Can't help you with that one Narcer, 12 months to go before state pension, but there's no restrictions on my service pension (as far as I know anyway..

) I'm sure I've met pensioners out there who don't come home to uk every 3 months though, I thought as long as you pay tax and have a uk address it didn't matter how long you 'travel' abroad. I'm sure lot's winter there for 5-6 months every year