Experienced retirement globe-trotters share the important lessons they’ve learned as they’ve circled the world

‘The golden gap year’ is a growing trend (Getty)
Taking a ‘golden gap year’ is an emerging trend among retirees, with increasing numbers of older people planning to see the world when they retire.
Retirement travel is a trend being widely documented on social media by people like retired teachers Jackie and Richard Pickles, whose Early Retirement Wanderlust YouTube channel shares their campervan travels through the UK and Europe.