Posts

Showing posts from November, 2020

GETTING OLDER AND BOLDER

Image
  When I started my travels in my motorhome, over a year ago now, I had so many ideas about what I would do to challenge ageism and challenge stereotypes of what retired pensioners did in their lives or could do in their lives. I never envisaged that a Pandemic would stop me in my tracks. My whole philosophy was to have no plan but to go with the flow, travelling around Great Britain seeking out adventures and meeting interesting people along the way and telling their stories about what ageing means to them. I was even planning to invite them to join me for a couple of days, to experience life on the road with me and tell me a bit of their back story and why they wanted to see what Motorhome life was like. Hopefully they would  have connected with me and my campaign to make old a positive thing, rather than something to be dreaded.  During this second lockdown I have been reflecting on all the things I have done so far and feel that despite the pandemic I have come a long way.  I defin