Gap year late

Some friends of mine are taking a gap year this year, travelling the world - literally - over some ten months and keeping an online record of their travels and experiences as they go. The usual time to do this is after leaving University or maybe before, sometimes taking a year out during Uni to travel and do some work experience at the same time. Penny and Stuart (or StuPendus, as their blog is called!) are doing it late, in their fifties. Stuart has retired early - lucky man - Penny was able to take time out from work, both children had left home and so they grabbed their chance, proving that it is never too late to do such things. You can dip into their blog at http://realtravel.com/the_world-trips-i5281378.html if you are interested in life on the road in your fifties. They are currently in India.

I think such people are an inspiration and prove that you can do anything you want, whenever you want if you really want it enough. We can't all afford to travel the world for a year, but we can certainly go to different places and experience more of life if we choose to.