Alan, very nice intro post.....a warm welcome to our small online community.

Looks like we have a lot of interests in common as well as our age, although I'm only 66 hehehe

We relocated here to the Philippines in 2014 after many years in UK and before that in Japan.
Actually we lived in Davao City for 18 months before moving (yet again) to our house in Marikina.
We both love Mindanao and loads of family there but relocated due to a few important issues.

I for one, will be looking forward to your postings and your views on Life in the Philippines and also life in UK

Nice to hear from you.