Following on from My Early Life we observe John Reddisson from thirtyfive to eighty 19682013 Initially he spends three memorable years as the British Liaison Officer to a Soviet Military Mission SOXMIS in West Germany at the height of the Cold War Returning to London he meets and marries the fragrant Maria but not before completing an intelligence assignment in Hong Kong Disillusioned by Army life John retires and joins an English language school on the Kent coast later becoming the Principal Retirement to an Andalusian villa brings problems John and Maria return to England settling in Lincolnshire