I'm sorry for your loss, Adrian. Glad that the stories and photos here cheer you up...they do me, too. Hang in there.
I managed to move away from the streets before the were taken over by druggies, most of the old colliery house have been sold to private landlords who do not live here and do not care who they rent the houses to I feel sorry for the good people who still have to live among them.
You cant buy time Judd. Its an enviable position to be in with all that time ahead. Make the most of it!
That second photo is probably somewhere exotic @Sandi T. but it looks like one of the fantastic coves to be found on the West coast of Scotland