The rants, quips and anecdotes of a thirty-something year old

UNITED KINGDOM

• Have a cottage break within the UK - COMPLETED

• Visit West Midlands Safari Park, Bewdley - COMPLETED

• Stay in the Tiger lodge at West Midlands Safari Park, Bewdley

• Visit Cadbury World, Birmingham

• Visit Perranporth Beach, Cornwall

• Take a walk over the yellow brick road to St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall

• Stay in one of the Parkhall glamping pods, Derbyshire

• See the Christmas lights, London - COMPLETED

• Stay at Claridge's, London

• Spend a few days being a complete tourist, London

• Walk across London Bridge, London - COMPLETED

• Have cocktails at the Incognito Cocktail Bar, London

• Visit the Tower of London, London - COMPLETED

• Ride on the London Eye, London - COMPLETED

• Watch a West End play, London - COMPLETED

• Walk across Abbey Road, London - COMPLETED

• Visit Abbey Road Studios, London - COMPLETED

• Have a drink at the Ice Bar, London

• Travel on an open topped bus, London - COMPLETED

• Visit the British History Museum, London

• Visit the Natural History Museum, London

• Visit the Tower of London, London - COMPLETED

• Have afternoon tea, London

• Have afternoon tea at Rockwell, London

• Watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, London

• Go to Taste Film, London

• Go to a Christmas market - COMPLETED

• Visit Hans & Gretel, Camden, London

• Visit Buckingham Palace, London - COMPLETED

• Attend the Festival of Light, Longleat - COMPLETED

• Stay in a Wigwam at Leopard Creek, Port Lympne

• Stay in the Treehouse Hotel, Port Lympne - COMPLETED

• Stay in the Giraffe Lodge, Port Lympne

• Stay in the Bubble, Port Lympne

• Stay in the Tiger Lodge, Port Lympne

• Visit Stonehenge, Salisbury​ - COMPLETED

• Visit the Golden Retriever Experience, Somerset

• Visit Wales - COMPLETED

• Visit the Harry Potter Studios, Watford - COMPLETED

• Try The Glasshouse Buffet, Watford

• Go glamping with Llamas, Wisbech - COMPELETED

• Visit The Shop That Must Not Be Named, York

• Visit The shambles, York

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USA

• Go on an American road trip

• Visit California, USA

• Visit Hollywood, USA

• Visit Las Vegas, USA - COMPLETED

• Visit New York - COMPLETED

• Drive across America (Route 66)

• Attend a NFL Super Bowl game

• Watch an NBA game

• Visit the Aurora Ice Museum, Alaska

• Go whale watching, Alaska

• Go dog sledding, Alaska

• See the Grand Canyon, Arizona - COMPLETED

• Visit Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona

• Visit Antelope Canyon, Arizona

• Walk the Hollywood Walk of Fame, California

• See the Hollywood sign, California

• Get some candy floss at Polar Playground, California

• Go wine tasting in the Napa Valley, California

• Visit the Charmed House, California

• Visit Laguna Beach, California

• Visit the Everglades, Florida - COMPLETED

• Visit Disneyworld, Florida - COMPLETED

• Spend New Years at Disneyworld, Florida

• Eat popcorn from Kernel Kitchen (Main Street - Magic Kingdom), Florida 

• Visit Universal Studios, Florida - COMPLETED

• Visit Harry Potter World, Florida

• Stay at Wizards Way house, Florida

• Visit Pearl Harbour, Hawaii

• Go on a cruise round Hawaii

• Visit the Home Alone House, Illinois

• Watch the sun set, Miami

• Visit Meow Wolf Omega Mart, Nevada

• Visit Red rock Canyon, Nevada

• See the Hoover Dam, Nevada - COMPLETED

• Walk the Las Vegas strip, Nevada - COMPLETED

• See a Las Vegas show, Nevada - COMPLETED

• Visit Times Square, New York - COMPLETED

• Shop on 5th Avenue, New York - COMPLETED

• See the 5th Avenue Christmas lights, New York - COMPLETED

• Visit Grand Central Station, New York - COMPLETED

• Visit The New York Public Library, New York

• Go to a New York Knicks Game, New York

• Have breakfast at Tiffany's, New York

• See something at Maddison Square Garden, New York

• Visit Central Park, New York - COMPLETED

• Ice skate at Central Park, New York - COMPLETED

• Visit The Strawberry Fields, New York - COMPLETED

• Visit the John Lennon Memorial, New York - COMPLETED

• Visit Grand Central Station Terminal, New York - COMPLETED

• Visit Ellis Island, New York - COMPLETED

• Visit the 9/11 Memorial, New York - COMPLETED

• Visit the 9/11 Memorial Museum, New York - COMPLETED

• Visit the One World Observatory, New York - COMPLETED

• See the Statue of Liberty, New York - COMPLETED

• Go up the Statue of Liberty, New York

• Eat at Ellen's Stardust Diner, New York - COMPLETED

• Watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, New York - COMPLETED

• Go up the Empire State Building, New York - COMPLETED

• Go up the Rockefeller Centre, New York - COMPLETED

• Walk across Brooklyn Bridge, New York - COMPLETED

• Walk the High Line, New York - COMPLETED

• Ride on the Staten Island Ferry, New York - COMPLETED

• Go on a horse & carriage ride round Central Park, New York - COMPLETED

• See a Broadway Show, New York - COMPLETED

• Try a frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity, New York - COMPLETED

• Visit Niagara Falls, New York

• See the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

• Ride a Cable Car in San Francisco

• Visit Alcatraz, San Francisco

• Go to Comicon, San Francisco

• Visit Mount Rushmore Memorial, South Dakota

• Eat at the White Limozeen Restaurant, Tennessee

• Visit the Titanic Museum, Tennessee

• Stay at Smoky Mountain Station, Tennessee

• Kayak down Salt Flats, Utah

• Stay at the Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake City, Utah

• Visit The Awakening Statue, Washington DC

• Visit the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington DC

• Visit the Abraham Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC - COMPLETED

• Visit the White House, Washington DC - COMPLETED

• Visit Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

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VIETNAM

• Visit Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

GENERAL

• See a medium

• Watch a Wimbledon match

• Watch an Olympic game

• Watch a ballet show

• Watch an opera show

• See Spice Girls on tour - COMPLETED

• Go to a drive-in movie - COMPLETED

• Go skinny-dipping

• Go snowboarding

• Go scuba diving

• Climb a lighthouse

• Climb to the top of a tree

• Climb a volcano

• Dance on a bar

• Attend the colour run

• Attend a paint party

• Play a game of paintball

• Walk on hot coals

• Join a flash mob

• Ride a mechanical bull

• Wear a sumo wrestling suit

• Win a stuffed animal at a fair

• Stand under a waterfall

• Visit a rainforest

• Have a game of beer pong - COMPLETED

• Shoot a gun

• Run a marathon

• Be in two places at once

• Lay on the Four Corners (4 States at once)

• Take a road trip with friends - COMPLETED

• Stay at a spa resort - COMPLETED

• Own my own house

• Go on an girls trip - COMPLETED

• Own a piece of Tiffany jewellery

• Go pumpkin picking

• Achieve my ideal weight

• Sing in a recording studio - COMPLETED

• Own a pair of Louboutin heels

• Saber a Champagne Bottle

• Buy a bottle of expensive champagne whilst out

• Own an original piece of artwork - COMPLETED

• Attend a High School Reunion

• Attend a foam party - COMPLETED

• Attend a same sex wedding

• Visit a Vineyard

• Meet someone famous - COMPLETED

• Be a bridesmaid - COMPLETED

• Send a message in a bottle

• Bury a time capsule

• Do a charity walk - COMPLETED

• Hold an event for elderly people who are alone on Christmas

• Leave a 100% tip for a server

• Pay for a family's Meal

• Pay a bill for a stranger

• Pay the bridge toll for the person behind me

• Throw an axe

• Give blood

• Get a tattoo

• Carry out a random act of kindness - COMPLETED

• Send a care package to a soldier

• Sponsor a child's wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation

• Help someone with a check on their bucket list

• Complete the Game of Thrones Series - (7/7 COMPLETED)

• Watch the top 150 movies of all time - (61 / 150 - Completed)

• Take part at a Volunteer Programme Abroad

• Chase a Tornado

• Go on a safari - COMPLETED

• Explore a cave

• Take a Disney cruise

• Go glamping

• Fly a kite

• Go to Reading Festival

• Go to Glastonbury Festival

• Sleep in a Yurt

• Sleep in an Igloo

• Jump into a pool full clothed

• Go to the cinema by myself

• Go to dinner by myself

• Renovate a house

• Go surfing

• Go on a cruise - COMPLETED

• Go on a trip with no predetermined destination - Turn up at the airport and get a ticket for the first flight

• Travel solo

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FOOD

• Try snails - COMPLETED

• Make a Gingerbread House - COMPLETED

• Partake in a food fight

• Stomp grapes

• Go wine tasting

• Learn to eat with chopsticks - COMPLETED

• Eat a whole meal with chopsticks - COMPLETED

• Cook a Christmas dinner

• Drink from a coconut

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ANIMALS / NATURE

• Milk a cow

• Hold a tarantula

• Hold a koala bear

• Bathe an elephant

• Ride an elephant

• Go whale watching

• Go dog sledding

• Go to a cat cafe

• Glamp with llamas - COMPLETED

• Ride a camel

• Feed a penguin - COMPLETED

• Feed a lamb - COMPLETED

• Swim with sharks

• Swim with dolphins - COMPLETED

• Swim with pink dolphins, Amazon

• Watch the Sunrise & Sunset in one day

• Witness a Solar Eclipse - COMPLETED

• Sleep under the stars 

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TRANSPORT

• Drive a quad bike

• Ride in a Tuk Tuk - COMPLETED

• Ride in a Limousine - COMPLETED

• Ride in a Dune Buggy

• Ride on an Airboat - COMPLETED

• Travel First Class - COMPLETED

• Drive a Tractor

• Ride a Jetski - COMPLETED

• Ride a Segway

• Race a Go Kart - COMPLETED

• Drive a Speed Boat

• Take a trip on a canal boat

• Sail a Yacht

• Ride in an American Cadillac in USA

• Ride a Vespa in Tuscany, Italy

• Ride a Gondola, Venice

• Ride the Orient Express

• Drive a snowmobile

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RELATIONSHIPS

• Fall in love - COMPLETED

• Find the love of my life - COMPLETED

• Get married to the love of my life

• Start a family

• Present my parents with their dream holiday

• Surprise a family member with a trip

• Create my family tree

• Do an ancestry test

• Be kissed in the pouring rain - COMPLETED

• Have a romantic dinner on the beach

• Make a Netflix den  ​

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CAREER

• Design a career around my passion

• Start my own business

• Take a sabbatical 

• Create a website for my business

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LEARN

• Learn sign language - COMPLETED

• Learn a new language

• Learn to say 'Hello' in 10 languages

• Learn to say 'Thank you' in 10 languages

• Be able to speak French at a good level

• Learn to play the piano - COMPLETED

• Learn to play a song on an instrument

• Create a website - COMPLETED

• Learn to play Poker

• Complete a training course in make up 

• Learn something new every day for a year

• Make / Upcycle my own furniture

• Create my own Blog - COMPLETED

• Solve a Rubiks Cube

• Start a fire without matches

• Learn CPR / First Aid - COMPLETED