Retired ... Now What?

In March this year, after close to 30 years of teaching, I made the decision to retire at the end of the academic year, which was July 2020.

August was a holiday, as always, with the difference that there was nowhere to go.  By October 'cabin fever' had set in. Cabin Fever: Tips and Advice for Social Isolation (healthline.com)

At the beginning of November, my wife made the excellent suggestion that I buy a camera with my tax refund money- which was due to me as my school had made deductions assuming I would work a full l2 months, and I stopped after 7. 

I got a bridge camera, so called because it the format is a bridge between the simple point-and-shoot types and the complicated SLRs Best bridge camera 2020: 9 cameras that pack huge zoom lenses | TechRadar

As an early New Year's resolution I have decided to start a blog to share my photos and perhaps comment on the occasional issue in education.

My first photo- one of our three cats.


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