When I used to do the council grant central heating for many years I'd see people living in houses or indeed upper flats
As they got older they struggled getting up the stars .
Many had to get electric chair lifts to take them up .

After witnessing how their lifestyles were affected I've always said to my wife we need to buy a bungalow to make sure we can live as a normal life as possible in old age .

What would you lads do to prepare for older age living or will yous just struggle on the best you can .

Quote from: Buc on September 18, 2020, 01:06:54 pm

When I used to do the council grant central heating for many years I'd see people living in houses or indeed upper flats
As they got older they struggled getting up the stars .
Many had to get electric chair lifts to take them up .

After witnessing how their lifestyles were affected I've always said to my wife we need to buy a bungalow to make sure we can live as a normal life as possible in old age .

What would you lads do to prepare for older age living or will yous just struggle on the best you can .

Yo Buc,

To be honest, my main plan would be just to keep myself fit and hopefully always be able to tackle the stairs.  I've been doing a wee bit of running lately and I do some weights in the house when I can be bothered.  When I get the time, I do a bit of outdoor walking and I hope to do this all my days.

Do you find any difficulty with stairs these days?

No difficulty with the stairs I ran uphills today taking in about 2000 feet of climbing.

Just preparing for old age in case I have problems it's only a 2 bed detached bungalow with a garage but I think I need an extension or may get a bigger one but I love the location.

What brought it on even more 2 athletes who ran for Scotland in the commonwealth games in the 70s have both had a leg chopped off recently.

They were amazing runners over 5k and 10k I'm sure they even raced in the same race can't remember their names the now .

No matter how fit you are you just don't know what's ahead of you .

Good that you keep fit like Coyne does . Running is an amazing sport good for you mentally it certainly helped me when I started off back in the 80s .