Thanks, Erith. Yes, I guess we have a fair bit in common. I enjoyed blogging as well, but in recent years it’s gone from being a profitable enterprise to a hobby that is costing me money. That isn’t really something I can justify or sustain. I have had a good run, but it’s time to move on to pastures new.

Thanks, Sally. All the very best to you as well.

I ran Cracking Retirement for 9 years, then faced with charges of £200+ for another year, I decided to stop. For me, it was always a bit of a vanity project. I enjoyed writing, particularly about the different aspects of retirement, be it finances, social or personal! However I don’t miss the pressure to post, to keep the stats up.

Enjoy your retirement. Your best days might still be ahead of you 🤞🏻

Maybe consider guest posts in your niche!

Sorry for the delay in approving this, Ken. I am basically retired now, so not updating the blog as often (I plan to create a blog post about this soon). Thanks for sharing this info though.

No offers running this August and September but exciting things are on the way. Join us again on 7 September to find out more.’

Hi Korey. Thanks for your kind comments about my Trading 212 review. I’m sorry I don’t have the specialist expertise to comment on this subject or (to be very honest) the time or inclination to delve into these matters in detail. Also, I have to be careful what I say publicly as I am not a qualified financial adviser and don’t want to fall foul of the regulatory authorities here. I wish you every success with your project though.

Indeed … and not dissimilar to the practice of ‘gaming the denominator’ so prevalent in Corporate KPIs and Government stats. telling us all how brilliantly things are going by altering the value of the total (in this case daily energy burn i.e. denominator) against which the daily peak (i.e. numerator) is being compared. So in theory (if you have the capacity to store or are prepared to just pay) you could get free Sunday Saver energy by leaving your peak time burn unaltered and just increasing your off-peak burn enough to tweak the swing percentage. That’s essentially why of course EDF don’t really lose out because in the end we’re still buying their electricity, just at a different time because our totals won’t change that much (apart from seasonal heating if it’s electric like mine). So those with a big battery on wheels that they can charge at home like Harry are the clear winners here 🙂 … the rest of us are left topping out our existing ‘house’ batteries if we have them, or wondering what to switch on of a Sunday for the next 8 – 12 hours after we’ve done the obvious and run all the major appliances. Personally I found that without batteries I would be done running things like dishwasher, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, oven etc. well inside 8 hours on a Sunday. There was no real point aiming for 12-16 hours because I would run out of high load appliances to use by 4pm (apart from the electric radiator when required).