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.

Flying over the Grand Canyon, Nevada, USA

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

Going to watch The Lion King on Broadway, New York, USA

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)

Racing at Croft Circuit, West Yorkshire, UK

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)