Now I'm not much of a supporter of Spanish wines, but I;d like to recommend Era Costana to all you lovers of red biddy...

An oaky background with lots of deep berry flavours... ...yummy!

Yes I know I'm shy and retiring, but that's not quite what I meant... I'm actually retiring on an ill-health basis at the end of the month... I've never not worked... since I was 16... so for the last 40 years all I've ever known is a life of full-time employment... until I went loopy last year of course!

So I'm about to embark on a whole new life...

Am I sad about leaving my employment?
No way!

Have I fought to stay in work?
Not at all.

Do I feel embarrassed by being labelled with as a person with a 'mental health' problem?
Not at all.

Will the label stay with me in the future?
Probably, but I don't care! I know who I am....

Will I seek employment once retired?
Hmm... doubt it.
I may on the other hand look into making something of my own business.

Ho hum... life, eh?

...and came back down a hill too.

Unlike those lucky walkers that went up a Welsh hill and came down a mountain in the story on the BBC Wales news web, your very own Usky went for a walk up a hill yesterday, walked around for a while and then came back down said hill... and thoroughly enjoyed it too.

I have to say I'm suffering a bit this morning, from sore knees and a certain tightness in the muscles of my upper legs and, (dare I say it?) my bum! Hell the exercise must've been good for me though.

I'll post a few images from my excursion later perhaps, but have things I must get on with this morning. Mean time this is where I was...

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