The Retirement Newsletter: Ten Signs that summer has arrived

Issue Number: -33 — Plus, a new drug, more on the data breach and stories from the end of a ski trip

Photo by Author — has summer finally arrived?

Welcome

Welcome to issue -33, Ten Signs that summer has arrived.

This week in issue -33:

• Has summer arrived? What are my ten signs?
• Health — starting on a new drug
• Money — more on the data breach at the pension company
• Travel — Nostalgia Corner — the end of my ski trip and the return to Malaysia

Has summer finally arrived?

OK, this is northern-hemisphere and UK-centric, but what are my ten signs that summer has arrived?

1. The arrival of cuckoos (Cuculus canorus)

I’ve heard a cuckoo — I heard several when I was away on holiday (see Issue Number: -34 — A mixed bag — my last set of summer exam marking, a holiday, money worries and Wi-Fi etiquette). Their sound is unique and haunting, and unmistakable.

If you are not familiar with cuckoos, they are a bird that flies from Sub-Saharan Africa to the UK to lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. They…