Hi man... you're quite an active forumist according to the (impressive) number of posts and this makes your comment even more gratifying… thank you.
Although I have given up some time ago to update my travel blog I do keep up the hope that one day my writing appetite will return.
Hey, good luck with your early retirement plans…
This is something everybody should aspire to as there is such as wonderful world out there and such a shame to miss it only because of inertia, anxiety or societal pressure to do what one is “expected to do” that being to work life away in some job just to pay bills for things that most of the time we don’t really need to be happy or fulfilled.
If I may give a suggestion, don’t exclude from your travel plans the Scandinavian peninsula… I understand that being British you’re not exactly keen to travel in cold, rainy places but take my word for it: the beauty and exhilaration of riding the northern coast of Scandinavia is worth every rain drop you might get to endure…