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S13 Ep 675: A Mevagissey Morning and Retirement Plans

12 Aug 2025

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Chapter 1: What magical experiences did David have in Mevagissey?

37.578 - 58.658 Joe

Hi. Hi. I was waiting for you. I was trying to work out if I could fall asleep. Are you tired? No, it's just, I can always, I was wondering if, if I could just get that relaxed whilst, by going as I couldn't, because I'd keep waiting for you to speak into my ears. Right.

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60.224 - 67.496 David

How's the room? I'm sort of on edge at the moment. Have you had a back and forth with James?

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69.099 - 69.239 David

Really?

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69.259 - 79.937 Joe

Sounds good. He emailed us saying, Joe, fantastic news. Oh, brilliant. Yeah. Well, he said it's much better.

80.052 - 82.878 David

Yeah, wasn't that the egg chair one? He said it's better.

82.918 - 89.032 Joe

No, no, no, this is also this. Because I sent you a picture of what I've had to do.

89.453 - 97.611 David

Yeah, someone put on Patreon, just put pictures on the wall and sort of... Yeah. Rather than dresses on those.

97.631 - 112.276 Joe

LAUGHTER More towels. So bleak. Pet just walks in there and just gone, Already? Fucked it up. Yeah. Loads of peer pressure as well, I feel.

Chapter 2: How does David describe the atmosphere of Mevagissey in the morning?

546.056 - 548.88 Joe

Or you're just throwing details hither and thither.

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548.9 - 565.544 David

Hither and thither. Mavagissi. So I'm looking at the boats. Gorge, absolutely beautiful. All the shops are shut. They're going to open in 45 minutes. Chill out. The day will start later. But right now, Mavagissi hasn't given up.

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565.564 - 576.906 Joe

Mavagissi's got its cause. Right now, Mavagissi hasn't quite broken up. From my worthy audience here.

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576.926 - 578.289 David

I walk across the stone.

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579.39 - 581.474 Joe

For a second time or the first time?

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And I walk about 200 metres towards the sea along the stone. You know the bit that comes out in the harbour that's like the barrier for the, I don't know what you call it, but tiny little mini lighthouse. I'll head there. I'm heading down there, if you please. So walk down the end. Oh, there's a coffee. There's a coffee truck. What? There's a tiny little coffee with a painted octopus on it.

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right down the end where the boats go in from the sea.

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Sorry. I don't think I've ever, I can't imagine ever, oh, shit. Can I, I need to take a call.

631.698 - 665.028 David

Oh, okay. Yeah, Mavagissi. If you've never been, wonderful place, wonderful place, fishing village, untouched, untouched, relatively untouched. On the south coast of Cornwall. Yes, it's sort of standing by the harbour. It's lovely. Saw a choir there. Lots of old guys in their 70s and 80s. Singing like a choral version of ELO's Mr Bright. Mr Bright Sky. Mr Bright Sky. It's really nice.

Chapter 3: What reflections does David have about retirement after meeting local retirees?

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1099.521 - 1102.526 David

I'll be. Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

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1102.606 - 1107.454 Joe

If I'd been, I'd be going, oh, I know that harbour. It's very colourful, isn't it?

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1107.474 - 1115.206 David

It's beautiful. It's absolutely freaking beautiful.

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1115.226 - 1120.496 Joe

I'm looking at the sort of above picture so which wall were you on? The one on the right?

1120.696 - 1125.225 Unknown

The wall nearest the bottom of the image at the corner.

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So the one that's on the right hand side of the village if you're looking at the sea?

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Or if you're looking at the image on the left-hand side.

1136.728 - 1139.291 Joe

Yeah, okay. I was going to say, I jumped in.

Chapter 4: How does David envision his own retirement activities?

1610.914 - 1614.177 David

No, I'm just. Honestly, I really felt like he was just going to go home.

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1615.539 - 1617.541 Joe

Well, have a cup of tea. I don't know. Stare at the wall.

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1618.102 - 1635.753 David

No. Read a book. He looked like he was full of joy. Yeah, probably pottery now. Going to town. Got to do that. Got to do this. Yeah, quite. Lots of walking, maybe? Yeah, I do walking, definitely. Lots of walking.

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1636.173 - 1650.791 Joe

How far would you, sorry, change something a bit. When you did your long walk with your eldest, how far were you walking a day? I don't know, actually, 11 or 12. Long walks?

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1651.532 - 1651.692 Unknown

Yeah.

1653.359 - 1655.101 Joe

Thank you. Go back to Mavicus.

1655.742 - 1659.065 David

Yeah, I don't think I could do it.

1659.586 - 1678.326 Joe

You'd have to, I think I'd have to go, I paint now. All that wandering around, do you know what it is? I've worked it out. You do all that lovely Frenchman stuff. When that dies down, you go, I can't paint now. You need that full net. Okay, or go and do the cardinal.

1678.346 - 1687.798 David

Well, that's for me, it's like flicking the pod on. We can all do that. What? Well, I was thinking, well, I'll go home and write. I'll write something, I'll get an idea. No. Retire.

Chapter 5: What role does community play in retirement according to David?

2326.656 - 2341.741 David

Greengrocer's. Greengrocer's. A grocer's. What's the difference? Grocer's is not... This shop sold ham, sweets, toilet roll, and a deli.

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2341.761 - 2350.906 Joe

Are you going to list everything? Tins of tomatoes. Cigarellas. Tins of pineapples. Lights as matches.

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2350.926 - 2352.488 David

You could get a cheese roll there if you wanted.

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Stickers.

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2354.611 - 2364.124 David

Stickers. Football stickers. Black jackets. Too many cheeses. Little everything shop.

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So you know what it's like, so you still want to work in a shop? If it was with Nomi, yeah. Okay. Oh yeah, because I remember you'd be the visionary. You'd do the graft, if I remember rightly. Would Naomi want to work at a shop with you? Or would she prefer to do it on her own or with a friend? Truthfully, think about it.

2386.224 - 2392.172 David

Really think about it. I could ask her. Yeah. Okay, she'd be honest. Would you want to work?

2392.192 - 2393.914 Joe

Say, ask her. Can I word it, though?

2394.155 - 2396.618 David

Yeah. If you were running a shop. Go on, say that again. If?

Chapter 6: What insights do David and Joe share about working in a shop after retirement?

2573.435 - 2586.207 David

Like the illustrations for all his books. She's got a little shop in Falmouth. Busying away in there, just doing her thing.

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2587.388 - 2591.392 Joe

I'd love to get her on the go. Is it idyllic?

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2591.412 - 2594.475 David

She's not pretty happy. I don't know where I'm standing.

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2594.595 - 2610.135 Joe

We're layering a lot of stuff on people with shops. If you've got an idyllic looking shop, I wonder if you're going... Yeah, exactly. Is it boring? Does it nut you? Do you wake up and go, fucking Tuesday's always quiet?

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2611.036 - 2611.357 Unknown

Yeah.

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Or fucking have some weekends with a load of tourists who just come in and look at stuff and never buy anything? Do you know what I mean, though? Yeah, I do, yeah. Is it boring? I'd just say I'd rather do an allotment. 30 quid a year. Yeah, you keep saying that. It's good, though, isn't it? 30 quid or whatever.

2636.252 - 2656.037 David

Well, I just... Honestly, I really hope you get into gardening and you just rub this fucking thing in my face come January. How's the allotment going? Why does it have to be by January? No, that's when the true gardener comes out of it. Oh, look at that big fucking... I know. I've been working on that man for six months, boy.

2656.6 - 2661.103 Joe

I appreciate that because I've sort of been in allotments in winter.

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While doing the pod for Only Fools and Horses?

Chapter 7: How do David and Joe discuss the concept of an allotment in retirement?

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There's your end.

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