Ending the Blog

I'm afraid that this robbery has made me lose my sense of humour and so I have decided to end the Blog. Its hard to make sense of the robbery given that the thieves were so selective in what they stole. On the face of it the house had been trashed but once we started sorting things out we found that they had left things we would have thought they would have taken. For example, they took a Cross ballpoint pen but left a more expensive fountain pen. They took a pair of trainers but left the leather boots next to them. They took an old "Playboy" cigarette lighter but left the brand new Zippo... They even took a half a bottle of Gucci cologne but left the unopened Aqua de Parma...

It's an unhappy ending for a dream isn't it?


We have started to collect up our remaining "treasures" to pack and lock in a secure room so that we can go out and try to be normal, although I find that unlikely. We have visions that now the thieves know we can't fully protect the house that they will come back and strip us bare.

We had taken every precaution we could to lock the house but they managed to prise open the shutters on the bedroom window and then force the sliding double glazed window open to gain access. The doors were all double locked and the keys we didn't take out with us were hidden (and not found by the thieves) yet still they took a large amount of stuff.

These lost items are lost forever now... they were not even things that could be replaced by insurance.

Thanks to all my readers for reading my Blog.... I know I say it's ended, but who knows, I may feel one day that its worth starting it again.

We somewhat ironically thought we ought to name this Blog from "Retirement to Retreat"