{"id":562068,"date":"2026-05-02T08:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/562068\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T08:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:04:08","slug":"empty-nesters-take-on-1900-mile-tandem-ride-from-somerset-to-lisbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/562068\/","title":{"rendered":"Empty nesters take on 1,900-mile tandem ride from Somerset to Lisbon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The national charity Trauma Research UK said parents who become empty nesters when their children leave home often felt feelings of &#8220;loss, loneliness or disorientation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;What&#8217;s particularly important at this stage is recognising that this transition can also present an opportunity,&#8221; said operations manager Sarah Floyd. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As the focus of caregiving changes, it allows space for parents to rediscover their own interests and explore new challenges or passions that may have been set aside. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Engaging in new activities, whether that&#8217;s travel, hobbies, volunteering or learning something new entirely, can play a key role in restoring a sense of purpose and identity,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The national charity Trauma Research UK said parents who become empty nesters when their children leave home often&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-562068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}