Friday 1 March 2019


50 Things to do before my 51st birthday(20 June 2020)



As I am turning 50 this summer, I wanted to set myself some challenges and tasks to complete as part of my year of celebration. Some of them are easy, some are way out of my comfort zone. Some are off my bucket list, and lots will not be completed, but I am going to try to tick them all off before my 51st birthday next year. Watch this space......


  1. Visit one of the Wonders of the World
  2. Get a tattoo
  3. Learn Italian 
  4. Visit the Caribbean
  5. Throw a party not at home
  6. Go to my School Reunion
  7. Go in a Hot Air Balloon
  8. Reconnect with an old friend(s)
  9. Run a Half marathon
  10. Learn to swim properly for fitness
  11. Pay anonymously for a strangers drinks in a cafe
  12. Tell my family I love them
  13. Bake a loaf of bread
  14. Start writing a book
  15. Volunteer at a homeless shelter
  16. Ride in a helicopter
  17. See Mark Knopfler in the Royal Albert Hall
  18. Swim with Sharks
  19. Take a photography class
  20. Take a DNA Ancestry test 
  21. Swim in a Cenote
  22. Sleep under the stars
  23. Eat Sushi
  24. Complete an Olympic distance Triathlon
  25. Go to a Dance Class
  26. Complete a cycle Sportive
  27. Learn to descend on a Road Bike
  28. Send a message in a bottle
  29. Put £5 in a library book in the library and watch who finds it
  30. Visit Stonehenge
  31. and Giants Causeway
  32. Eat Fish and Chips on North Shields Fish Quay
  33. Bake a cake
  34. Shower in a waterfall
  35. Sing Karaoke
  36. Bench Press 100kg
  37. Let go of grudges and forgive
  38. See a Baseball game
  39. Take a Cookery Class
  40. Eat 10 things that I have never eaten before
  41. Visit (or at least book to) Australia
  42. See a West End or Broadway Show
  43. Return to playing Squash
  44. and Golf
  45. Start to trace my Family tree
  46. Take my parents to a Michelin Starred Restaurant
  47. Run 3 mountains in a day
  48. Start more advanced Orthodontic Training
  49. Go Skinny Dipping
  50. Sky Dive