Well, I probably won't be much help here but I believe that things happen for a reason. Sometimes we don't understand at the time but as doors shut, others open...

I'm kinda thinkin' that you will get in closer to a population center and maybe take an evening course at the local college and from that some other things will open up for you...

It sounds like you live in the UK and I'm not too sure what the tax implications are there sghould you sell your house and not purchase another but you might want to check into them...

But, if I know nothing else. please refraim from terms like mid-life experience. It sounds way too cut and dried...

Try the word opportunity and...

now, go out and find it...

Bobert