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Flight Booked

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Hi Not sure how to start this - never done anything like this before. I'm 53 - worked my last shift for Police Scotland on 18 March 2020 - retired officially on 3 April.  Master plan was to do lots of things - travel, get a motorhome, travel, watch rugby, do a bit of voluntary work - the usual stuff.  Then 5 days in to my blissful retirement, we were locked down.  Fortunately, I'd kind of seen what was coming and managed to get a delivery job with The Buffalo Farm in Kirkcaldy so wasn't to be totally laid off. I'd always hankered to do a bit of voluntary work - I'd always thought it would be teaching English or coaching football on a beach in Vietnam, Cambodia or Laos or maybe in Malawi where so many other Scots are drawn to. Many of you will know my mate and former colleague Dave Hamilton, currently Chairman of the Scottish Police Federation.  He worked with Edi nburgh Direct Aid  during the conflict in the Balkans and pre-Covid holidays to Croatia - Dubrovnik ...