'We sold our £170k house, all our belongings and retired - now we've travelled to 75 countries in 10 years'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRetired couple Richard and Jane Weighman have been ticking countries off their bucket list, having explored an incredible 75 countries over the past decade.
After calling it quits on their careers in February 2015, Richard, 66, and Jane, 64, sold their three-bedroom property in Leicester for £170,000, along with all of their possessions, to set off travelling the world.
The adventurous pair, with a relationship spanning nearly four decades, chose backpacks over belongings, each carrying a mere 10kg as they have journeyed through nations from Uganda to India and crisscrossed Europe. READ MORE: 'I can afford to buy a house but I'll rent forever - I'd rather go on holidays than save' The duo say they have 'no intention of slowing down' and are now planning their next trip to South America for the end of the year.
Richard, a former sergeant and police constable, said: "You can do wonderful things for not a lot of money. "We didn't want to sit around in our retirement.
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