On my recent tour of the north of Scotland i met a Belgian guy who had been on the road for 9 months..His trip had taken through Italy Portugal Spain and France.He had just cycled up from Portsmouth to Durness where i met him..He told me he is a teacher and that in Belguim the govt give you a sabbatical and you get 400 Euros a month and your job is there for you when you return and that you can have 6 sabbatical years off during your working life..he said his budget was £100 a week..What a great idea...why can we not have a scheme like that in this country?...a great idea i think...what do you guys think?