What is a bucket list?
By definition; a number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime.
I started my bucket list quiet a few years ago, and with the recent world events, I have taken the time to review and update my list.
This list is ever evolving. As I learn and grow, some of the things I want to experience may change.
I hope you can use this list as inspiration to start your own, and of course, feel free to add as many as you like to your list. Your list should be entirely personal to you, and what you want to achieve in your lifetime. Although I’ve ticked lots of mine off, I do keep adding to it, so I don’t think I’ll every truly finish it.
My ultimate bucket list task is to visit every country in the world – I’ve done lots, but still have a long way to go!
| Abseil down a cliff/waterfall | |
| Abseil the Orbital Tower (London) | |
| Add a lock to lovers bridge (Paris) | Complete – 2017 |
| Arrive at the airport and book the next available flight | |
| Attend a cirque de soleil show | |
| Attend a comedian’s show | Complete – several |
| Attend a comedy festival | Complete – Machynlleth in 2018 |
| Attend a cooking class | |
| Attend a dance class | Complete – several |
| Attend a life drawing class | |
| Attend a live boxing match | |
| Attend a live concert | Complete – several |
| Attend a live football match | Complete – several, and are now season ticket holders! |
| Attend a music festival | Complete – Beach Break, and pending In It Together Festival 2025. |
| Attend a pottery making class | |
| Be completely debt free | |
| Be in the newspaper (for something positive!!) | Complete – this was about my racing, when I was an aspiring racing driver in my teens. |
| Become a Mum | Complete x 2 – my absolute world |
| Become a qualified racing driver | Complete – waaaay back in my teens |
| Become a self made millionaire | |
| Climb – Triglav (Slovenia) | |
| Climb a mountain | Complete |
| Climb Cadair Idris | |
| Climb Pen Y Fan | Complete |
| Climb Snowdon | |
| Climb the Eifel Tower | |
| Climb the Welsh 3 peaks challenge | |
| Compete in an adventure race | |
| Complete a 365 day project – photography | |
| Complete a journal for a week | |
| Complete a journal for a month | |
| Complete a journal for a year | |
| Create a successful blog | |
| Create a blog | Complete – this one 🙂 |
| Create a video and upload it to the internet | Complete – have done this lots for travel videos of recent holidays. |
| Cycle – cycle across Europe | |
| Donate a box of Christmas goodies to someone in need | Complete |
| Donate blood | |
| Donate to the food bank | Complete |
| Drive a boat | |
| Drive a car | Complete |
| Drive a racecar | Complete |
| Drive on the other side of the road | Complete – several countries on our roadtrips |
| Enjoy a spa day | Complete with my lovely cousin Sam |
| Feature in an exhibition | Complete – as part of my photography degree, had exhibitions in Swansea and London. |
| Feed/Walk an Alpaca | Complete |
| Flip a house | |
| Fly a helicopter / plane | |
| Fly a kite | Complete |
| Fly in a helicopter | Complete – New York |
| Fly in a hot air balloon | |
| Fly in a private jet | |
| Follow the f1 races around for a whole season | This is definitely top of my list for when I retire! |
| Get a BA degree | Complete – BA Hons Photography in the Arts |
| Get a Masters degree | |
| Get a tattoo | Complete – several |
| Get married | Complete – 2014 |
| Get paid to travel | |
| Go camping | Complete – several times |
| Go for a meal by myself | |
| Go glamping | Complete – several times |
| Go on a safari | Pending – Holiday booked! |
| Go skinny dipping | |
| Go to a drive in movie | |
| Go to an f1 race | Complete – and another one booked and pending |
| Go to an outdoor cinema | Complete – Mumbles, South Wales and Santorini |
| Go to the cinema by myself | |
| Go wild swimming | Complete |
| Have a life drawing done of myself | |
| Have my palm read | Complete – Market in Ibiza |
| Hold a koala | |
| Hold a monkey | |
| Hold a snake (facing a small fear) | |
| Hold a spider (facing a fear!!) | |
| Kayak the Norwegian Fjords | |
| Learn a language | In progress – currently attempting to learn Welsh |
| Learn how to create and edit video footage | This is still a work in progress! Every day is a school day. |
| Learn to enjoy mountain biking | |
| Learn to meditate – and practice regularly | |
| Live on my own | |
| Make a scrapbook | |
| Meet a celebrity – f1 driver preferably!! | Complete – met my absolute idol Lewis Hamilton |
| Not sure I’d do this one anymore. | |
| Own a campervan | |
| Own a house | Complete – finally became a homeowner in 2023. |
| Paragliding – preferably over the Swiss Alps | |
| Participate in a litter pick | Complete – we have done loads of these. |
| Participate in an ocean/sea clean up | Complete – we helped massively when there was a nappy spill and tons of nappies were washed up near our home |
| Publish a book | |
| Raise money for charity | Complete – money to a local charity |
| Retire early – preferably before 50 | |
| Not sure I would do this anymore. | |
| Ride a gondola | |
| Ride a horse | Complete – but don’t think I’d do it again! |
| Ride a jetski | Complete – first time in Spain |
| Ride a segway | |
| Ride a Zipwire | Complete – NDAC diving centre, over the quarry |
| Ride in a canal boat | Complete – Amsterdam |
| Ride the swing above Amsterdam | |
| Roadtrip – America, route 66 | |
| Roadtrip – at least 10 countries | |
| Roadtrip – at least 2 countries | Complete – 2017 |
| Roadtrip – at least 5 countries | Complete – 2018 and 2024 |
| Roadtrip – Ireland | |
| Roadtrip – Scotland | |
| Roadtrip – the whole of Europe | |
| Roadtrip – Wales | |
| Savings – at least £50,000 | |
| Savings – at least £100,000 | |
| Savings – at least 1 months wages in savings | |
| Savings – at least 3 months wages in savings | |
| Savings – at least 6 months wages in savings | |
| Savings – at least 9 months wages in savings | |
| Savings – at least 12 months wages in savings | |
| Scuba diving – achieve 10 dives | Complete |
| Scuba diving – achieve 25 dives | Complete |
| Scuba diving – achieve 50 dives | |
| Scuba diving – achieve 75 dives | |
| Scuba diving – achieve 100 dives | |
| Scuba diving – become advanced open water | Complete – 2021 |
| Scuba diving – become open water certified | Complete – 2020 |
| Scuba diving – complete a wreck dive | Complete – 2021 in Malta |
| Scuba diving – dive Galapagos | |
| Scuba diving – dive the Silfra (Iceland) | |
| Scuba diving – dry suit certification | |
| Scuba diving – try dive | Complete – Santorini 2019 |
| See a windmill up close | Complete – Belgium and Santorini |
| See bioluminesant plankton | Complete – Aberavon beach for the first sighting, and additionally Jamaica |
| See the Arc de Triomph (France) | Complete – 2017 |
| See the Eifel Tower | Complete – 2017 |
| See the Mona Lisa in the Louvre | Complete – 2017 |
| See the Northern Lights | |
| See the Notre Dame (France) | Complete – 2017 |
| See the sunrise and sunset in one day | Complete – Santorini 2019 |
| Sell a piece of artwork/photography | |
| Send a message in a bottle | |
| Not sure I would want to do this anymore. | |
| Shoot a gun | |
| Skydiving (indoor) | |
| Skydiving (outdoor) | |
| Slide the Orbital tower in London | |
| Snorkelling | Complete – lots of different places |
| Spend a night at a hotel by myself (non work related) | Complete – London |
| Spend a whole 24 hours in bed, just because | |
| Spend Christmas on the beach | Complete – Christmas 2024 in Tenerife |
| Spent a weekend by myself (non work related) | Complete – London |
| Stay in a private villa | Complete – Peniscola, Spain 2017 |
| Swim with dolphins | Complete – 2016 |
| Swim with Seals (Lundy) | |
| Swim with sharks | |
| Swim with turtles | |
| Swim with whalesharks | |
| Take a long roadtrip – at least 2 weeks long | Complete – 2017 |
| Throw a dart at a map and go – UK | |
| Throw a dart at a map and go – Wales | |
| Throw a dart at a map and go – Worldwide | |
| Try dog sledding | |
| Try – Monster rolling (Slovenia) | |
| Try archery | |
| Try kayaking | Complete – 2019 Santorini |
| Try Parasailing | |
| Try Stand up paddleboarding (SUP) | Complete – we now own our own paddleboards 🙂 |
| Try treasure hunting | |
| Try white water rafting | |
| Try wild camping | |
| Visit – a tripoint in Europe | |
| Visit – Alcatraz | |
| Visit – Amsterdam | Complete – 2016 |
| Visit – Australia | |
| Visit – Austria | |
| Visit – Austwich | |
| Visit – Bali | |
| Visit – Barcelona | Complete – 2017 |
| Visit – Belgium | Complete – went to F1 race in Spa |
| Visit – Bora Bora (French Polynesia) | |
| Visit – Brazil | |
| Visit – Chernobyl | |
| Visit – Croatia | |
| Visit – Egypt | Complete – 2023 |
| Visit – Every continent | |
| Visit – Fiji | |
| Visit – Florida | Complete – 2006 |
| Visit – France | Complete – 2016 |
| Visit – Hawaii | |
| Visit – Hungary (Budapest) | Complete – 2017 |
| Visit – Iceland | |
| Visit – Ireland | Complete |
| Visit – Italy | Complete x 3 (2 x f1 trips, and 1 as part of a roadtrip) |
| Visit – Jordan | |
| Visit – Lapland | |
| Visit – Las Vegas | |
| Visit – Maldives | |
| Visit – Malta | Complete – 2021 |
| Visit – Monaco | Complete – 2014 |
| Visit – Netherlands | Complete – 2018 |
| Visit – New York | Complete – 2005 |
| Visit – New Zealand | Complete – 2019 |
| Visit – Portugal | |
| Visit – Prague | |
| Visit – Scotland | Complete – several times |
| Visit – Slovenia | |
| Visit – Spain | Complete – several times |
| Visit – Switzerland | Complete – 2024 |
| Visit – The Blue Lagoon (Iceland) | |
| Visit – Turkey | Complete – 2006 for f1 |
| Visit – Every Country in the World | |
| Visit a thermal spa | Complete – Budapest |
| Visit an ice bar | Complete – Budapest and Egypt |
| Visit France | Complete – several times |
| Visit Loch Ness | |
| Visit Pontsticill Resevoir (Brecon) | Complete |
| Visit the pyramids | |
| Volunteer at a soup kitchen | |
| Walk – 4 waterfalls walk (Brecon) | Complete |
| Walk – behind a waterfall | Complete |
| Walk – Bristol walking street art tour | |
| Walk – LEJOG | |
| Walk – on hot coals | |
| Walk – Pen Y Fan Horseshoe | |
| Walk – St Illtyds Walk (64 miles) | |
| Walk – the Great Wall of China | |
| Walk – The Welsh Coastal Path (877 miles) | |
| Walk/Hike – Machu Picchu | |
| Write a book | |
| Write a successful book |
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