Following on from 'My Early Life', we observe John Reddisson from thirty-five to eighty (1968-2013). 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.