We took a grown-up gap year!

Who hasn’t sometimes dreamed of doing just that? Here’s one reader who took the plunge

Laura London, 41, lives in north London and is a professional magician. I saw magic for the first time when I was eight and was instantly obsessed. After that, I spent all my pocket money on tricks. I

I ’m projectile vomiting into a pool of light from my headtorch, the rest of the night reduced to strange noises and shadows in the jungle around me. I’m down to my last clean T-shirt, I can’t find my

When Lisa Roads, 57, hit the menopause, having adventures helped her cope. But her devoted husband and faithful pet dog are always there to welcome her home…

I never had a gap year; I had to work during my summer holidays to help pay for university. But then not many people from my little hometown took off to see the world after A-Levels. A combination of

Liz Radley, 50, lives in Suffolk with husband Kris, 50, and their daughter Tilly, 10. In my 20s I worked at a leprosy charity and visited colonies in India as part of a fundraising challenge. I was de