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I'd rather pay thousands on a holiday: Meet the pensioners spending the kids' inheritance

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I'd rather pay thousands on a holiday: Meet the pensioners spending the kids' inheritance
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Image source, Sarah Moorhouse Image caption, Sarah and Geoff Moorhouse have the blessing of their daughter Poppy to spend all their money

Happily retired, Sarah Moorhouse is using her private pension "to go places and do nice things at the drop of a hat".

While other retirees with a decent monthly pension income may choose to build up an inheritance for their children, Sarah, 64, and her husband Geoff are opting to spend their money on living life to the max.

"We like going to Scotland," says Sarah, a retired school administrator. "We've been down to Cambridgeshire, which was lovely. We go up to the Lake District quite regularly to a holiday cottage, and we're planning to go to Norfolk."

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