While most Brits look forward to long hot summer days, a mum-of-six will be staying in the shade - as she is allergic to the sun. Laura Martindale, 26, suffers from a severe allergic reaction called Actinic Prurigo, which causes her skin to burn and break out in a rash when exposed to UVA and UVB light. At home, the full-time mum keeps the curtains and blinds closed during the day, and when she steps outside, she is forced to wear long sleeved tops and gloves, as well as high factor 50 suncream.
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .