Well thank you all very much
Yes I am now of an age (and experience I suppose), that my days of running around like a headless chicken, hunting for shots and scenes and information to add into my book, came to rather an abrupt end soon after I published it -
and which by the way, is now being hailed as the “Photographers Holy Bible for the Isle of Skye” by one of my recent customers on Amazon, which is a really, really nice thing for him to have said. 
So now, having photographed everything I ever wanted to, within a hundred mile radius or so of where we live and in a way that I wanted to and at a time of the day that I wanted to, there is no longer a need for there to be any urgency to what I am doing and so we have dropped into a very laid back, tea drinking and chocolate biscuit eating sort of mode. Where if something presents itself to me when I happen to be there, then all well and good and so I photograph it in the best way that I can. But if I never even get the camera out of the bag, then that is OK too and we can just enjoy the scenery and relax, or perhaps have a little snooze -
I know, what a life we now lead in our retirement, as I am sure you will too one day. And you know what, my hit rate seems to be the same, or might even have actually gone up a bit, even though I am taking a lot less photographs these days. Which I put down to no longer trying to force it and instead being very relaxed about what I am capturing, as well as being very selective.
But anyway, thanks again guys.
Dave
