Robert Cooper finds ‘retirement’ is keeping him busy

The old adage about looking a gift horse in the mouth springs to mind. My interpretation is that if a juicy proposition comes your way, you shouldn’t grumble whatever the outcome.
A few weeks back ‘Lady Bob’ and I received a decidedly generous offer of spending a week on a remote island in the Outer Hebrides – it would have been insane to refuse, and shun the prospect of placing all the troubles of the world on the back burner, if only for a few days; also Shergar Cup weekend is as good a t...