Barry climbed out first and clung to the side of the doorway, the camera on his hat pointed in our direction. Then, without warning, I was out of the plane and falling through the air. My face was stiff and rippled as the fast wind rushed past me and I struggled to keep my mouth shut. It felt amazing, falling through the air at such fast speeds but I still felt safe.

The skydiving part only lasted a couple of minutes and it was soon over, Mike pulled open the parachute and I was lifted from a lying position to standing upright and was able to take in the view around me. I laughed happily as we glided down, the parachute swaying gently from side to side and the wind passing me quietly, cooling my cheeks.

We seemed to drift down for so long but I was quite happy to take our time and take in the breath-taking view and the pure exhilaration of flying through the air with just a harness holding me. Mike did a few turns as we went down, some of them very sharp turns and the wind sped up and rushed past me as my body was jerked to the side. I asked him to do more turns I found it so enjoyable and we span round in circles and I couldn’t resist screaming a little.

As we got closer to the ground I could see the dots of my friends, still standing in the same positions watching me descend. They got bigger and bigger and I waved excitedly at them while they waved back.

“Ok Alice, I need you to bend your knees and lifts your legs up in front of you as high as you can. If your feet hit the ground before mine it’s going to hurt” I did as I was told and lifted my legs up in front of me, holding them as high as I could despite it being a little hard.

The ground below us got closer and closer and eventually Mike’s feet reached the ground. It was quite a smooth landing and he simply walked forwards a few paces to stop up and the parachute fell down behind us.