About Us

We are Ashley Perryman and Hilary Sklar.  We’re married but have kept our own names.

 

We took the decision some years ago to retire to Turkey.  We didn’t really expect the day to creep up on us so fast.  We are prepared.  In some ways over prepared.  Hilary has spent many years attempting to learn the language – with limited success.  We spent many happy holidays travelling around Turkey looking for the place we wanted to settle.

We both worked in the NHS for many years with all the stresses that brings.  Our pensions are far from gold plated, but we hope to get by.  We have sold the flat we lived in for 13 years, we got rid of nearly all our possessions.   We have a few bits in storage in Big Yellow that we hope to bring out to us when we are settled.

We did have two motorcycles – Ashley rides, Hilary sits on the pillion.  We rode over to Turkey for our honeymoon and spent two weeks riding around the country.  Ashley sold the Yamaha which he was using for work.  The Harley is in storage.

We enjoy cooking, shopping in the market, board games, writing and walking.  We like nature – watching flora and fauna as the seasons change – and doing a bit of star gazing.  We are keen amateur archaeologists and enjoy rooting through ruins.