My Bucket List.
A bucket list is a wish list of things to do before you die or ‘kick the bucket’. I have no intention of departing from this mortal life until I have crossed everything off my bucket list, which seems to be growing longer daily.
This section of my website contains details of my bucket list. Some of the things I have managed to do and some of the things I still have to do before I die. The things I have managed to cross off my bucket list have a tick ´´ at the start of the blog.
Whenever I see something new that I want to do, I add it to this list. I have recently started cruising and have found it an excellent way to enjoy a holiday and to be able to cross off some of the things on my bucket list. It does seem that a lot of the things on my bucket list are travel-related, and I could make a separate travel bucket list. Others are things I have now experienced or want to do, and could be included in a separate experience bucket list.
The term Bucket List has been around for a long time, but has maybe become a lot more popular since one of my favourite films, The Bucket List, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, was released in 2007. If you have never seen this film, I highly recommend you watch it. If you haven’t already got one, it will make you start your bucket list.
I have been a Hobbit and Lord of the Rings fan since I first played the game on my cousin's ZX81 computer and then read the book The Hobbit way back in 1981. A few years later, I read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I think that the films of the books have been my most-watched films as well. I have now added visiting Hobbiton to my bucket list of things to do before I die.
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Since I was very young and used to watch Magnum PI, starring Tom Selleck, on television, I have wanted to see the Hawaiian islands. Some of my friends have been and they have all said what a great place it was to visit.
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I have always been fascinated by the vast Whales I have seen on TV nature programs and the Orca I have seen at SeaWorld in Florida. I had always wanted to see them in their natural habitat and have now been able to cross it off my bucket list.
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I saw an advert for this Miniature wonderland on Farcebook, decided it looked interesting, and added it to my bucket list. It's much better than the old miniature villages I remember being bored by as a kid.
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Like so many people, I have always been fascinated by pictures of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and have wanted to visit Rio de Janeiro and Brazil for a long time.
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I saw a photo of St Govans Chapel in Bosherton, Pembrokeshire, Wales, on Farcebook and immediately decided to visit it.
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I think I once went to Carcassonne as a young boy. I think I was there with my mum, dad and sister on a visit on the way back from a family holiday in Spain.
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I have always been fascinated by the Leaning Tower of Piza and have always wanted to go there. Recently, more of my friends have visited it, and after seeing their photos, I have put it on my bucket.
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I had always wanted to go to Japan and have now been on an escorted tour of Japan, trying to visit as much as possible.
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From a young age, I had always loved Humphrey Bogart films and have been somewhat of a romantic; I know I hide it well. I had always wanted to visit Casablanca in Morocco but have now been able to cross it off my bucket list.
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I went on The Maid of the Mist when I went to America in the 1990s with my friend Alistar Parry. We flew to New York, hired a car and drove through the state of New York to the Canadian and American border, where we stayed on the American side of Niagara Falls.
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One of the places I have always wanted to visit is the Augusta National Golf Club. I love golf, but I do not want to play golf there. Just walk around the course to soak up the beautiful location.
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I saw a photo of the Langkawi Sky Bridge on my computer when Microsoft chose it as a screen saver, and I decided to add it to my bucket list.
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I had my computer set up to change images daily using Microsoft Bing images. One morning, the picture showed this marvellous castle. As it is in Spain, there is an excellent chance that I will be able to visit it and take it off of my bucket list.
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I think the first time I saw a Segway was on television. It was a policeman riding one somewhere, and I thought straight away that I had to have a go on one. I have now crossed riding a Segway off my bucket list.
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My parents went to Jasper National Park, and once I saw the photos of them there, I immediately put it on my bucket list.
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The Elephant Jungle Sanctuary is a unique project set in Thailand. My mum would have loved to have gone there, and I would love to have shared this bucket list experience with her.
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My mum would have told you I have already been to the Eiffel Tower. She was pregnant with me when she visited it in 1966.
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Petra is a historical and archaeological city in the southern Jordanian governorate of Ma'an, and it is on my bucket list.
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Angkor Wat is a temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world.
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Chichen Itza in Mexico is a place that I have only ever seen on television but is a place that, as soon as I saw it, I thought I had to visit.
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It has been an ambition to go scuba diving on The Great Barrier Reef for as long as I can remember. Because of my health, I think I will probably have to snorkel at the reef rather than dive, but it is still on my bucket list.
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I saw the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Hope online and thought it looked like a great place to add to my bucket list. I have now visited it and crossed it off my bucket list.
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I saw a picture of the Kaleto Fortress on a computer screen saver and decided it was a place I would add to my bucket list as a place to visit.
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As a small boy, I was fascinated by China and had always wanted to visit it. One of the things I wanted to do if I visited China was to walk a section of the Great Wall of China.
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Machu Picchu was one of the places my dad had always wanted to go to and never went to because of ill health. Because of my dad, I started looking into Machu Picchu to see what it was, where it was and why he wanted to go there.
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I guess swimming with dolphins would be on most people's bucket lists. I managed to swim with dolphins at Discovery Cove, Sea World in Orlando, Florida, in 2004.
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I had wanted a hot air balloon flight for a long time and received a flight from my mum as a Christmas present in 2003. It was my first time flying in a hot air balloon, but not the last, and I have now crossed it off my bucket list.
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As a young child, like many others, I always wanted to be an astronaut. As this seemed out of my reach, I decided to go to Kennedy Space Centre in Florida and see a live rocket launch. I have done this many times and have crossed it off my bucket list.
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Why would anyone want to go cliff diving? I remember seeing Elvis Presley diving off a cliff in one of his films and thinking how cool it would be to have a go.
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I am in the lucky position to say that I have flown the Grand Canyon on three occasions.
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