The Bucket List

No, not a review of the film starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, but a list of places and things I want to do. I seem to have mentioned it so often in these pages that I thought I would publish it.

What is a Bucket List

You may be asking yourself just what is a bucket list? Well, here is a slightly depressing definition for you:

A bucket list is a curated collection of experiences, achievements, or goals that a person hopes to accomplish before they “kick the bucket” (a slang term for dying).

You will see from the list below that it really is all about travel and not about “finding myself” as I think it’s a bit late for that and it’s a load of twaddle. If you are looking for more ideas along that line there is a long list here.

How do I decide what goes on the list?

Broadly, things on my list fall into two categories:

• Places to visit, usually cities but can be counties too
• Special events and cultural highlights.

People (mainly my wife) often ask me how I find a seemingly endless list of places to visit. The answer is that I am signed up to multiple mailing lists for various museums and council events and find things that way.

I am signed up to all the major museums in London, Oxford and Reading plus places like the Historic Dockyards and Fleet Air Arm Museum. Not only do these keep me up-to-date on their events but quite often they cover partner events too.

That covers a lot of specific events but there are also places we want to go too. For example, every capitol city in Europe.

The List(s)

Clearly this is a movable feast as I am constantly ticking things off and adding new items to the lists.

Also, these are my lists, it isn’t yours so there will be things on it that don’t interest you I’m sure – go create your own list!

Museum/Event Ideas

Item	Details	Done
London to Brighton	https://www.veterancarrun.com/	[-]
Highgate Cemetery	https://highgatecemetery.org/visit	[-]
Padstow May Day	https://www.visitcornwall.com/whats-on/traditional-cultural/north-coast/padstow/padstow-may-day	[-]
Morgan car factory	https://www.morgan-motor.com/experience-morgan/factory-tours/	[-]
Crown jewels	https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/the-crown-jewels/	[-]
Caen Hill locks	https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit/caen-hill-locks	[-]
Junction Arch Heritage & Arts	https://www.junctionarch.org	[-]
Climb the dome	https://tickets.aegeurope.com/upattheo2/climbs.html	[-]
Battersea Power Station	https://batterseapowerstation.co.uk – https://lift109.co.uk/	[-]
Cavern Club, Liverpool	https://www.cavernclub.com	[-]
Westminster Abbey	https://www.westminster-abbey.org/visit-us	[-]
Shakespeare Globe Tour	https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/shakespeares-globe-story-and-tour/	[-]
Tate Modern	https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern (Free)	[-]
National Space Centre	https://www.spacecentre.co.uk/	[-]
Isle of Man TT	https://www.iomttraces.com	[-]
Ronnie Scott’s	https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/	[-]
Comedy Store	https://thecomedystore.co.uk	[-]
Fishbourne Roman Palace	https://sussexpast.co.uk/attraction/fishbourne-roman-palace/	[-]
The Wallace Collection	https://www.wallacecollection.org/	[-]
The Art of Banksy	https://artofbanksy.co.uk/	[-]
Claude Bosi (Binendum building)	https://claudebosi.com/ – https://accidentallywesanderson.com/making-of-the-michelin-man/ (Free)	[-]
Ronda	https://www.espanaguide.com/seville/how-to-get-from-seville-to-ronda/	[-]
Myrtle Avenue Viewing Area	https://charliepauly.com/heathrow-plane-spotting/ (Free)	[-]
Englefield Green	https://www.englefieldestate.co.uk//-estate/gardens-woodlands/gardens – Englefield Green Gardens	[x]
London Zoo Sleepover	https://www.londonzoo.org/plan-your-visit/zoo-experiences/lodges-sleepover-at-the-zoo	[-]
Frameless	https://frameless.com/	[-]
Churchill War Rooms	https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/churchill-war-rooms	[-]
Crossness Pumping Station.	https://crossness.org.uk/	[x]
Fenton House and Garden	https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/london/fenton-house-and-garden	[-]
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology	https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/petrie-museum (Free)	[-]
Westminster Cathedral Bell Tower	https://westminstercathedral.org.uk/the-cathedral/an-architectural-gem/	[-]
Notting Hill Carnival	https://nhcarnival.org/ (Free)	[-]
The Reading Plaques	https://www.readingcivicsociety.org.uk/heritage/ (Free)	[-]
Lost gardens of Heligan	https://www.heligan.com	[-]
Bank of England Museum	https://wwwbankofenglandnco.uk/museum (Free)	[-]
The Ceremony of the Keys, Tower of London	https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/whats-on/ceremony-of-the-keys/#gs.jwbvne	[-]
Horizon 22	https://horizon22.co.uk/book/ (Free)	[-]
Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke (Plant Basingstoke)	https://www.plantinbasingstoke.com/	[-]
Haynes Motor Museum	https://www.haynesmuseum.org/the-museum/our-collection/exhibitions/williams-f1-the-drivers-the-driven/	[-]
Museum of Brands	https://museumofbrands.com/	[-]
Clapham South: Subterranean Shelter	https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/hidden-london/clapham-south	[-]
Royal International Air Tattoo	https://www.airtattoo.com/	[-]
Stoke Row Steam Rally	https://stokerowsteamrally.com/	[x]
Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway	https://www.cliffrailwaylynton.co.uk	[-]
Oxford Open Doors	https://www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/oxford-open-doors (September)	[-]
Agatha Christie at the Wallingford Museum	https://www.wallingfordmuseum.org.uk/exhibitions	[-]
David Bowie Centre	https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/david-bowie-centre	[-]
Kempton Steam Museum	https://kemptonsteam.org/	[-]
Imber Village	www.imbervillage.co.uk / https://www.imberchurch.org.uk/services.html	[-]
Wes Anderson: An Archive	https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/wes-anderson-the-archives (until July 26)	[-]
Treasures of the British Library	https://events.bl.uk/exhibitions/treasures-of-the-british-library	[-]
Oxford Bus Museum	https://www.oxfordbusmuseum.org/	[-]
Centre for Computing History (Cambridge)	https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/	[-]
Caledonian sleeper	https://scot.rail	[-]
Bristol balloon festival	http://www.bristolballoonfiesta.co.uk/	[x]
Ragged School Museum	https://raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk/	[-]

Holiday/Break Ideas

Item	Done
Athens	[x]
Edinburgh Festival	[x]
Machu Pichu	[-]
China	[-]
Dubrovnik	[x]
Moscow	[-]
Safari	[-]
Southern Med Cruise	[x]
Sicily	[x]
Sonning Theatre	[x]
Narrow boat	[-]
Hadrian’s Wall	[x]
New York	[x]
New England in the fall	[x]
West coast of USA	[x]
Iceland & Northern Lights	[-]
Scandinavia	[x]
Istanbul	[-]
Indy 500	[-]
Chelsea Flower Show	[x]
Petra, Jordan	[-]
Pyramids, Egypt	[-]
Cuba	[-]
Primrose Hill	[x]
Cape Town	[-]
Öresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark	[-]
Brooklands museum	[x]
Spitbank fort	[-]
Mount Fuji & cherry blossom	[-]
Mount Fanjingshan	[-]
Iguazu Falls, Brazil/Argentina	[-]
Wales driving tour	[x]
Porto, Portugal	[-]
Deep South USA	[-]
Cappadocia, Turkey	[-]

European Cities

Country	Capital City	Done
Albania	Tirana	[-]
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	[-]
Austria	Vienna	[x]
Belarus	Minsk	[-]
Belgium	Brussels	[x]
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Sarajevo	[-]
Bulgaria	Sofia	[-]
Croatia	Zagreb	[-]
Cyprus	Nicosia	[-]
Czech Republic	Prague	[x]
Denmark	Copenhagen	[x]
Estonia	Tallinn	[-]
Finland	Helsinki	[x]
France	Paris	[x]
Germany	Berlin	[x]
Greece	Athens	[x]
Greenland	Nuuk	[-]
Holy See	Vatican City	[x]
Hungary	Budapest	[x]
Iceland	Reykjavik	[-]
Ireland	Dublin	[x]
Italy	Rome	[x]
Latvia	Riga	[-]
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	[-]
Lithuania	Vilnius	[-]
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	[-]
Macedonia, Rep. of	Skopje	[-]
Malta	Valletta	[x]
Moldova	Chisinau	[-]
Monaco	Monaco	[x]
Montenegro	Podgorica	[-]
Netherlands	Amsterdam	[x]
Norway	Oslo	[-]
Poland	Warsaw	[-]
Portugal	Lisbon	[x]
Romania	Bucharest	[-]
Russia	Moscow	[-]
San Marino	San Marino	[-]
Serbia	Belgrade	[-]
Slovakia	Bratislava	[x]
Slovenia	Ljubljana	[-]
Spain	Madrid	[x]
Sweden	Stockholm	[-]
Switzerland	Bern	[-]
Ukraine	Kiev	[-]
United Kingdom	London	[x]