15 years!!!

Oh, you must go! My DH and I went to Canada last year on the train through the Rockies with an upgrade on the flights and on the train; this had been a longheld dream of ours and I can remember DH suggesting it suddenly out of the blue last Easter. It was really expensive, but so worth it, an experience of a lifetime. My DH died in February....I am so glad we did it.

Glad to hear it starlily - I am the 'new' 50 in July - so I have to say that I really like these 'new' ages!!

Thanks, DanniRai, I'm feeling so much younger now, full of life and ready to go. LOL.

I’ve always said I would live to 100, confident that I’d be hale and hearty and enjoying life.
Centenarians are now so numerous that I’ve had to revise my date of death up a few years. Sadly I now know many old people who are ill, feeble or ga-ga and know I’ll probably be the same. It’s depressing how your strength and stamina drain away and you hurt in so many places.
Grab this exciting opportunity, * lovingit* and make memories for your dotage.

80 is the new 60!

And 80 is the new what?

67 may be the new 50 but it's a damn sight harder to carry 20k bags of feed or shavings and the days of running up the muckheap with a full barrow have definitely gone!!

Thank you Catterygirl - it was so good of you to post that message. I really appreciated it!!

That's what is called a son who knows you best of all. He was teasing you.

Wow! Christmas in India - it sounds amazing.
My precious son teases me if I do anything daft and informs me that he has me booked into "Shady Pines" Nursing Home for whenever I need it. (At least I think he is joking!!)

How lovely that they want to share the experience with you. Get out there, enjoy, and count your blessings. :-)

My understanding is that 70 is the new 50,

I've been to India twice and loved it. I'd go back at the drop of a hat. Accept everything you see with generosity, it's mad but so, so very exciting.

lovingit
67 and slowing down ??? isn't 67 the new 57.? 50 the new 40?

India for Christmas is great, especially if you want to avoid all the fuss here. In most places it’s just an ordinary day, though you may see a few fake trees and tinsel around.

Hope your son is planning to be somewhere near the sea on 25th as it’s lovely to go for a dip in warm water on Christmas Day and make everyone at home jealous

I am green with envy! Hope you have a really lovely time and t hat we (I'm 66) have more than 15 years left.

Your vet may be able to put you in touch with a reliable person who can look after your horse and dog.

You may have much longer left. Just go and enjoy. Take loads of photos. Tease him back. Tell him you will enjoy spending his inheritance.

Fantastic! Reaping the benefits of wonderful offspring ?

There are boarding kennels that will look after your pooch lovingit. Book in plenty of time though! I'm sure you have a horsey friend who can horse sit too?
India sounds AMAZING!!! Have a fab time ?

At 67 I,m just beginning to notice the slowing down but his remark has got me thinking that I haven't got that many years left to do all the stuff I want. I am the world's best at procrastination but can't be putting things off anymore now .Having a mad dog and a horse it's not easy to get away although I do manage to go away a lot in summer when my horse is out .
India here \I come..

Definitely go, good time to go as not so hot. Do read up before you go, will be a culture shock (depending on where you stay of course) but you will never regret it. My son got married in India (full Indian wedding in very remote village) to please his MiL and the memories will stay with us forever.
Get your son to do your visa for you, has to be done online, and you have to be adept at shrinking pdfs and photos!

Alie, Dublin sounds the kind of place where it would be fun to be a solo traveller - after all, they speak English and drive on the left. I've 'done' Paris on my own twice (though not very recently) and thoroughly enjoyed finding my way around on foot and by Metro, practising my French, eating what, where and when it suited me - doing exactly what I wanted. Not so easy now as my knees object to walking.

So nice that they thought of you and invited you. I’d definitely go.

Just go

Alie, if your sister won’t go, why not go by yourself? There are lots of travel companies, such as Shearings, who specialise in such trips. I have been on a few, and most of the people are very friendly to lone travellers. I quite like the freedom to please myself, or join others, as the mood takes me. There are usually some day trips to nearby places of interest included in the price as well.
Do you have any local groups, such as U3A, who organise holidays together? That would be another alternative.

My sister and partner have just come back from China.....they said beforehand they were going while they could.
Me, I want to go to Dublin....have started mentioning it to my sister.....hopefully.....can I do it? I'm only nine years older than her!