Refinement NOT retirement

Tony and Christine review their recent trip to Crete and provide a their Silver Power Review of: Domes of Elounda, the 5-star resort they stayed in Victoria Hislop's best selling book about Spinalonga, The Island Visiting Crete as vegans.

This is episode 2 in our series about Going Vegan. Christine and Tony believe that Going Vegan is one of the best LIFE REFINEMENTS they’ve made. This time with the help of special guest and passionate vegan, the Arts Journalist Kelly Donaldson, we take a deeper look into veganism and into why more and more people are choosing to remove animal products from their diets.

Listen to this! When Tony told his wife that he'd gone vegan, she said "You've RUINED my life!" Great start, eh?

Karen Mitchell, a co-founding Director of Pickleball England chats with Tony about how she discovered this fantastic sport, and the work her organization is doing to give everyone in the UK more opportunities to play we all love so much. #PickleballEngland, #SportsEngland, #PickleballMania, #PickleballFever, #LovePickleball, #PickleballPassion, #PickleballFitness, #Badminton, #Tennis, #TableTennis

This is PART ONE of 2 episodes about one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Tony and Christine share their passion for Pickleball, the fast, fun sport with the ever-so-quirky name, which is taking the world by storm.

On the eve of the new King's coronation, Christine and Tony discuss whether it's time to abolish the UK monarchy.

In this teeny-weenie mini-episode, Tony introduces SILVER POWER REVIEWS as a new component to the Refinement NOT retirement podcast. Related blog post

So many wonderful options and so little time left. How do I choose when I'm running out of time? In this mini-episode Tony chats about his evolving thinking as he continues to adjust to this new phase of life. The Refinement NOT retirement Blog is at www. TonyCoe.com

A BIG. joyful contrast to their narrowboat experience, getting a hot tub installed in their Cotswolds garden turned out to be a HUGE life-refinement for the podcast hosts. In this episode, Christine and Tony tell you all about it-including what to look out for if you're thinking of buying one. Link to blog post with photos

Tony briefly explains why this show is for EVERYONE who think they might RETIRE one day, and invites you to THINK DIFFERENTLY about that.

In the previous 3 parts of "Our Narrowboat Experience", Tony and Christine shared the story of how they found and purchased a wonderful canal boat called Tickety-Boo. In the last (part 3) episode, they gave their reasoning for coming to the decision to sell her, but they held one BIG reason back for this final (part 4) episode of "Our Narrowboat Experience". In this episode the...

Tony asks #ChatGPT to write a blog post on the theme #RefineDontRetire and in this episode he discusses his experience of getting writing assistance from a robot . The robot's version is here - and Tony's re-write is here TonyCoe.com

Why did Tony & Christine decide to sell their narrowboat, Tickety-Boo after such a short period of ownership? In this episode, they explain their reasons - but leave till next time the DARKEST part of their canal boat experience, which was also a big factor.

In part 2 of their Narrowboat Experience, Tony & Christine continue their story about their year owning a UK canal boat called Tickety-Boo.  This episode covers the the buying process from marine survey to collection, and  first voyage, which took several days. Their destination was a marina on the Oxford Canal which would be Tickety-Boo's new home. If you're thinking of buying a UK...

Tony had no idea how Christine would react live on air minutes after listening to Tony's monologue in the previous episode when he expressed how he REALLY felt about quitting work.  Watch and listen as he hears Christine's verdict for the first time.

Without telling Christine (yikes!), Tony snuck off to his man-cave to record his thoughts on his own.  How will Christine react to what he had to say?

Tony & Christine said last time that not all PERCEIVED refinements (changes that improve lives) turn out to BE refinements.  This episode starts the story of their one year of narrowboat ownership (a life-long dream of Tony's) which didn't quite live up to expectations. Don't buy a narrowboat, or take your first UK canal-boat holiday, until you've heard our story!

Christine and Tony chat about what made them move out of the centre of London to The Cotswolds after 25 plus years living in South Kensington.

Christine & Tony have just started to face up to the prospect of life without the business they've owned & operated together for over 30 years.  How will they cope?  And what do they even mean by "refinement NOT retirement". And they discuss what you can expect from future episodes.