Hello to everyone

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I am recently retired and just about getting used to it now, although can’'t quite get used to having a flexible timetable. Born in Brixton, London (Electric Avenue) and moved up North many years ago - now living in Derbyshire, almost in the the Peak District. Still with second husband after about 39 years - don’t know how he puts up with me :mrgreen:
I am passionate about natural history, always have been. I read a bit, enjoy music, walking, gardening and am currently looking for something useful to do with the rest of my life (apart from childminding my 3 grandchildren). I keep flat coated retrievers and found this site via Dogsey.

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Hello Aerolor :039: nice to meet you-hope you are enjoying the forum. My Brother lives in Derbyshire-Ashbourne. Lovely place to live-always enjoy going down to see him and family :slight_smile:

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Hello Aerolor, a warm welcome to the forum! :smiley:

Hope you enjoy it here as much as we do!

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Hello and welcome

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Welcome to the forum Aerolor :023:

Look forward to chatting with ya on the boards :slight_smile:

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Welcome to you. We must be nearly neighbours, as I live in High Peak!

Hope you enjoy this forum - it’s good fun.

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Thank you all for welcoming me to the forum. I can se from some of the posts already that you are a lively bunch :slight_smile:

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Welcome Aerolor to OFFs, you will enjoy it here, everyone is very friendly.

Take care.

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Hi Aerolor, welcome to the forum, I am also on Dogsey.

If you are looking for something to do you could always volunteer at a local Country Park or Wildlife Reserve. I work at a CP and we have many volunteers, they are involved in lots of different activities monitoring wildlife and plant species and many practical projects. Our Park is also twinned with a CP in Uganda and they have visited there several times. We have had Ugandan rangers visit us too.

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Thanks for the info. moetmum. Definitely something to think about. Otters have returned to Derbyshire and my son-in-law has asked me if I would be interested in doing some voluntary work.

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I would love to be involved with otters, it sounds like a wonderful opportunity.

Have a look at our volunteer ranger pages, it would give you an idea of what you could offer. We have a wide age range of volunteers, with all sorts of capabilities. Some of them have been with us for many years.

www.qecpvrs.co.uk

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Thanks again Moetmum

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Hello everyone Nice to meet you all Glad theres a few from Derbyshire Look forward to chatting with new people :smiley:

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Hi there
welcome to the forum

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Hi Rena :slight_smile: welcome…