Blimey Ton, you’ve been thru the mill with it. I’ve had 4 cardioversions, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2016 and an ablation in Sept 2019 which has proved successful so far……
OP…I’d stick with the advice above, gentle exercise until you see the cardiologist….and by gentle, for me it would not be a 5k run but a 10k walk would be fine. Do what ‘feels right’

1992. I desperately wanted a GT Zaskar but could only afford the Richter 8.
I bought a Team Marin new in 1994, I really wanted the Team Ti but couldn’t afford the extra £400.
I had a Klein Pulse but really wanted the Attitude….cost too much more.
Wanted an RC100 but I was miles off affording that, a few years later I had the RC200 F4, lovely thing.
I seem to have been the ‘almost had it’ man. Still loved every bike I had though.
I could buy what I wanted now….middle aged with a bit of spare money….but stick with my 6 year old well used Cannondale Trigger.

Village Hotel, opposite STV studios on South side of the river ?

No barriers the last time we stayed

https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8557261,-4.2909011,3a,75y,43.16h,92.27t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGPtS96a50P7FH-Tkh0B9RA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DGPtS96a50P7FH-Tkh0B9RA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D79.445114%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

Unless you’re single or have a partner/wife/husband in a similar position, retiring early can be a curse after the initial honeymoon period is over. It has all been covered in previous posts.
I retired 7 yrs ago, at 49. Haven’t looked back, but my wife retired a year after me so we are very much in it together. We do what we want, when we want. Not wealthy by any strecth of the imagination but 25 years of pre retirement planning means we don’t need a big income. We walk, cycle, travel. She gardens, I ride my motorbike. It is great. No regrets whatsoever but we went into it with our eyes wide open and with a ‘we will go back and work if we want to, not because we need to’.

Electric kettle, electric hob and oven use an awful lot of electric (kettle for a short time obviously)
Is hot water heating by immersion heater ?

Fly to Barcelona, hire car to Ainsa. Do some Pyrenees trails ?

Octopus are putting their energy prices up at midnight tomorrow. I uploaded my meter readings this morning without issue. When the headline figure of the increase is 54%, I struggle to see how a supplier can bang the price up from say £100pcm to well over £200pcm. That’s some way above 54%.

I rode a RE Himalayan a few months ago. It was a really endearing thing to ride. Pottering along at normal traffic speeds and it genuinely gave me a feel good feeling. They’re a great antidote to the £20k hitech GS types

Pretty much anywhere will be fine….the Isle of Mans worst place will still be wonderful in comparison to much of the UK

My current thinking is to install an air-to-air heat pump (air conditioner) for our main living room and keep our gas system for the time being but use it far less. Install cost is around £1700.

This is exactly what a chap I know has done. Seems to work really well for him.

I have a GT Grade carbon, bought last summer. It’s a great road bike and was just shy of £2k at £1800
( https://www.sigmasports.com/item/GT/Grade-Carbon-Elite-Gravel-Bike-2021/S059?utm_source=google&utm_medium=base&co=GBR&cu=GBP&glCountry=GB&id=1306587&ds_eid=700000001845766&ds_e=GOOGLE&ds_c=UK_EN_Profit_Google_Shopping_All+Users_Smart_Bikes%26Frames&ds_cid=71700000088556548&ds_ag=Ad+group&ds_agid=58700007489216342&ds_k=PRODUCT_GROUP&ds_kid=92700067390825014&ds_kids=p67390825014&gclid=CjwKCAiAyPyQBhB6EiwAFUuakhpGlOOfehUbN-hoe_I_UuVXNJM4CrepYzoy7HphpoBEqRB8O7dgahoCnwQQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds )

No issue with tubeless

Should be a doddle with an Irish passport, pick your country and move…..the sensible option appears to be to go and rent for 6 or 12mths…to see where you are going to relocate to in all the seasons rather than just in ‘holiday mode’ (If it is for example The Algarve)

Sorry to hear this.
Medical issues, ask the Dr/Oncologist/Surgeon ?
For everything financial and practical, I’d be upfront about it all and discuss it with them now.
1, It will give the ill parent the knowledge that things will be OK ‘after’.
2, It will reassure your surviving parent that stuff is sorted and that practical and emotional support is close at hand
3, You will then know or should know the ins and outs of the finances looking into the future…so stuff like inheritance tax issues, finances should care be needed in the home or actually in a care home.
Really do look at a will.
(We had all this 15 years ago with my father dying)
Good luck with all of it, especially the ongoing care and support for both your parents

Start at the beginning… Iohan Gueorguiev (RIP)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqiYX6cqxQI9CqhH_kvHeOw

The Isla garb mentions ‘internal Panasonic battery…’

We’ve been looking for similar for some time. We’ve now skipped the ‘lightweight’ side and are probably going for a Liv having had a good look at the Ribble E-Hybrid but being put off by the fixed battery in the frame (We want it to level out my wife and I and do some multi day cc touring so taking the bike into some B and B or hotel rooms to charge won’t be viable)
No idea how a 45cm frame fits in with 5ft…but Boardman do a hybrid ebike at 15.5kg

OP, if you have decent parking at work, maybe start by driving to work and cycling home..then cycle in the next day and drive home. Just a variation on splitting driving and cycling (but obviously leaves you car-less overnight)

What an amazing feat. “Well done feller” doesn’t sound sufficient

Leeds to Liverpool and back…towpath. 260 miles but little climbing obviously ?
Find out if the charity have any links elsewhere in the country and ride between the two/more places ?

As stated….see a professional

Oxenhope, West Yorkshire, half the village unaffected, half without power. We were without for about 42 hours. Others are still without. Comms from Northern Powergrid were sketchy. At pretty much the same time on a snowy, frigid but still Sunday afternoob…I was chatting to one of the many guys working away up cherry pickers, diggers etc… while a neighbour was speaking to someone at Northern Powergrid about when the power was due back on. She was told that; as it still so windy, the engineers couldn’t start work so please be patient…..they had been busy for the past 5 hours.The wind had died down many hours earlier.

Borrow (unless you own one) a small dehumidifier and put it in the car on an extention lead. Worked brilliantly for a car of ours about 5 yrs ago

My wife is looking for something similar, road tour and hotel/hostel/B and B overnight…looked at the Ribble but they are fixed in the frame battery types from what we can see. (We’ve stayed at a fair few places where there wasn’t anywhere to put the bike inside…so charging overnight would be an issue)

P-Jay. I bought a slightly smaller log cabin from Dunster House last Spring. No issues at all. (https://dunsterhouse.co.uk/terminator-log-cabin-w4-0m-x-d3-0m simple design, thicker timber in the walls)
Our previous summer house/kids play hours had been up for 18 years and had just rotted through at one point. It was at a point where I couldn’t get to it to treat the timber…too close to a wall so not made that mistake again….coupled with nearly double the thickness of wood. It should see me out.
I insulated under the floor and also the ceiling with 40mm Kingspan. It warms up very quickly with just a small fan heater on a low setting.
I went to town on the best wood stain/preserver and made sure I took my time doing it all (Took about 2 days to build, 2 further days to put 3 coats of stain on it.)
Cheap roller blinds fitted and I use it as a bike store/workshop/winter TT room/Youtube zone etc. Man cave without the beer fridge

stop overthinking it all. just do it. spend less, spend time doing nice things. it is easy.

Most definitely this IMHO

Picos are stunning…as are the Spanish side of the Pyrenees….Ainsa seems a great place to be based (see the ‘Renovating a Spanish rural property’ thread..) I’ve no idea of uplift places but I bet Spekkie will know.

Buying and renovating a rural property on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees

https://www.trailforks.com/region/picos-de-europa/?activitytype=1&z=10.0&lat=43.18243&lon=-4.78941

5 Epic MTB Descents in the Spanish Pyrenees You Need to Ride Before You Die

Depending on your annual mileage, have you thought of leasing an electric car ? Do the maths, it may be worthwhile upping your monthlies as your fuel bill should fall

Another vote for wool, had ours for a couple of years now and it is superb.https://www.soakandsleep.com/

I sincerely hope whatever happens for you in the days, weeks, years to come…that they are happy time. You really do deserve a big dose (of happiness)

Before you retired did you have a clear idea of how you would be spending your time, and did you actually end up doing that?

Yes….pretty much. Cycling and walking and a bit of travel…(managed that, barring the last 18 mths) but also renovating a barn and moving abroad…not yet managed that, we’ve done 99% of the graft but just the small matter of emigrating post covid and post cancer to come. Life is what you make it.

If it has to be the Lakes, I have nothing to offer, if you can move East to Northumbria, Borders, look at some of the joys on Crabtree and Crabtree. Good luck
http://www.crabtreeandcrabtree.com

Have a look at this
Alter the values at the top for wheel size, tyre size and chainring sizes (It is based on double chainset) and rear cassette…then look at what it produces. A high number is a harder gear, low number is easier (climbing gear)
Should give you an idea of what chainring will work best (and whether with that size in mind, you are able to simply get a new chainring based on bolt centres of the crank arms)

https://www.bikecalc.com/gear_inches

I am in the same position…the on off button on my c 2012 version has disintegrated…youtube seems to suggest I can just replace the back but the device has switched itself off several times mid ride lately so I’ve been thinking of a replacement….it has made my mind up for me. (Been offered a Garmin 1000 2nd hand but as that is 5 or 6 years old, it seems like a poor stepping stone and I am better off buying new…??)

I did wonder if you kept riding when it hit 40c

Go and park anywhere from Selby towards Riccall and cycle into York and back along the old railway line. Up to c 30 miles there and back

TV licence is £107 a year

I thought it was £159 ?

Surprise surprise, investment companies want us all to put more of our hard earned with them. As has been said above, a broad brush approach really doesn’t work. My pension is 50%, my actual take home is very close to 70% as I no longer pay a big chunk into said pension and I no longer pay NI. The devil is in the detail

Your sums are out by a factor of well over 100. Try £324,242,424 per mile

Discussed on another forum, Scammers. The picture they use is a google streetview image of a building firm, PGR Group.

I asked a similar question a few weeks ago. (Mine has done exactly the same thing, firmly push the front end and it offers resistance….push it more slowly and it bottoms out…as it now does when I ride)
I’ve sent mine to TF Tuned to be serviced this week. My local service chap doesn’t have the kit for a lefty….I didn’t look any further at what kit I may need