The List

I started my blog as a way of motivating myself to make the most out of my life. With this in mind, I came up with a list of 60 Things To Do Before I’m 60. You’ll find the list below. And you can read more about why I started the blog here.

1. Learn to ride a horse
2. Learn to fly
3. Learn to ride a motorbike
4. Own a hostel
5. Own 5 houses – in progress
6. Get my walking group leader’s qualification – in progress
7. Learn Arabic
8. Learn to play the drums – in progress
9. Go to Womad – completed
10. Go to the music festival in Timbuktu
11. Go to Iran
12. Go to Outer Mongolia
13. Go to Hell
14. Do a course at the Vegetarian Society – completed
15. Read all 200 books on the BBC Big Read book list – in progress 76/200
16. Fly in a helicopter
17. Go for a ride in a hot air balloon – completed
18. Get waxed – in progress
19. Go to Japan
20. Walk a long distance path in one go – completed
21. Go on a long distance cycle tour
22. See gorillas in the wild
23. Climb Kilimanjaro
24. Walk across Morecambe Sands – completed
25. Become a writer – in progress
26. Write a book – in progress
27. Learn to kayak/canoe
28. Read the Bible and Quran – in progress
29. Create my own website – completed
30. Dive between the American and Eurasian tectonic plates
31. See lava
32. Relax in a floatation tank – completed
33. Go to New York – completed
34. Wadlopen in the Netherlands
35. Learn archery
36. Learn to shoot
37. Have afternoon tea at the Ritz in London – completed
    
38. Stay in the Ice Hotel
39. See the Northern Lights – completed
40. Learn to play chess
41. Go to St Kilda – completed
42. Spend time in Antarctica
43. Make a film
44. Go to St Helena
45. Travel on a cargo ship
46. Watch an England game at Wembley – in progress
47. Wild camp in the UK – completed
48. Learn to climb
49. Swim with pigs in the Bahamas
50. Attend Up Helly Aa festivities – completed
51. Take the Trans-Siberian Express
52. Drive confidently on the wrong side of the road – in progress
53. Go to the Hay Festival – completed
54. Go to the Edinburgh Festival and Tattoo – completed
55. See a Shakespeare play in Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Globe
56. Digitalise ALL of my photos and get them all in albums
57. Scan and digitalise all my academic and CPD files – in progress
58. Learn to make Irish coffee and soda bread – in progress
59. Own a campervan – completed
60. Retire at 60