Bucket List
Below is an updated version of my original “101 Things to do before I die” list created back in 2004.
With the new list I dropped my self imposed limit of 101 item so I can add to it as and when I want. I’ve also categorised it to make it easier to follow.

The Natural World
- See the Aurora Borealis 23/12/2014
- Travel inside the Arctic Circle 17/12/2011
- See the moon as large as possible from Earth
- Drive a dog sled team 18/12/2011
- Stand on an iceberg
- Cross the Equator
- Wrestle an alligator 12/08/2008
- Experience weightlessness
- Visit every continent
- Know where all the planets in our Solar System are 02/04/2014
- See a meteor shower
- Ride a camel
- See an eclipse 20/03/2015
- Swim with dolphins 08/08/2008
- Be climbed on by a monkey 05/06/2018
- Feed giraffes 06/09/2013
- Climb a volcano 20/09/2016
- Touch Moon Rock 24/08/2010
- Ride on an elephant
- See wild grizzly bears in Alaska (Alaska)
- Climb Ayers Rock (Australia)
- See the Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
- See Niagara Falls (Canada) 11/08/2003
- Watch the sunset in Santorini (Greece) 13/09/2017
- Float in the Dead Sea (Israel)
- Climb Mount Vesuvius (Italy) 20/09/2016
- See Mount Everest (Nepal)
- See the Grand Canyon (USA) 31/07/2007
- Ride an airboat through the Florida Everglades (USA) 10/06/2018
- Take a boat ride on the Colorado River (USA) 31/07/2007

The Man Made World
- See the red light district in Amsterdam (Amsterdam)
- See the Sydney Opera House (Australia)
- Go to the Christmas market in Salzburg (Austria)
- See the statue of Christ the Redeemer (Brazil)
- Stand on the glass floor of the CN Tower in Toronto (Canada) 07/08/2003
- See the giant carved heads on Easter Island (Chile)
- See the Great Wall of China (China)
- Visit Temple Bar in Dublin (Ireland) 24/10/2005
- See the Pyramids, Sphinx and the Valley of the Kings (Egypt)
- Stay at the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort (Finland)
- See the 20000 year old cave paintings in the Lascaux caves (France)
- See the Mona Lisa (France)
- See the Eiffel Tower (France) 04/11/2001
- See Notre Dame (France) 04/11/2001
- See Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany)
- Visit a WW2 Concentration Camp (Germany) 09/12/2018
- Drive the Nürburgring (Germany)
- See the remains of the Berlin Wall (Germany) 22/12/2015
- See the Brandenburg Gate (Germany) 19/12/2015
- See the Reichstag building (Germany) 19/12/2015
- Go to a German Christmas market (Germany) 23/12/2007
- Go to the Christmas market in Frankfurt (Germany)
- See the Acropolis (Greece)
- Visit Temple Bar in Dublin (Ireland) 24/10/2005
- Drink Guinness at the Guinness Brewery (Ireland) 23/10/2005
- See the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Piazza dei Miracoli (Italy) 22/09/2016
- See the Trevi Fountain (Italy) 16/08/2014
- See the Colosseum (Italy) 16/08/2014
- Ride a gondola in Venice (Italy)
- Visit Pompeii (Italy) 20/09/2016
- See a Mayan ruin (Mexico) 07/06/2018
- Visit Hobbiton (New Zealand)
- Have a drink in the Casino de Monte-Carlo (Principality of Monaco) 23/09/2016
- Visit Dracula's castle (Romania)
- See the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg (Russia)
- See the Red Square in Moscow (Russia)
- Visit Luke Skywalker's house (Tunisia)
- Visit the Brooklands race track (UK)
- Visit Stonehenge (UK)
- Tour the Tower of London (UK) 26/06/2012
- Climb the Dome in London (UK) 13/08/2016
- Visit Hogwarts (USA) 18/08/2010
- See the Hoover Dam (USA) 31/07/2007
- See the sculptures at Mount Rushmore (USA)
- Take a tour of the White House (USA)
- See the Statue of Liberty (USA) 22/12/2014
- Visit Alcatraz (USA)
- Take a tour of Beverly Hills (USA) 08/08/2007
- Climb the Empire State Building (USA) 21/12/2014
- See Venice Beach (USA) 09/08/2007
- See the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles (USA) 05/08/2007
- Walk the Hollywood Walk of Fame (USA) 03/08/2007
- Run up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art like Rocky Balboa (USA)
- See the Las Vegas Strip (USA) 30/07/2007
- Visit the Gas Monkey Garage in Texas (USA)
- See the Golden Gate Bridge (USA)
- Stand in Times Square (USA) 20/12/2014
- Walk through Grand Central Station (USA) 05/08/2003
- Go inside St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican (Vatican City) 15/08/2014
- Hear the Pope speak at the Vatican (Vatican City) 21/09/2016

Things To Do
- Build my own website 30/08/2004
- Own an acre of the Moon 17/09/2004
- Ride on the Orient Express
- Grow then eat the worlds hottest pepper 18/08/2004
- Spend the day with a Formula 1 Team 25/07/2010
- Take part in a "run what you brung" drag race
- Store snowballs in my freezer and have a snowball fight in the summer 04/06/2008
- Build a utility room in one half of the garage 23/01/2011
- Own a personal number plate
- Have a proper wet shave with a cut throat razor
- Ask for a discount on every large purchase I make 30/12/2007
- Have an action figure made in my likeness
- Get a tattoo 10/04/2004
- Drive a bulldozer
- Learn to snowboard
- Go to race car driving school 29/06/2014
- Learn to SCUBA dive 02/08/2011
- Ride in the cockpit of a plane
- Read an autobiography that’s so good I want to write to the author and say so AND I get a reply from them
- Put all my photos in clearly marked albums
- Put a message in a bottle, float it out to sea AND get a reply from those that found it
- Donate bone marrow
- Try on a medieval suit of armour
- Trace my family tree
- Be mistaken for a celebrity 24/06/2007
- Own an authentic 10 gallon hat
- Understand how the Stock Market works and make profitable investments
- Own the first car that made you go “Wow!”
- Learn to play golf
- Appear in the crowd in a film 22/08/2010
- Watch all the Star Trek films back to back in one day
- Fly in a plane that can cause a sonic boom
- Have a place for everything and put everything in that place
- Gather up all the loose change in the house and spend it
- Go on a cruise and do it in style 18/09/2016
- Celebrate Christmas in a different country 25/12/2007
- Own a V8 engined car
- Learn to rollerblade
- Have reduced the amount of CO2 we generate by being as energy efficient as practical and recycling more of our waste
- Learn how to garden 14/04/2018
- Fly in a helicopter 31/07/2007
- Fly in a hot air balloon
- Ride a segway 15/04/2012
- Eat at a 3 Michelin star restaurant 09/12/2017
- Have a drink in an Ice Bar 22/09/2016
- Indoor Skydive 01/12/2007
- Drive a rally car 29/06/2014
- Fly in a simulator 02/09/2014
- Use something other than a car as as a regular form of transport 05/04/1999
- Take a photo everyday for a year then turn it into a video 31/12/2014
- Build a PC from scratch 21/10/2016
- Go snowmobiling 17/12/2011
- Transfer all photos to digital 19/01/2018
- Learn to use chopsticks
- Start a herb garden
- Learn to juggle

Events To Attend
- See the Olympics
- Watch Wrestlmania 19/04/2009
- Watch a Baseball game 19/08/2003
- Celebrate the Day of the Dead (Mexico)
- See the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix (Principality of Monaco)
- Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans (USA)
- See the Indy 500 (USA)
- See a rocket launch (USA)
- See a World Heavy Weight Boxing Championship fight in Las Vegas (USA)
- See Broadway musical (USA) 21/12/2014
- See a rodeo (USA)

Personal Goals
- Have a family photo taken in 19th century style
- Have letters after my name
- Have a resting heart beat of less than 50 beats per minute 22/11/2013
- Retire at 55
- Start and run my own business 04/10/2004
- See my favourite band perform live 01/05/2010
- Adopt an animal
- Take part in a proper FIA organised Motor Racing Championship 01/12/2006
- Be there for the Little Rs first steps 01/12/1996
- Pay off mortgage early and be completely debt free 28/08/2018
- Earn a million pounds
- Have a group of good friends that we stay in touch with
- Only work four days a week
- Speak 2 other languages fluently
- Make sure my Will is in order and up to date 15/01/2003
- Be a Best Man 02/07/2011
- Be able to remember peoples name
- Meet a personal hero

Travel
- Go to Sydney (Australia)
- Go to Salzburg (Austria)
- Go to Toronto (Canada) 07/08/2003
- Go to Prague (Czech Republic)
- Go to Paris (France) 04/11/2001
- Go to Berlin (Germany) 19/12/2015
- Go to Frankfurt (Germany)
- Go to Munich (Germany) 07/12/2018
- Go to Athens (Greece)
- Go to Santorini (Greece) 13/09/2017
- Go to Reykjavik (Iceland)
- Go to Dublin (Ireland) 23/10/2005
- Go to Rome (Italy) 15/08/2014
- Go to Venice (Italy)
- Go to Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Go to Auckland (New Zealand)
- Go to Madeira (Portugal)
- Go to Monaco (Principality of Monaco) 23/09/2016
- Go to Moscow (Russia)
- Go to St. Petersburg (Russia)
- Go to Barcelona (Spain)
- Go to Dallas (USA)
- Go to Hawaii (USA)
- Go to Las Vegas (USA) 29/07/2007
- Go to Los Angeles (USA) 02/08/2007
- Visit Miami (USA) 01/06/2018
- Go to New Orleans (USA)
- Go to New York City (USA) 20/12/2014
- Go to San Francisco (USA)
- Go to Washington DC (USA)