Done & Dusted

[toolebox 1,614]

 My life of chasing the coney has drawn to a close. I am aware my time has come and gone. A new chap has been employed to cover the area I've worked for the last 26 years. To be truthful, this has proved much harder than I first thought. I feel a sense of great sadness, all that remains is to wind down the pack, some have already gone, gifted to the new fella to make his start easier, and sell up while the market is good. I know it's the right thing to do, I will spend the next month showing the new fella Mark all the hot spots. Sadly, I won't keep another ferret nor dog, that is going to be the hardest step, but we are looking forward to a new beginning. I have loved my time in the country, my life out here, but I've got to consider my wife, she selflessly followed me out, now it's her turn, she would like to be only a few minutes away from our grandkids so we plan to sell up and move back to town. We have also decided on a plan which gives us both what we are looking for in our new life, for my part I will travel away within New Zealand and overseas following my second love, one of fishing, the adventures are unlimited till I kick the cardboard box, held on ice, no embalming for a day then into the fire before I start to smell, cooker set on high and then my dust can be spread around the base of a big old tree somewhere out this way, then all will be done and dusted.

Edited April 11 by toolebox

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,645]

Sorry for laughing mate but you’ve packed hunting in and equated it along to your funeral 

your a long time dead mate . But still years to live , get out after all you want to do , hand over in good order and crack on , onwards and upwards 

[mushroom 13,713]

It’s hard walking away from the life. I went from being out most days/nights of the year to living in Barcelona…

This is gonna sound weird but what I also took from your post… you can be baked/buried without embalming in NZ?  

[mackem 29,167]

Your a long time dead mate,enjoy your retirement,kick about a bit.

[paulus 26]

When the last of my dogs went in the ground, I thought my life would be over, Boy how wrong was i, The sense of freedom was overwhelming. Being able to go anywhere and do anything without having to worry about livestock back home was something i couldn't even have imagined.  As others have said, Crack on with your new life. Things are constantly changing due to the issues associated with old age, I fished since i was knee high to a grasshopper. After the dogs, ferrets, hawks and that had gone i immersed myself once again in fishing. But that has now had to end due to an old neck injury causing me constant pain and intermittently paralysing my arm. But again i turned to another passion, Messing about building and restoring motorbikes. Again i have limitations on what i can and can not do but isn't that the same with anything in life, Enjoy your life as your a long time dead.  

[dodger 3,408]

Good luck to you 

[fred90 3,343]

jumping the gun a bit with this talk of dying mate, they might find a cure for it in bit. 

[toolebox 1,614]

4 hours ago, fred90 said:

jumping the gun a bit with this talk of dying mate, they might find a cure for it in bit. 

I have all the details worked out , I wish to have happen upon my death, because you never know when, with most of the world's people kicking off before the age of 60  if you are passed that point you are in bonus time. If you knew me, you would know I've gone at life at 100 miles an hour with no let up. I don't intend to slow down now, and I've cheated death a number of times, and this has driven my life along at break neck speed. I got lucky, mates pointing out, you have had 9 cat lives, you most of used up most by now my reply was and is, "oh I've got a couple left yet, but you can't outrun death it will catch us all, and I want to finish and plan on my terms, making it easier for my family. I'm a bit wounded now, but so is everybody else my age, but I'm not about to give up I have a number of things on my bucket list ,one that springs to mind is I wish to cross one of the most dangerous straights in New Zealand in my 14 ft invatable, one that has claimed many large fishing boats with the loss of all the crew onboard. This crossing is 28 miles wide with a depth of 6 meters to several hundred. The water lies between the bottom of the south island and New Zealand's biggest offshore island, add in the tides ,the lack of a land mass all the way down to the roar forties and the ice cap means it's deadly water that can turn ugly in minutes but if you plan and pick a weather window it can be done in a small boat. The crossing  should only take 2.5 hours and was done by a young lad a couple of years ago in a smaller boat than mine . Friends think I'm mad when they ask is another bigger boat going over with you ,no what adventure would there be in that I ask?those that own a boat offer to come as backup in their craft, to be told "no, thank you I must do this alone". I am very wary of the sea she is mean and frightens me and  I have had limited boat time out in the open sea, but I know enough and after a lot of prep I'm going to head out and go for it.I don't have a death wish, but I need adventure, we all do it's great for the sole ,I want to take a gamble ,I want to be scared ,and I want to step out after my return trip smiling because Ive kicked the bugger off.

[mackem 29,167]

28 minutes ago, toolebox said:

I have all the details worked out , I wish to have happen upon my death, because you never know when, with most of the world's people kicking off before the age of 60  if you are passed that point you are in bonus time. If you knew me, you would know I've gone at life at 100 miles an hour with no let up. I don't intend to slow down now, and I've cheated death a number of times, and this has driven my life along at break neck speed. I got lucky, mates pointing out, you have had 9 cat lives, you most of used up most by now my reply was and is, "oh I've got a couple left yet, but you can't outrun death it will catch us all, and I want to finish and plan on my terms, making it easier for my family. I'm a bit wounded now, but so is everybody else my age, but I'm not about to give up I have a number of things on my bucket list ,one that springs to mind is I wish to cross one of the most dangerous straights in New Zealand in my 14 ft invatable, one that has claimed many large fishing boats with the loss of all the crew onboard. This crossing is 28 miles wide with a depth of 6 meters to several hundred. The water lies between the bottom of the south island and New Zealand's biggest offshore island, add in the tides ,the lack of a land mass all the way down to the roar forties and the ice cap means it's deadly water that can turn ugly in minutes but if you plan and pick a weather window it can be done in a small boat. The crossing  should only take 2.5 hours and was done by a young lad a couple of years ago in a smaller boat than mine . Friends think I'm mad when they ask is another bigger boat going over with you ,no what adventure would there be in that I ask?those that own a boat offer to come as backup in their craft, to be told "no, thank you I must do this alone". I am very wary of the sea she is mean and frightens me and  I have had limited boat time out in the open sea, but I know enough and after a lot of prep I'm going to head out and go for it.I don't have a death wish, but I need adventure, we all do it's great for the sole ,I want to take a gamble ,I want to be scared ,and I want to step out after my return trip smiling because Ive kicked the bugger off.

Most people once they get to 60 seem to slow down and do nowt,tick the bucket list off before you kick the bucket,go for it YOLO.

[dodger 3,408]

16 minutes ago, mackem said:

Most people once they get to 60 seem to slow down and do nowt,tick the bucket list off before you kick the bucket,go for it YOLO.

Have you done everything you want to do now mate you'll of been enough places in the Himalayas now won't you or is there still some to do there..

[mackem 29,167]

5 minutes ago, dodger said:

Have you done everything you want to do now mate you'll of been enough places in the Himalayas now won't you or is there still some to do there..

Wouldn’t mind doing more of the states PNW and Alaska,and travel more in Canada,my son lives stateside so that will be easier for me.

[dodger 3,408]

23 minutes ago, mackem said:

Wouldn’t mind doing more of the states PNW and Alaska,and travel more in Canada,my son lives stateside so that will be easier for me.

Sounds like a plan you've been about.

I get even more now why you based yourself how you did