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Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:55 am
by Daily Express bot
Adz on the Sven-Goran thread prompted me to ask this, has anyone got some real desires or wishes on a Bucket List they would like to achieve or experience , apart from the obvious like winning the Lotto ?
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:49 am
by CEB
Actually write and publish a graphic novel
Lift the plate in the chaos cup
Go on a sketching holiday in Japan
Be selected for what was the BP portrait awards
Get better with oil painting
Open a little independent illustration/art shop or stall
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:54 am
by Fisch
Visit Oz. I won't because the flight time would kill me. Even if it didn't the jetlag would.
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:01 pm
by Friend or fart
Non-achievable: Australia, South America, Portugal. Achievable: Orkneys, Shetlands, Giant's Causeway. Achieved: New York, Mexico, Isle of Man, Scillies, Farne Islands, Arran Islands and driving to the VERY top of the highest Pass in Europe ( at the time la Bonette 2802 m - the 2 now listed as higher, I believe are somewhat contentious.
I would like to see a sun fish:- on my trip to the Scillies, the ship captain pointed one out, I had my dog & I am short, everyone stood up before me, saw no sun fish.
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:02 pm
by Friend or fart
Friend or faux wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:01 pm
Non-achievable: Australia, South America, Portugal. Achievable: Orkneys, Shetlands, Giant's Causeway. Achieved: New York, Mexico, Isle of Man, Scillies, Farne Islands, Arran Islands and driving to the VERY top of the highest Pass in Europe ( at the time la Bonette 2802 m - the 2 now listed as higher, I believe are somewhat contentious).
I would like to see a sun fish:- on my trip to the Scillies, the ship captain pointed one out, I had my dog & I am short, everyone stood up before me, saw no sun fish.
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:11 pm
by LittleMate
Cycle around Europe, following the sun. Start in Portugal or Italy and head up to northern Europe before heading south again. Stop along the way to take in the sights and cultures.
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:15 pm
by Daily Express bot
LittleMate wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:11 pm
Cycle around Europe, following the sun. Start in Portugal or Italy and head up to northern Europe before heading south again. Stop along the way to take in the sights and cultures.
Quite modest and very achievable indeed. I like the sound of the sun, just imagining it. Portugal and Italy are fantastic places ,especially if you like your food!
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:30 pm
by ComeOnYouOs
1..See the northern lights in the UK
2 see a Kingfisher
3 See a red squirrel
Very modest really
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:41 pm
by Proposition Joe
Fisch wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:54 am
Visit Oz. I won't because the flight time would kill me. Even if it didn't the jetlag would.
The jetlag is alright. Spaces you out for a day or so and there was the time I confused a doorway with a mirror and wondered why I couldn't see my reflection but other than that it's generally not too bad.
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:44 pm
by Orient_Man_And_Boy
See the Mighty Os lift the FA Cup, then I’d sleep easy in my grave.
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:46 pm
by LPE
3 months inter railing around Europe in the Summer. But, not on a budget, which I had to do when I did it for a few weeks in 2000.
The Ride London 100 is also on there. Now it’s through Essex not Surrey, it might be possible (as I wouldn’t be able to have managed those hills).
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:55 pm
by Friend or fart
ComeOnYouOs :- The Isle of Wight is the place. You would be in with a good dog's chance of seeing a red squirrel. I always wanted to see a puffin, but after going to the Farne Islands, there are so many you get blasé. Mind you they look so weird, I reckon they could be a scam!
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:00 pm
by Cheshunto
See the O’s in the Premier League
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:01 pm
by Proposition Joe
LPE wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:46 pm
3 months inter railing around Europe in the Summer. But, not on a budget, which I had to do when I did it for a few weeks in 2000.
That sounds great and doing the budget thing in the 00s is absolutely something I should have done when I had the chance. Only managed a week doing Budapest - Prague - Berlin on overnight trains with a couple of nights in each. Oh well.
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:23 pm
by Rich Tea Wellin
Friend or faux wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:01 pm
Non-achievable: Australia, South America, Portugal.
Why’s Portugal not achievable? It’s about a 3 hour flight
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:24 pm
by Rich Tea Wellin
Fisch wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:54 am
Visit Oz. I won't because the flight time would kill me. Even if it didn't the jetlag would.
Just do it. Life’s short. You’ll get over flight time and jet lag.
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:24 pm
by Long slender neck
ComeOnYouOs wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:30 pm
1..See the northern lights in the UK
2 see a Kingfisher
3 See a red squirrel
Very modest really
I've seen a Kingfisher over Rainham Marshes
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:26 pm
by Long slender neck
Bang Maya Jama
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:28 pm
by Rich Tea Wellin
Quite literally a bucket list
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:43 pm
by EliotNes
So many to list, so I won't as I'll bore you with all but a handful and I'm doing one this year - going to see the Bayeaux Tapestry.
See the;
Terracotta Army
Angkor Wat
Golden Gate Bridge (walk across it)
John O'Groats
Gracelands
Niagara Falls
Crown Jewels
Edinburgh Castle
Titanic Museum
That'll do for now.
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:56 pm
by Proposition Joe
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:58 pm
by Proposition Joe
EliotNes wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:43 pm
Crown Jewels
Should be able to tick that one off next time you go for a wee.
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 3:02 pm
by LittleMate
Daily Express bot wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:15 pm
LittleMate wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:11 pm
Cycle around Europe, following the sun. Start in Portugal or Italy and head up to northern Europe before heading south again. Stop along the way to take in the sights and cultures.
Quite modest and very achievable indeed. I like the sound of the sun, just imagining it. Portugal and Italy are fantastic places ,especially if you like your food!
Yep. My main inhibitors are the fact that I'm still working and that my wife does not cycle. She will be my support team, possibly even in a camper van. Move on 50 miles and I meet her there. Every 3-4 days we stop and enjoy the surrounds for 48 hours.
I've enjoyed rural Portugal and Italy before and would gladly do it again, but I'm keen to explore Croatia, Greec and south-west Europe. I've toyed with the idea of doing it two successive spring/summers.
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 3:03 pm
by LittleMate
I'd pay good money for someone to put gorilla tape over her mouth.
Re: Bucket List
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 3:09 pm
by EliotNes
Proposition Joe wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:58 pm
EliotNes wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:43 pm
Crown Jewels
Should be able to tick that one off next time you go for a wee.
I love the humour on this board.
