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                Mind over matter at 60 – if you don't mind, it doesn't matter | 60th Birthday Gifts from GettingPersonal.co.uk
            
                Lucky you. You have reached the ripe old age of 60 without taking too much of a battering. You are still in good shape, take care of yourself with healthy eating and a bit of light exercise, and you feel more energised and up for it than you ever remember doing in the past. 

Maybe it is because so many people have fallen by the wayside before they reached the 60 mark, but you really should pat yourself on the back and say a big 'well done for getting this far'. It certainly isn't over yet, far from it. Life may have begun at 40, but freedom begins at 60, especially if you have just taken or are about to take retirement. 

Many people these days are opting to postpone their retirement until they are older, just because they feel so young and still have the energy to carry on working. This is because being 60 no longer means that you are old, passed it and had your day. These days, reaching 60 means that you can choose the liberation that retirement offers, and you will find suddenly that all that spare time that you have been yearning for ever since you became a fully paid up member of the rat race, is now yours to do with as you wish. 

Gone are the days when retirement and being 60 meant taking up knitting in your rocking chair, or spending time at the allotment just to get the day out of the way. And bowling is no longer the fashion for over 60s that it used to be, what with it being infiltrated by the bright young things. 60 year olds are jet setters, hopping on planes for weekends abroad, disappearing for overnight stays in a country hotel. They are never at home when you phone them up, always out and about doing something new. 60 year olds were young adults in the swinging 1960s. 

Just think of all the wild things they got up to that they really knew they shouldn't. Peace, love and political protests were their groove, man. They were the ones who advocated free love, burning their bras, pursuing Women's Lib issues, wearing those groovy bell bottoms, and so much more. 

Now, doesn't that make you think of 60 year olds in a totally different way? If they could do it way back when, they have probably still got it in them to do it all over again. Once a rebel, always a rebel. 

So, when thinking of what 60th birthday gifts  to buy these wild and carefree people, bear in mind that beneath that mop of grey hair and behind those thick lensed specs are a pair of twinkling and mischievous eyes and a lust for excitement. By their age they have probably developed a taste for the fine things in life, good food and great wine. 

A lovely 60th birthday gift for the recipient is a Wine Tasting Day at a Vineyard for Two, in an English region, where they can discover the ins and outs of making a good quality wine. They will also get the chance to taste a few wines straight from the barrel as well as some vintage wine tasting too. This 60th birthday gift includes a delicious buffet lunch for two, and they can take their 
complimentary bottle of wine home with them to enjoy together. 

With all that spare time on their hands, a new hobby or interest may inspire them. The Family History Gift Box makes a brilliant 60th birthday gift. It gives the history behind their surname as well as guidance in beginning to trace their own family tree. Genealogy is one of the most popular pastimes in the UK these days and everyone is eager to discover their roots. It offers the researcher wonderful excuses for travelling around the country, rummaging through documents in local libraries and visiting some fascinating areas. 

Bearing in mind the fact that the recipient experienced the innovative and wild times of the 1960s, a really challenging 60th birthday gifts  is a Clay Shooting Gift Pack, offering the recipient the chance to discover yet another great hobby. With 50 shots and clays, this is such fun and does not require a lot of running around to get the adrenalin rushing through the veins. But for the ultimate in excitement and a totally unique experience, a truly exhilarating 60th birthday gift, and one that will definitely be remembered even when the marbles are going, is a Shadow a Big Cat Keeper experience day. This 4 hour experience enables you to participate in caring for the big cats at an enclosure, doing all the day to day things with the big cat keeper, such as mucking out the living quarters and preparing the lions', tigers', cheetahs' and other hungry pussy cats' din dins for them. This 60 year old will never look at the family cat in the same way again, but what a thrill this 60th birthday gifts  will give them.

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