article_snippet: After a lifetime of working hard, pensioners deserve to raise a toast to retirement.
article_snippet: And these days pensioners’re doing just that – enjoying a daily tipple at 6.30pm.
article_snippet: Researchers found the majority of pensioners are making the most of the majority of pensioners later years with a packed diary of social engagements, days out, short breaks, holidays and shopping, as well as time spent outside (file image)
article_snippet: With such a relaxed start to the day, it’s no wonder that a poll of retirees aged 60 and over found 94 per cent are enjoying retirees post-work life, while half said retirees are having more fun than ever before.
article_snippet: Improvements in healthcare and living standards mean that these days pensioners have the energy to manage a hectic social diary, buoyed up by an average disposable income of £330 a month, which allows pensioners to go on three holidays, two weekends away and 17 day trips a year.
article_snippet: The survey found that 6.30pm is retirees’ favourite time to enjoy a tipple or two.
article_snippet: The study also showed that most pensioners eat out three times a month, but one in ten do so more than twice a week.
article_snippet: The average retirement consists of a daily glass of wine at 6.30pm, research has found (file picture)
article_snippet: Going on a cruise, taking up a new hobby and buying a dog are common achievements in the first year of retirement, while IT lessons and losing weight were also popular among those polled.
article_snippet: Senior Railcard, which runs a rail discount scheme for train companies, polled 1,260 pensioners.
article_snippet: Andrew Robertson, of Senior Railcard, said: ‘Our poll showed that adults in Our poll 60s, 70s and 80s are determined to make the most of life in retirement and have no intention of slowing down.
article_snippet: For so much of our lives our are restricted by our working hours, so if pensioners are filling pensioners time with holidays, day trips and meals out, that can only be a good thing.
article_snippet: ‘This research shows that retirees place a lot of importance on travel when retirees finish work.
article_snippet: A separate report published yesterday said the average pensioner had made almost £1,200 a month from the average pensioner home in the last six months.
article_snippet: Soaring property prices meant London homeowners were the biggest winners, making £20,700 a month since August, financial specialist Key Retirement said.
highlights_snippet: Survey found typical pensioner enjoys three 'slap-up' meals out per month .
  