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Money & Finance The Best Cars for Your Retirement Years I have always struggled with car buying - my knowledge of cars is limited and 'does it go' has always been the only question I have asked of a car. Now that money is not as plentiful I have to do more research. I thought I'd share my research and findings! Read more	2	13th Nov 2014 Louise Williams
Home & Leisure The Thrifty Christmas Gift Guide for Grandparents We all know Christmas can really push the limits of your budgets but here is a quick guide on how to save that little bit more over Christmas and help you through the expensive winter months! Read more	0	12th Nov 2014 William Freddy Hope
Home & Leisure Winter Rambling: The Right Attire I regularly go walking and so I thought I would do a nice write up of my thoughts on rambling and the attire as so many get it wrong. Read more	0	12th Nov 2014 William Freddy Hope
Travel Exploring Norway \| 3 ready made tours for the more mature customer. We recently went to explore Norway. Little piece about the deals and tours you can get. Read more	0	6th Nov 2014 William Freddy Hope
Travel Investing in Holiday Home Ownership: Hints and Tips Not so long ago my wife and I decided to buy a small property on a small island off the west coast of Greece called Kefalonia. Here is our quick guide which we learnt ourselves and have written out for you. Read more	0	17th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Health & Wellbeing Sport and Activities for Older Adults On another note from my last post about 60+ fitness...Sport is for everyone, not just the young and super fit. If you’re trying to find a way of getting more exercise, then the following activities could be for you, and they’re in order of least to most strenuous so you can work out which is best for you. Read more	0	16th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Health & Wellbeing How to Keep Enjoying Sport at 60+ Here is how I keep myself fit even at my age! The breadth of sport and exercise that older people partake might just surprise you. The most recent survey by the Office for National Statistics revealed that well over a third of people aged over 65 took part in sports and exercise for the purpose of health in the last year. So what sports are popular with older people and how can you make sure you continue to enjoy sport and exercise? Read more	0	16th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Money & Finance Is Property Development Loan A Scam? At the very outset, you need to remember that investing in any off-the hook or plan apartment can be a viable option for all property investors. It is particularly true in vibrant and thriving cities where apartment developments and directives are specifically dime a dozen. Read more	0	16th Oct 2014 Alison Katte
Entertainment How I Finally Took Control of My Garage As you know I'm an avid car fan and as you can imagine I have a lot of tool for the restoration processes I do. Here's how I managed to get all my stuff in check will a couple of useful links to some great quality kit I got recommended to me by a friend. Read more	0	10th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Entertainment How I Personally Saved Money Bundling My Insurance Policies Nowadays more so than ever insurance is not just needed but required by law. Therefore paying the lowest price is everyone goal in the insurance companies game. Here is what I found out when I went about looking to bundle them up with one broker to bring the price and hassle right down/ Read more	0	10th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Entertainment Do You Have Buried Treasure in Your Home? Here is an article I wrote from previous experience: My wife and I used to have a lot of old jewellery lying at the bottom of some draws, we used to wear a lot back when we were more adventurous with what we wore, as some may say! We actually traded a lot of it in and made a small fortune. Read more	0	10th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Entertainment My Top Tips For Healthy And Safe Travelling Having a medical condition doesn’t always mean you have to cut back on all the things you used to enjoy. Many people are unaware of the options available to them in terms of travel and holidaying abroad, and as a result of this the idea of leaving home for an extended period can be a daunting prospect. Here’s my top tips for healthy and safe travel Read more	0	10th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Entertainment The Benefits of Using a Reputable Home Buyers Service When looking at selling a home due to several reasons, it's always a good idea to research the best way to go about doing. I have outlined a few points that I had in mind, that I feel are worth sharing Read more	0	10th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Money & Finance Should You Buy a Car from an Online Retailer? As mentioned in my profile. I am an avid car fan. Both old and new. This is a little piece on car purchasing nowadays. Read more	0	9th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Travel Why You Should Consider Breakdown Insurance When Travelling Abroad Both me and my wife love cars and travelling so naturally we go on some splendid road trips! Just see the photo we took. But after conversing with a lot of my friends they fear the idea of a breakdown due to high costs. Unfortunately not everyone's pension is plush so here is a piece we wrote about a service we use. Hope it helps! Read more	0	9th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Money & Finance Reasons Behind Applying for A Bridging Loan (Other Than Buying or Selling Property) One of the best features of the bridging loan is that these are short-term ones and hence, the chances the borrower will have difficulty to pay the loan is much less. The bridging loans are useful in various occasions. Read more	0	27th Sep 2014 smith taylors
Money & Finance Is Retiring Abroad The Right Option For You? When you come to the end of your working life and are facing retirement, a lot of options will be staring at you as you wonder how best you can enjoy the upcoming beautiful years. One such option is whether to ride off into the sunset like other retirees did. Each year thousands of retirees pack their bags to any of the choicest locations around the globe. All of them have their reasons, but do they all achieve their aims? Is retiring abroad right for you? Read more	1	11th Sep 2014 Lindsay Edwards
Money & Finance 4 Important Retirement Considerations for the Self-Employed Everyone dreams of not having to work some day, even the work-obsessed self-employed look forward to a time when the alarm clock doesn’t command them to duty at 7am Monday-Friday. Read more	1	3rd Sep 2014 Lindsay Edwards
Health & Wellbeing An Eye on Aging: Caring for your Eyes and Dealing with Common Problems Your eyes express a lot about who you are and show your joy, love and excitement to the world. They are truly a “window to the soul” as the old saying goes. But the delicate skin around your eyes is one of the first areas to show signs of stress, ageing, sun damage, tiredness, and illness. And vision problems are more likely develop as you age. Read more	0	26th Aug 2014 Lindsay Edwards
Society & Politics Gaza and the madness of Hamas and Israel The wellbeing of civilians plays no part in the thinking of Khaled Mashaal and Benjamin Netanyahu as the blood letting over Gaza continues. Read more	0	5th Aug 2014 Gareth Hargreaves
Society & Politics Ukraine: Is Putin's stance really that wrong? President Putin's agressive stance over Ukraine has left Barack Obama and the Western powers with little room for manoeuvre. Read more	0	17th Apr 2014 Anthony Page
Society & Politics Long live the NHS The National Health Service, far from being an innefficient, wasteful, cash drain, as the Health Secretary would have us believe, is delivering first-class service ... well, it certainly did for me! Read more	1	31st Jan 2014 Anthony Page
Society & Politics Abduction, al-Qaeda and a war of terror What can be achieved by the 'rendition' of al-Qaeda suspects from Libya and Somalia? The answer - nothing! Read more	0	18th Oct 2013 Gareth Hargreaves
Society & Politics Jeremy Hunt shifts blame for poor elderly care onto GPs Health Secretary says poor service received by most vulnerable is down to Labour and not the top-to-bottom cuts the coalition has made to front line NHS services. Read more	6	10th Sep 2013 Gareth Hargreaves
Society & Politics The West and the Syria conflict 2million displaced people and more than 110,000 dead in Syrian conflict since fighting began in March 2011 Read more	0	3rd Sep 2013 Gareth Hargreaves
Entertainment Rush - James Hunt versus Nikki Lauda Big screen dramatisation of the rivalry between Formula One racing drivers James Hunt and Nikki Lauda Read more	0	2nd Aug 2013 Gareth Hargreaves
Society & Politics It’s just not cricket! Fair play in sport Is Stuart Broad a barefaced cheat or an opportunist who took advantage of his opponents’ lack of nous with DRS? Read more	0	24th Jul 2013 Gareth Hargreaves
Health & Wellbeing Why you should celebrate the first national care home open day, 2013 On the 21 June, hundreds of care home across Britain will be throwing open their doors to the public to celebrate the first ever National Care Home Open Day. And I for one hope this annual event continues for many years to come. Read more	0	18th Jun 2013 James Newhouse
Society & Politics Luis Suarez: Punish the crime, not the man Offence serious enough to require a 10 game ban but insignificant enough to be ignored by the police. Read more	0	26th Apr 2013 Gareth Hargreaves
Home & Leisure Half Term is Approaching Some of the things you can do this half term with my grandchildren Read more	8	7th Feb 2013 Laura Beck