

Albermarle said:

cfw1994 said:

Sarahspangles said:

cfw1994 said:

Indeed….it turned out it was a 1 day only event: we were very lucky!
 My point was more that as a person without the scheduled rigours of work, one can happen upon such things, or indeed actively seek them out 😉

OH has managed to get in one long cycle with his mates pretty much every week over the winter by looking out for the drier days. They never seem to fall at the weekend when I’m not working 

Exactly that!  I am a bit of a fair weather cyclist, and being able to pick a random day is really a gift to be enjoyed!
(although, truth be told, I haven’t been out on mine this winter much - too wet!!!)

On a similar theme , I am only a fair weather fisherman. So again retirement gives you more flexibility to react to weather forecasts !

If only we could actually rely on the forecasts to be accurate!!     All that computer power, and they still get it wrong more than right.    Even on the day!     They usually err on the pessimistic.

Often we look at the forecast and decide to either do (or not do) something, and it turns out we could have done what we postponed, or postponed something to another day.

Flexibility to literally "look out the window" is more the point, rather than the forecast IMHO.

cfw1994

XC weather I take an average of readings…used to be just the BBC and Met Office, but now discovered XCWeather, which is a decent app….raining all day today (just rumbled thunder outside).  

A birthday party here later: I knocked up 2kg dough last night to make a bunch of pizzas for pals later this evening 🎉🎂🍕😎👍

Bianchiintenso

I use XC weathers wind arrows to decide on the days cycle route, strangely hard to find that elusive circular arrow pattern from behind that covers my route, even more strange, the faster I ride, the stronger the headwind gets 

hornetgirl

Possibilities for today were pre-checking a route for group walk DH is organising on Saturday (route is established but we were thinking of tweaking to make it prettier) or a day at the seaside. Now it's tanking down so I'll go and get my nails done instead. Flexibility is a wonderful thing.