I had a lovely few nights in Barcelona, thank you. And, yes, I could have arranged flights/hotel/parking/transfers/insurance myself by spending a few hours on the World Wide Web, as no-one now calls it. But I didn’t. I used Caroline, my excellent Travel Counsellor who put the whole lot together and made sure it all worked. You can DIY most of what financial advisers like us can do for you, just as you can rewire your own house or lay your own patio. Many do. But many, like me, don’t want or need the hassle or responsibility and realise it’s sometimes worth paying a little more for good, old-fashioned peace of mind. Thank goodness.
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
One of my lockdown projects is to listen to all of my vinyl (in alphabetical order of course). Which made me think of crises of years gone by. When nuclear armageddon seemed just around the corner and the IRA were bombing somewhere nearby most weeks. Miner’s strikes...
