50 Places to go before you die:
1 The Grand Canyon – done |
2 Great Barrier Reef – done |
3 Florida – done |
4 South Island |
5 Cape Town |
6 Golden Temple |
7 Las Vegas – done |
8 Sydney – done |
9 New York – done |
10 Taj Mahal |
11 Canadian Rockies |
12 Uluru |
13 Chichen Itza – Mexico |
14 Machu Picchu – Peru – done |
15 Niagara Falls – done |
16 Petra – Jordan |
17 The Pyramids – Egypt |
18 Venice |
19 The Maldives – done |
20 Great Wall of China |
21 Victoria Falls – Zimbabwe |
22 Hong Kong |
23 Yosemite National Park – done |
24 Hawaii |
25 Auckland – New Zealand |
26 Iguassu Falls |
27 Paris – done |
28 Alaska |
29 Angkor Wat – Cambodia |
30 Himalayas – Nepal |
31 Rio de Janeiro – Brazil |
32 Masai Mara – Kenya |
33 Galapagos Islands – Ecuador |
34 Luxor – Egypt |
35 Rome – done |
36 San Francisco – done |
37 Barcelona – done |
38 Dubai |
39 Singapore – done |
40 La Digue – Seychelles |
41 Sri Lanka |
42 Bangkok |
43 Barbados |
44 Iceland |
45 Terracotta Army – China |
46 Zermatt – Switzerland – done |
47 Angel Falls – Venezuela |
48 Abu Simbel – Egypt |
49 Bali |
50 French Polynesia |
50 Things to Do Before You Die:
1 Swim with dolphins – done |
2 Dive the GBR |
3 Fly on Concorde – Never going to happen! |
4 Whale watching – done |
5 Dive with sharks – done |
6 Skydive – Never going to happen |
7 Hot air ballooning – Never going to happen |
8 Fly a jet |
9 Go on safari |
10 See Aurora Borealis |
11 Walking the Inca Trail – done |
12 Climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge – done |
13 Visiting a paradise island – done |
14 Driving a Formula 1 car – Never going to happen |
15 Whitewater rafting – done |
16 Walking the Great Wall of China |
17 Doing a bungee jump |
18 Train journey across the Canadian Rockies |
19 Driving down Route 66 – done but not all of it |
20 Helicopter tour over the Grand Canyon – done |
21 Travelling on the Orient Express |
22 Bathing an elephant |
23 Visiting Antarctica – been to Lapland |
24 Riding a Harley Davidson – done |
25 Cowboy ranching |
26 Climbing Mount Everest |
27 Experiencing a waterfall – done |
28 Seeing the Earth from space |
29 Exploring the Galapagos Islands |
30 Trekking through a rainforest – done – Peru again |
31 Galloping a horse along a beach |
32 Exploring the Pyramids |
33 Travelling on the Trans-Siberian Railway |
34 Watching the sun rise or set at Uluru |
35 Wingwalking – never going to happen |
36 Climbing Mt Kilimanjaro |
37 A flight over a volcano |
38 Husky sledding – done |
39 Glacier hiking |
40 Riding the world’s rollercoasters – Disneyland was enough for me |
41 Blue Marlin fishing in the Florida Keys |
42 Paragliding – Nope |
43 Playing golf on Augusta National Golf Course |
44 Trek to see a gorilla |
45 Seeing tigers in the wild |
46 Hurtling down the Cresta Run |
47 Walt Disney World – done |
48 Las Vegas Casinos – done |
49 Watching orang-utans |
50 Watching polar bears |
50 Signs You’ve Made It. Whatever IT is:
1 Holiday Home |
2 Children at private school – done |
3 Have a Cleaner – done |
4 Have a Nanny – done |
5 Frequent Shopping Trips to other Cities – done |
6 Annual Ski Trips |
7 Pony Riding Lessons for the Kids – done |
8 Have Flown 1st Class – done for ten mins 🙂 |
9 A Driveway Longer than 200 Yrds |
10 Wine Cellar – done 😉 |
11 A Summerhouse – in it right now |
12 A Home Gym – done |
13 Car for Mainly Weekend Use |
14 Owning a Sit-On Mower |
15 Personal Number Plate – done |
16 A Hot Tub – used to have one. Didn’t like it. |
17 Golf Membership – used to have one. |
18 Enjoy Sailing Weekends – don’t like sailing |
19 A Small Orchard in the Garden |
20 Home Cinema System – done |
21 An Orangery |
22 Shop at Waitrose – done |
23 Have Electric Garage Doors – have electric gates but no garage! |
24 A Wet Room – the downstairs bathroom |
25 Designer Luggage – don’t care enough |
26 Attending Ascot Every Year – God no! |
27 A Glazed Conservatory |
28 Own an Aga – The wife doesn’t like them |
29 A TV Larger than 55″ – Christmas time… |
30 Eat Lobster – done |
31 His & Hers Sinks – Decided not to do it. |
32 A Log Burner – three open real fireplaces |
33 A TV in Every Room – not quite! |
34 Tennis Club Membership |
35 Fridge with Ice Dispenser |
36 400-Thread-Count Sheets – no idea! |
37 Have a Pedigree Dog – done |
38 A Wine Cooler – done |
39 Take the Dog to Doggy Daycare |
40 Take the Dog for Treatments |
41 An FB page Littered with Foreign Holidays – not doing the FB thing! |
42 A Golf Handicap under 15 – done |
43 A Lazy Susan – two of them, and I made them. |
44 Own a Picnic Hamper – done |
45 Matching Bathrobes – I don’t wear them. |
46 Own Many Gilets – done |
47 Own Cricket Whites – the boy does |
48 On 1st-Name Terms with the Local Vicar – played golf with him |
49 On 1st-Name Terms with the local Pub Landlord |
50 Have 2000 Twitter Followers – 2? |