Today is my birthday. I’m 59 – so next year is the big six-oh. However, I don’t feel my age and I like to think that I’m wearing quite well.
\nSo, how will I spend my birthday? In fact, it’s a working day (and evening). In my capacity as member of the Council of the consumer watchdog Postwatch, I’ll be all day at a conference on postal services. Then, in the evening, I have to represent the organisation at a meeting protesting about a local Crown post office being franchised to W H Smith.
\nWe will mark my birthday on Saturday when we will have around 50 family and friends round for a triple celebration – the other events to be noted being Vee’s retirement (actually 30 March) and our 25th wedding anniversary (actually 19 March). Let’s hope the rain stops ….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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