New goal for 2018 - NOT diet/fitness related!

Just been to first class of 10 french intermediate course at City Lit. which I promised myself on retirement with target to enjoy better conversations this summer. lovely that there are only 4 of us with exactly same goals...of "a certain age" and standard.

I need a goal for 2018. In 2017 it was to get the Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society

I've started to learn Spanish with the U3A. Just conversational but something I wanted to do.
A number of years ago I learnt to bell ring (church) but had to give up after a few years due to tendonitis in my arm and at age 50 I learnt to scuba dive!

Hope you all achieve your goals! Interesting to read such varied ones.
NonnaW, so nice to hear you're enjoying it. When I went back to the piano - or rather a very old keyboard then - it had been so long I virtually had to start again from scratch. I used the Carol Barratt adult beginners' course for classical piano and found it very good but on the advice on my piano tuner also bought quite a bit of easy music 2nd hand from Amazon, to help with my sight reading, which was hopeless.

After about a year I joined a group LEA class locally, and went for about 4 years - had to drop it lately because of so much time away from home. There were always quite a lot of adults in the complete beginners' classes, and one lady I met shortly before leaving had just passed her grade 3, having never touched a piano or keyboard before the classes. Most don't bother with exams, so I really admired her - what an achievement!

Go for it, Witzend, and good luck! I gave up at grade 5, on the premise that I had plateaued and would not get any better. In truth I now realise that my lessons were just getting stale - I should have found another teacher, not given up on the lessons. I love my piano.
As for me, this is going to be the year I either catch more fish - last season was dire - or give up fishing altogether.

Visit more gardens this year. I suppose I should write a list . The Chelsea Physic and then Audley End spring to mind. Which others would you people recommend?

Yes 3 goals.
1. Finish the bits of knitting and sewing lying around.
2. Started a new weekly art class. Goal is to paint something worthy of wall space!
3.Write up my diary daily.

I've enjoyed my first three years of OU - first the Access course (Humanities) and then two level 1 Humanities modules. I'm now doing English Lit. but struggling a bit this year. I am also planning to do History next year.

DH bought me a keyboard for Christmas so I have some signed up for an online tutoring course. I always wanted to play the piano when I was young. Now I am trying; it’s difficult getting the coordination but I’m really enjoying it.

Do hope you're enjoying the OU, GrandmaMoira. Having dropped out of uni way back, and always regretted it, I did an OU degree some yrs ago. It was hard work, esp. at level 3, but some fascinating subjects. I did a mix, so an 'Open' BA, but both level 3s were Eng. Lit. What subjects are you taking?
Congrats on your Lady Captainhood, Teetime!

Well done both of you - I've always thought it must be wonderful to be able to play a musical instrument - keep going witzend.
I love the OU grandmoira I'm sure you will find all the courses absorbing. When I did mine with them someone of 94 graduated so never too late.
For me I am going to be Lady Vice Captain of the golf club a role I never aspired to being a mediocre golfer at best but I was asked and I thought well this will be a challenge and a half as next year I am Lady Captain.

I started an Open University course when I retired. It obviously won't help with a career, but I've always wanted to have a degree.