‘swimming with horses healed my heart’

Far-flung, closer to home; travelling solo or with family in tow – however you take your healing, find it in our guide to the best transformational breaks.

Former point-to-point jockey Rhona Elliot on her trajectory from hiding away her MS to founding a racing syndicate to raise funds

Clive Banwell on starting afresh at 65, preparing winners from the field and overcoming adversity

How did a stroll on the beach lead to all this ?

IT’S ONE THING for two guys to click in bed. Quite another to make it on the road. For six weeks I’d been sharing a single bed with a hot scientist in the middle of England. Was it too soon for Paris?

When I started at university in the late 90s, I sat beside a gorgeous girl who would go on to become my new best friend – and then I fell in love with her brother Paul*. We’ve been together ever since