Like many beginner skydivers, I opted to take a tandem skydiving course as my first parachute jump. That was because the instructor handles all the important bits like navigation and opening the parachute. Surprisingly, all it took was 20 mins and I was ready to skydive harnessed to my instructor.

After donning my tandem parachuting harness, I boarded the airplane with my instructor Baldrick and the skydiving cameraman! He reassured me he was very experienced and made me feel confident. On the way to 15000ft, I looked out over the beautiful Lincolnshire countryside. I had picked a fine day for skydiving and could see all the way to Hull and Lincoln. Baldrick tightened all the straps and did the final checks before walking to the door. No turning back now.

Before I knew it, we were freefalling at 120mph towards the ground. It was exhilarating to say the least and nowhere near as frightening as I expected. I can only describe the sensation of skydiving as being akin to swimming, there's no falling sensation. At around 6000ft, the parachute opened and I found myself chatting to Baldrick as we slowly glided back to the ground. This took a good 4 or 5 minutes and the views were amazing. Landing was a very graceful sliding in on my bum and there I was, one skydive later. I can't recommend this enough and if you get the chance go visit Skydive Hibaldstow and do a tandem jump.