I cannot believe how often friends give me the line "Ah, having your mid-life crisis, huh?" when they hear I have resumed windsurfing.

Recently I met up with a few old school friends that I used to sail with. When I told them what a ball I was having sailing again, and suggested they should consider getting back into it, their wives gave me dagger eyes that could almost kill !!

I find it really sad, and almost offensive, that many people seem to be of the opinion that you can't have fun once you are past your 20's.

Why do people give up on life so soon?