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?