RETIREMENT EXAMPLES
We hope this series of short examples of how people are
making the most of their retirement will serve as both a source of ideas and
inspiration for your own retirement.
Click to return to the full index of
retirement examples
Alan was one of the winners of the Laterlife Challenge in 2006
Alan Hogarth
69
Sunbury on Thames
Retired manager of Ipswich Disabled Bureau
Alan with his award onboard the Polly Grey
- he has navigated 850 miles of Canals and Rivers so far!
Since age 60 I have gained an Open University Honours Degree
in Psychology and Criminology.
2003 Walked the Camino Frances from Roncesvalles in the
Pyrenees to Sangiago de Compostela, 500 miles in 6 weeks.
Went back the next year 2003 and walked the last 100km again.
Canoed 110 miles of the Namekagon, St Croix Rivers in Minnesota,
Wisconsin through 12 sets of rapids.
2005 Moved onboard a narrowboat and navigated 850 miles of
Rivers and Canals to get to know my own country. I am ex Royal
Navy and know the edges quite well!
I am currently learning conversational Spanish and will be using
that when I walk the pilgrimage from Seville to Santiago de
Compostela, 1000km in 2007
