"I don't like to be told what to do. As I approach my 60th birthday, I know that I'm expected to sit and watch the telly, mind the grandchildren, spend time in the garden, do the knitting, washing, cleaning, and ironing.
But this is the birthday where I'm going to retire from all that. I'm going to be me at last.
I want to go ski jumping in France, drive my sports car around Wales, sail a yacht 'round Anglesey, scuba dive in Egypt.
I want to visit castles, watch the seagulls fly the nest, sit on the beach and watch the tide ebbing and flowing. I want to be outspoken and outrageous.
Climbing Everest is a no, no. I don't do cold and hills, but everything else will be considered."