After a simple list of experiences? Here're some of the things I've got up to...so far
Whilst many of the things I've got up to can be found on the bucket list pages on this site, here's a more extensive list which you can quickly scan your way through . What will jump out to you? What might light that spark inside you and perhaps make you think about how you can do it too?
joined Sussex Police on a night shift (one of my best nights ever!)
went in a police cell (police station open day)
asked if I could sit in a police car in Leicester Square. London
ate lunch in a prison (Clink Restaurant)
went to Europe's biggest Halloween scare festival, Shocktober, West Sussex
pulled a pint behind a bar
saw a volcano
saw a glacier
met the original cast of 1980s' TV show Fame
watched the England's Lionesses play an international football match
went to the Ice Bar in London
had a helicopter flying lesson
went whale watching in Scotland
had a snake placed around my neck
drove a Ferrari around Silverstone
went on a Segway
landed at an airport that regularly features in top 10 lists of the most dangerous runways! (Madeira)
did the Tree Tops adventure at Go Ape
had a trial motorbike lesson
drove an HGV in a private yard
drove a 6-gear tractor
was a guest on a radio show
co-hosted a radio show
hosted my own radio show
worked as a counting assistant for local and national elections (including the EU referendum)
rode a horse
paid for a stranger’s meal in a restaurant without them knowing it was us
went on a Ducktour in London
asked for the Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town at the Breakfast Club, London which allowed me to walk through a Smeg fridge into a secret cocktail bar in the basement
went up to the Sky Garden in London
visited 10 filming locations in London including Harry Potter and Bridget Jones's Diary
visited Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch on Anglesey, Wales
visited stunning Italian-looking Portmeirion, Wales
went on the longest zip wire in Europe (1.5 kilometres long) & the fastest in the world at Zip World, Penrhyn Quarry, Wales
visited all English and Welsh counties
learnt to play something on an unfamiliar musical instrument
milked a cow
went to the ballet
studied at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London
went to ‘adult night’ at the largest indoor play area near Portsmouth (including slides and ball pits) in pjs and with freckles drawn on and hair in bunches
watched sunrise at Beachy Head, Sussex
completed Couch to 5K
visited a Caribbean rainforest
played the bagpipes in Scotland
drove to John O’Groats, Scotland
visited the Bucket List Café, Glasgow (an accidental yet extraordinary find whilst searching for bagpipes!)
had afternoon tea at Highclere Castle (known as ‘Downton Abbey’) in Berkshire
had afternoon tea up the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, Hampshire
played Pooh Sticks at Pooh Bridge in Ashdown Forest, Sussex
went on a private tour of Pinewood Studios, UK
watched every James Bond movie
had breakfast whilst watching the sun rise from the Duck and Waffle Restaurant, London which is about 40 floors up
ate breakfast at the Cereal Killer Café in Camden, London
met a famous person
attended a Diwali festival
ate at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant in London
went to the Christmas Spectacular show at Thursford, Norfolk
took a photo of the Coca Cola Christmas truck
attended the Winter Lights Festival in Canary Wharf, London
bought a Bakewell tart from the original shop in Bakewell, Derbyshire
went through the Eurotunnel from England to France
went on a tour at Anfield, the home of Liverpool FC
went to the Chelsea Flower Show, London
visited the Harry Potter Studios, Hertfordshire
ate ratatouille at the Ratatouille restaurant at Disneyland Paris
did an off-road driving experience at Mercedes World, Surrey
watched a film at the Backyard Cinema, London
went on the Eurostar for a day trip to Paris
ate lunch at the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium
struck a coin at the Royal Mint in Wales
saw a Banksy artwork
visited a Commonwealth war grave in France
visited Wells in Somerset, the smallest city in England
visited The Angel of the North, Tyne and Wear
visited Gretna Green, Scotland, the destination for eloping English couples to wed
walked through the Poison Gardens at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
ate at the Rollercoaster Restaurant at Alton Towers, Staffordshire
ate dinner at the Treehouse Restaurant, Northumberland
visited the Lake District, England
went in a hot tub
had my belly button pierced
learnt how to use chopsticks and used them rather than a fork for a month
helped the keepers at Trentham Monkey Forest, Staffordshire feed monkeys their breakfast by coming in an hour before the park opened
saw a play at the Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
had an owl swoop onto my arm
went on a cruise
visited 25 countries in one year that I'd never been to before to celebrate my 50th birthday
went to a drive-in movie
visited God’s Own Junkyard in Walthamstow, London
took photos at Lavington Lavender near Chichester, West Sussex
completed 100 hours of volunteering
attended a one-day 'cookery course
stood on the Meridian Line in Greenwich, London
saw a sporting event at the Olympic stadium in London
abseiled the ArcerlorMittal Orbit in London which is the UK's tallest structure
made a piece of jewellery and wore it at a social function
took part in a flash mob with more than 200 others
did karaoke in Japan (where solo karaoke is a thing so it's easy to book a booth)
did a free belly dancing taster class
attended dance classes as an adult
went on a gondola in Venice, Italy
rented a house in France on my own for a week
went parasailing in Cyprus
went to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece
went on a traditional wicker basket sledge down the hills of Madeira
completed 100 days of DuoLingo learning a new language
caught a train at the world's busiest train station (Shinjuku, Tokyo) at rush hour
went on the Shinkansen (bullet train) in Japan