The Benefits Of Work From Anywhere Employment

Life is too short to be stuck in a box, right? Some people are even quitting their 9-5 daily job because it gives them more stress rather than giving them a sense of security. Luckily, for people nowadays, work from anywhere has become a trend in employment. There are so many companies now that actually allow people to work from anywhere they want.

In the great video at the bottom of this article, you’ll see how Monica used this system here to pull herself out of debt and build an amazing online business. 

Having the ability to work from anywhere means you can work from the comfort of your home or even in your favorite holiday destination.

While some may say that this type of employment is far different from a box job and there right!

You might be surprised at the benefits it can provide you with.

Work from anywhere you want

This is the most obvious benefit. Work from anywhere employment allows you to work from any parts of the country you live in  – you can even travel abroad and work from there.

Productivity

There are some studies that show how working away from the box can lower your stress level. There are no company standards that you need to meet and co-employees attitude that you need to be adjusted with.

And since you are at the comfort of your own home, you are so much more comfortable and at ease to move around when you want. As a result, you can be more focused on your work and be more productive.

You can manage your time more effectively, allowing you to feel that sense of accomplishment at the end of the day.

It saves time and money.

You don’t have to wake up early only to arrive at your office late. Or wake up early to get caught on public transportation.

Work from anywhere employment allows you to work wherever you are, in your pyjamas, from bed or in the lounge.

It gives you a lot more freedom, time and money for the things you want and to spend your days with your loved ones and not answering to a boss.

You don’t have to spend extra time dressing up, or estimating the time spent traveling or even the fuel costs for your car or transportation costs generally.

Aside from saving time, working away from the physical office is much more cost-effective.

There is no daily commuting or car fuel costs to include in your monthly budget.

There are so many employment opportunities where you can work from anywhere! If you like this kind of employment to be set up better, then you can start searching online for these opportunities.

Just make sure to look for a trusted company that will not ask for any application fee. It’s best to start with a proven one like Monica who you’ll see in the video below:

And all this comes as a perk when you’re a single mother working from home.

Join A Proven System

In-Fact there are complete done For You systems that you can access for Free get some education and start generating a very nice full-time income from home.

Watch this video and listen to Monica herself. Monica is a mother of one and working her way out of debt by using one of these Done For You Systems.

 

Return to Crete, Road Trip to Elounda

Return to Crete, Chania Region

Upon my return to Crete arriving at the port of Kissamos in Western Crete’s Chania region, from there I had driven up from Kissamos on the E65 national road (European numbering system) past Chania and on towards Rethymnon, but due to tiredness I stopped over in a nice quiet hotel inland from but near to Georgioupolis.

After staying the night in a lovely old-fashioned hotel just inland from Georgioupolis my return to Crete had begun. I set off after breakfast to get to Platanes for lunchtime.

Now it was a lovely fresh morning and I was heading off to Platanes just east of Rethymnon.

There I had spent time before going back to UK so had many friends and acquaintances to meet up with again.

Driving just for old times sake, firstly through Georgioupolis, oh what a nice place it is, even if a bit pricey. This seaside town is so nice and small but has that international flavor of people.

You can see them all  sitting watching and walking beside the many cafes and bars intermixed with the hotels and restaurants.

Georgioupolis is somewhere I will come back to another day, maybe stay a while next time.

I joined the E65 national road again just outside town heading east towards Rethymnon some 21 kilometers away.

The highway is sort of alone here as there is not much else along the way before Rethymnon. Just a typical coast road with beaches sand and sea.

Eventually the road slopes uphill towards the peak overlooking Rethymnon city.

Return to Crete, Rethymnon Region

On my return to Crete now in the Rethymnon region  I had driven past the large industrial estate before heading off over the hill.

The otherside  the highway entrance and exits which does immediately split the national road to Rethymnon or Heraklion.

Luckily I remembered it is the Heraklion direction I wanted as the other road takes you into Rethymnon city center and that’s a no-no, in my own british car, not yet anyway.

 

The west exit into Rethymnon which is the one to take if you want to go down into the town seeing the sites and harbor.

Go down past the Fortezza castle on towards the old town which is Venetian and is such a great place for a walk about.

 

You could stop at one of the coffee bars overlooking the harbor or even in the old town itself so much to see here in Rethymnon.

So heading off down the highway hoping I would not miss the Platanes exit.

As it was I didn’t miss the turning so arrived in Platanes in the late morning and drove along those all too familiar streets.

It felt much like getting home after a holiday. Strange to think of my return to Crete in that way.

Returning to Rethymnon Platanes

There was the familiar JJ’s bar and Kalari restaurant opposite and then the Le Strada and Golden Beach hotels.

I then decided to stop at one of my favorite places Christina Apartments, to see if my old friend John was there, or maybe they knew his whereabouts.

Getting a great welcome back at the bar and then English Christine came out and hugs all around.

After a beer and lots of chatting, I asked Christine about accommodation.

The best was Belle Elen apartments she told me. Only 21 euros a day plus air conditioning.

So, with thinking better strike now or get sidetracked and having to sleep in the car.

Having been warned before leaving, everyone had said how well booked the hotels are. Even right up to September.

I went ahead and confirmed my interest in Belle Elen.

Wonderful Christine, she phoned the lady at Belle Elen and I was asked to be there in 10 minute that’s a Greek 10 minutes so? How long?.

The Belle Elen in Platanes for my starter accomodation

I drove on past the two blocks and reminded myself of other sites locally before eventually driving into Belle Elen car park.

Well 10 minutes later the owner came, she was a Swiss lady married to a Greek with a couple of teenage kids.

Very nice and she said I could have the room for two weeks only.

The room was dark and dingy, to say the least, but it was on the first floor with a patio all enclosed with a low wall.

I could hang out the washing there, which was useful.

The Belle Elen was nearly opposite Christina Apartments so very convenient.

Also with Belle Elen being on the seafront road and next to the Palladium hotel.

The Palladium with its Chicago bar, where I had been previously.

Taken in a couple of beers there,  with friends.

The Palladion hotel usually had lots of English guests. Which could be an advantage in being here at Belle Elen, being so close.

The room had not been cleaned so the owner and her daughter started cleaning before I could even unpack.

I sat on the balcony waiting with a drink in my hand, feeling glad to have a base even if for a short while.

Once the room had been cleaned I unpacked the car and got everything put away, what a relief.

I do hate living out of a suitcase and it’s even worse when I can’t leave the car anywhere because it is full of all my possessions.

Two weeks exploring 

I later did find John (my mate from my previous visit). We did a tour of all the usual bars and restaurants saying hi to everyone that we had known previously.

Felt nice to be back and have a base for a while. It will be just two weeks to find a more permanent accommodation.

John’s wife was due to arrive on Tuesday for a visit so then he would be busy entertaining her, so I would be on my own a lot more, giving me plenty of time to flat hunt.

The Belle Elen room ended up being a bit depressing as the windows had external shutters which were good.

They meant I could let air in without letting in the bigger creepy bugs, but it was so dark with the shutters closed and even open it was not particularly bright so dingy was a good word.

When I was in this room, I sat on the balcony a lot of the time. But it was so hot even in the early evening. Just sweating bucket loads and the shower itself was cold most of the time.

Although the shower did get hot in the afternoon who wants to shower at 3 for the evening, get all hot again before the sun sets.

So mostly cold showers, they do say they are good for you, but!

They reminded me of school when we were forced to take cold showers as a sort of punishment, yep a long time ago.

Getting to know Platanes again

Exploring the local area on foot for a few days to get back into the exercise thing was what I had decided to do.

After a couple of days, I went up towards the hills (Adele) only a mile or so.

I started off on the back road that has the tunnels under the E75 national road highway, then up a dirt track, but I kept hitting dead ends so back down again and onto the next one, quite a few times.

I was now on the far side of the highway and remembered that a garage was not far up the road, so headed for that.

The building was a typical Greek garage with a dog chained up near the office and I walked across the courtyard and up the bank towards a hotel that I remembered was up the dirt track from there.

The Golden Sun Hotel

John and I had spent some time sunbathing here at the Golden Sun Hotel before I went back to the UK. The hotel has a great bar around a very large pool, and the barman’s name was George I remembered.

Well, when I finally got there, sweating like a roasting pig.

I needed that anticipated bottle of water, but plans don’t always work out.

The pool bar was shut so had to go to the indoor one where an iced water was great while sitting for a while.

Catching my breath and watching the happy holidaymakers in and around the pool.

Assuming that they spoke English as they were usually UK subjects here at the cheaper holiday hotel out of the town.

I remember that we had met some nice Scottish ladies on a previous visit to this hotel.

After recouping myself decided to check out the small hotel apartments near this hotel as it may be cheap for future use.

This hotel was nicely isolated to be quiet and having the car which unlike the holidaymakers having my own transport to get down and back up the steep hill to this area.

No luck with finding anybody at the apartments to show me around, so headed back down to the main road.

Eventually I came along the seafront back to Belle Elen and my temporary home.

Settling back into a life in Platanes

Continuing these walks for a few days found myself aching less and less, which was the idea, to get myself, fitter, again.

Found that because of trying to get a shower in the evenings (cold) I was always ready to do something different by 6 o clock or so.

It’s a long day laying or sitting in the sun, so I was ready too often too early for going out for dinner.

In these cases I would take a book to the Chicago Bar for a pint.

Having a quiet read for an hour. This became a regular occurrence for me.

The Chicago bar has its own library of paperbacks for the guests so I would exchange when I needed to.

As a rule in the early evening when people started to hit the streets for the evening.

I would wander back to my room for a shower and change.

Then off out for the evening became my routine most days during my stay at room Belle Elen.

During my second week, I decided to go on a trip to Elounda which is a famous town north of Agios Nikolaos.

Elounda is on the east coast of Crete about two or three hours drive from Platanes.

I had heard so much about Elounda and Carol a friend from England was going to be there on holiday with her family.

So thought it would be a pleasant change of scenery.

So that was the decided plan, move out of Belle Elen and drive off to Elounda.

Then sort out accommodation upon my return to Platanes.

Sometimes it’s nice to be a free agent so to speak.

Finding fresh accommodation for after return from Elounda

But it proved to be a big job to get all the different prices together.

So many different hotels and apartments to be able to find the right place for my return.

Being nearly September and people had already informed me of how busy the resort hotels are during that month.

So looking into future accomodation now, was the best plan.

I never did really want to sleep in the car.

I spent two days knocking on hotel doors getting prices and availability, it was truly amazing.

Some people are so greedy when faced with a long let they still insist on the same price per day, luckily there will always be exceptions.

But I was very disappointed in the attitude of the greedy people.

Eventually, having produced myself a brief list of accommodation, I had some decisions to make and plan for.

The Golden Beach hotel was the best hotel prices I found, 27 euros a day for a long let but this included half-board which I did not really want.

But that was still good for the price that’s 20 euros a day plus the half-board being about 7 euros.

But multiply it out by the month and it’s too expensive 20 euros a day is 600 euros a month .

An apartment is available for 300 euros a month but that’s plus electric and water and a month’s deposit.

So if I want to get away again in October or November that becomes a problem of probably losing my deposit.

Seafront Apartments and Hotel

Amazingly when I went to visit the Seafront Apartments & Hotel besides being so nice and pleasant to me, they seemed surprised I was looking for long stay room.

But after a phone call to the boss John (owner) he offered me the probability of a room.

If I would come and see him just before I go to Elounda.

Sounded good to me, the Seafront was on the beach with a small but adequate pool and an outside bar with interior restaurant for inclusive meals.

Well I did go back a few days later and saw Maria the receptionist she made a note of the date of my possible return.

Maria had a word with John on the phone, he agreed to same price 300 per month plus air conditioning.

With the weather changing I think I could do without the air-conditioning.

So that’s all looking good enough for me to relax about finding somewhere and enjoy the remainder of the 2 weeks in Platanes.

Settling back into a routine of reading and visiting a lot of beaches, bars, and restaurants.

Some with lots of Karaoke, as my mate John would be impressing his wife with his singing although initially she seemed not amused.

My inbred shyness is not helping find friends specifically women or couples, as in the back of my mind are some of the rebukes I have had since first arriving in Crete.

John is very good at it, but not me. Well we will see what this summer brings.

Time to take my trip to Elounda

The two weeks at the Belle Elen came around very quickly and after packing up on Saturday very ready to head off early Sunday morning, even before the owners were up and about.

The moving out of Belle Elen was a real pain.

Packing the car with all my possessions again.

But it was saving a good a lot of money, as by not knowing how long I would be away it could have cost two lots of rent.

Setting off for Elounda after a light breakfast was sort of exciting, as I had never been to the northeast of Crete so something very new.

The E75 national road road had many exits and entry points around Platanes.

So it was no problem to drive onto the road just before it started to rise upwards on the incline, before the higher ground and hilly terrain most of the way to Heraklion.

Scenic Panormo

After some 20 kilometers was my favorite scenic seaside village of Panormo, just off the E75 national road but could not be seen from the road so just follow the signs.

This village of Panormo was elevated above it’s seaside harbor and very much a village and not a town.

The building was approximately 20 kms from Rethymnon, and had everything I looked for in a day trip or weekend away, so I had been there many times.

The taverns and bars sit on the hillside overlooking the bay with lovely harbor.

There is nothing like a leisurely lunch with a walk around the village and harbor, stopping for a coffee, wonderful.

Take a note that there is also another bay to the west which is great for sun and sea with a taverna down on the beach, just below the Grecotel Club Marine Palace & Suites.

The road I was traveling was the north highway (90) also called the E75 national road.

Very old in places, it was the equivalent of two lanes most of the way.

Although one must drive on the edge of the road so that speeding vehicles can easily overtake.

It’s just a case of keeping an eye on the rear-view mirror all the time.

The idea over here is although its only one lane there is always room for two if you hug the right-hand white line (edge of the road).

About 8 kms from Panormo was the resort of Bali set off the E75 national road, again hugging a peninsula into the sea.

Bali has 3 or 4 beaches and some good 3 star hotels so well worth a short break sometime.

The Aparthotel Sofia and the Blue Bay are very popular.

Return to Crete, Heraklion Region

Here on my return to Crete I continued on the E75 national road towards Heraklion region.

The road goes up slowly on an incline until finally turning sharp right on the peninsula before the highway heads down the valley towards the Heraklion exit to the city.

The highway expands on the slope down as it seems like additional lane is added.

It becomes like a proper motorway/autobahn before passing the petrogas oil tanks which tower above the road on either side of the highway.

Whereas on the left far down below is a port which handles the petrogas ships.

The exit to Heraklion City is at the bottom of the valley before the highway rises again upwards heading east along the north coast.

The Heraklion airport exit is at the top of the incline before the highway goes off towards the east and Agios Nikolaos where I was heading.

Continuing on the E75 national road for approx 60 kms which takes an hour before taking the Agios Nikolaos exit which is well signposted.

Return to Crete, Lasithi Region

Discovering Elounda

Upon my return to Crete I was now in the Lasithi region where I take the Elounda road off north to the left of Agios Nikolaos.

The road runs along the coast through Katsikia and then Ellinika, before reaching my final destination Elounda.

I did not mention, Elounda is well-known for its pretty views and nightlife and most of all for the British people.

As the place where they filmed ‘The Ferryman’ origin of the expression ‘who pays the ferryman’.

Also, we heard in England that they filmed Lotus Eaters there as well, for those of us old enough to remember that wonderful TV series.

I arrived on the outskirts of Elounda passing a couple of hotels and then down into the town.

There was a spectacular view from above the town and driving down the steep curvy road.

A couple of very magnificent sounding 5* hotels, on the right side of the town.

All telling me from previous experiences, no point in looking, they are much too expensive.

Once through the main town of very small streets and on an incline down to the sea.

I then came to the harbor area.

There were very nice taverns on the left and a parking area on the right along with a taxi rank.

Many people about, walking up and down as they do, probably looking for somewhere to eat lunch or late breakfast.

Spinalonga Island

I decided to keep going and followed the coast road which ran right along the coast for about seven kilometers.

All with wonderful views of the coast and Spinalonga island which was just offshore.

Which looked spectacular with some sort of ruins built up the side of half of the island.

It seems that I was just outside Plaka village.

A good place to get a boat trip to Spinalonga island.

There were taverns and little beach areas along that road and on the left side of the road various hotels and complexes.

Nothing enormous just nice I thought.

Stopping at a couple and had closer look.

To me they looked not open or had very few guests. Where it said three or more stars I assumed too expensive.

I continued along coast road past a new looking Blue Complex.

A 5* hotel by the look of it.

With own beach and all the amenities, then the road started to go up into the hills.

So I pulled off and checked my maps, yes nothing else along this road so that was it.

Elounda really was worth coming to see.

Elounda first night accomodation

Finding a place for the night was next priority.

Driving back along the coast and back through the town looking for hotels.

Initially in the town there were a few along the seafront road.

But parking looked a big problem.

So I continued out of town and back up the hill road towards Agios Nikolaos.

Stopping at a small hotel nearby to the hotel Carol and her family were staying in.

This hotel looked fine for a night there was parking at the front.

Also room for me to just get the car into the parking area.

Down some steps beside the hotel and past a few rooms.

This hotel was built on the hill and therefore went down to most of the rooms.

There was a nice swimming pool perched on the side of the hill with views looking down the valley.

So this looked very good for one night anyway.

A lady was working at a small reception serving drinks to the few guests that were using the pool.

Her English was good enough, she did not have a room ‘all fully booked’. But as expected there was a room next door.

It seems next door was over the railings by the pool and it was a separate building. But was basically the same complex.

The building was 35 euros for a studio with kitchen and shower bathroom.

Room looked fine would have to do as it was so hot.

I thought at least I would be lugging the cases down the stairs and not up.

The owner informed me that there was parking on the road below the pool.

I could go out that way tomorrow.

The building was very overpriced I thought but a bed was needed badly.

Elounda Hotel for one night only

I paid for the room and got the key, unloaded the car making lots of trips back and forth. Then sorted out the basics wash gear and essentials and then went and had a drink at the bar.

I asked about my friend Carol at her hotel.

With help from the pool lady seemed to find the room, but no one was home. Would try again later.

I went and had relaxation in the room, with the windows open there was a slight draught.

It was one of those hot afternoons, so it was so good to just lay on the bed for an hour.

Eventually finding my friend Carol and her family, and they invited me out to dinner with them in the evening.

We met at the car park in Elounda and had a lovely meal at a favorite taverna.

We chatted, and I got to meet the whole family who was very friendly and such nice people.

During dinner it was decided to go out on the town later in the evening.

But as I was tired from my journey.

Also had to drive back to the hotel I declined the invitation and headed back.

Did not get much sleep that night.

There was no air conditioning in the room and it was one of those sweltering nights.

In the morning I awoke early and packed up the few things be removed.

All ready to go hotel hunting, as I needed air-conditioning and something cheaper.

A Greek lady spotted me loading the car.

With assistance from another lady they tried to persuade me to stay another night but not at a reduced rate.

So after letting the family know I was off to another hotel I hit the road.

I then searched for Elounda life.

 

 

 

 Greek Island (Crete)

Writing this article while I have been thinking of my time in Crete (Greece). You may find it of interest that a British man living abroad would still try to lose weight and looking for easy weight loss.

 

 

So there I was in Crete thinking about easy weight loss. Maybe dieting or burning the fat through exercise, how did this happen.

 

 

I was lucky to be living on the sunshine Greek island of Crete in 2005, where I had actually found and joined part of an ex-pat community.

This is while living in the Rethymnon area.

Weight Loss group for easy weight loss

Based in Platanes a village just outside Rethymnon city, I was living in a hotel during my second year and had just found a flat to rent only a mile inland from the coast.

We the slimming group are all looking for easy weight loss, we originally met through the Cretan International Community(CIC) Club.

The Rethymnon branch who held meetings monthly in Rethymnon town.

Easy Weight Loss Group meetings

Mostly the members were English-speaking ex-pats, but a large variety of nationalities were represented in the CIC Club.

The meetings were held in Rethymnon, usually in a Scandinavian coffee and snack bar.

The idea for a weight loss group came from a husband and wife team Roger and Debbie, they had been involved with weight loss while living in the UK.

Coming up with a set of guides, a handbook and lots of advice for good healthy dieting and weight loss and that was the start of the slimming group.

The group met at Roger & Debbie’s house once a week for a chat and a weight check.

We did sometimes meet at another members house, Juta who is a great German single lady also trying to keep the weight down.

This is the first time I did anything like this but as my weight had now reached nearly 19 stone (266 pounds), my common sense told me that of the need to do something drastic.

Closer together

With a group of friends from the CIC club we thought we would all have the advantage of comradery and maybe that would help to get me enthused enough to shift the weight.

An admission! I did not have a lot of willpower at that time in my life.

Debbie or Juta would provide a recipe each week also cooking something for us to try which was great.

I was on my own mostly I did not cook much, but I did eat out most evenings.

The Diet

My diet plan was to stop the chips and substituted them with salad and even a small quantity of rice, but only sometimes.

I did stop the white bread which comes with every meal in all Greek snack bars and restaurants as you probably have experienced yourself.

Buying brown bread from a supermarket for having at home, but only as toast in the mornings.

The weekly meetings only lasted between one and two hours.

I found that after a few weeks I was really planning my life around the meetings and with achieving some weight loss I was gaining confidence in shedding the weight.

Different exercise had often been discussed and as I had always been a take the car drive everywhere person, I decided that I really needed to walk a bit to get some exercise.

Dieting vary hard

I also found that if I was good at keeping the food and drink intake to a minimum the night before the meeting.

Then if I was especially careful with breakfast and no lunch on a meeting day.

Then this seemed to help with getting the weight down for the weigh-in.

We actually met at around midday so if I was good my weight did come down most weeks.

Exercise

For exercise the walking worked, I found that the weight was coming off more quickly with the exercise.

I had decided the easiest way for me would be to leave the car somewhere, then I could walk about more. Visiting the same areas that I would have visited normally but in the car.

This included keeping my social life going as I was seeing people that I would normally visit on certain days. But without the car.

Other days I would leave the car in a village car park and walk so far towards the coast and then walk back. Always via a different route covering two or three kilometers.

Exercise further distances

I found that I came up with some good routes which passed a bar or cafe, where I could stop and have a cup of coffee even chatting with friends.

Then I would set off again continuing my walk.

You do need other people to succeed with this health regime.

Crete did get very hot, of course with the summer sun it was expected.

As it did get very hot, I had to start carrying a bottle of water with. Without water I would overheat which can be really dangerous.

Eventually, after about three months I was walking to the coast and back again.

Doing sometimes five or six kilometers a day and I had very good weight loss.

I was even walking to the meeting weekly and leaving the car somewhere in another village.

Feeling so much better about myself with the weight loss and strength gained.

Yes, I felt great!

Easy Weight Loss even on a

Greek Island

 

Read about my holiday home abroad

Arrival In Crete – Finding Long Term Accommodation

 

Crete Day One

 

I had abandoned the UK for a sunnier climate and a more relaxed lifestyle. Now an arrival in Crete and staying at a flat I had found and paid for on the internet, yes a very good holiday rentals site. 

Have not been able to find this site more recently so if you have any ideas what it’s called and where it is please let me know.

All I can remember is it was something like holiday-rentals.

I had taken the flat for a month and so I had plenty of time to find something more permanent and cheaper.

Now that I am in Crete the rental prices are a lot cheaper than on the internet but of course, you have to be here.

I had arranged a rental car from the airport for the month as well. This was great to have transport and to be able to drive about looking for alternative accommodation.

Liking Georgioupolis village but it was tourist prices very expensive so I decided to stick with the area on the west of Rethymnon.

This was an area called on Adelianos Kambos here there is great nightlife. The area was close to Rethymnon without being actually in a city.

I had decided to try a hotel crawl to at all the hotels and ask if a more permanent (long term) room was available.

Well, that was an experience, especially with the language problem. Well, I should say I don’t speak Greek, so it was my fault.

Crete Day Two

On the second day of looking, I hit really lucky a 3-star hotel on the beach. This hotel had a lovely receptionist, who spoke great English.

 

 

She disappeared behind reception for a few minutes. Returning with a “Yes” we have a room that you can have on a monthly basis.

Well, my heart skipped a beat or two. I said “how much will that cost”, the answer was astounding it was only 350 Euros a month.

After snapping her hand off, I arranged to move in, then looked at the room. It was a standard 2 person room with a balcony overlooking the pool and bar area. Great!!!

Finding a more permanent place to live and being on the beach with shops and restaurants close by. Really good news.

What a bit of luck.

 

 

 

Read about my Driving down To Crete 

Family Tenerife Holiday Homes

 

It was during the mid-1980s that I decided to buy a holiday home. When I had heard that my brother was buying a bar in Tenerife.

The bar was in an apartment block that still had a number of properties left for sale.

 

 

My father had moved to Tenerife on his 65th birthday. I remember that he had retired literally to the day.

Dad had driven his Ford towing a trailer right across Europe and down to Tenerife.

He and his new wife had sold up in the UK and gone “good for him” I remember saying at the time. [Read more…]