Middle-aged couple travel 11,500 miles around the world on a tandem bike

A middle-aged couple quit their jobs and cashed in their pensions before travelling 11,500 miles around the world together - on a TANDEM bike.

Sean and Kay O'Toole, both 56, used their £17,000 retirement fund to complete an epic nine-month long global journey which saw them cycle across nine countries.

The adventurous pair both gave up their jobs and began their "gap year" in August last year by getting a ferry to Holland.