Nov 02 2014
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#53. Look through a telescope at the stars/moon

This was brilliant and quite eventful “Evening with the Stars”. Jim and I after making our way from East Finchley to London Bridge, happily jumped on a train bound we thought was headed for Greenwich, half way through the journey we realised we were on the wrong train, thankfully it stopped at Blackheath which was a only 1.3 mile run away! Luckily we made it in time a little bedraggled and sweaty.

First we had a very interesting planetarium talk and then went onto the 28″ telescope, built in 1893. We were told that we had one of the best nights they’d had in years, visibility wise. We got some fantastic views of the moon very close up and I also got to see a binary star system.

Really enjoyable evening

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Oct 28 2014
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#66. Randomly send my mum flowers + #28. Fire a crossbow

One of the nicer ones on the list #66. Randomly send my mum flowers, even though it was on the list they were from the heart and I think she really appreciated them.

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#28. Fire a crossbow

You’d be surprised how difficult it is to fire a real crossbow in London, so I had to revert to buying a nerf crossbow from Amazon, still blooming awesome and I think way more fun!!

 

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Oct 27 2014
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#78. Learn 3 new juggling tricks

This one took since pretty much christmas to practice and i’m still not perfect but I can do a fair few tricks now (off the knee is pretty lame I know!).

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Oct 21 2014
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#44. Play a song on an instrument I’ve never played before

Pretty lame rendition of You Are My Sunshine but still a tick of the list… Onwards and upwards people!

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Oct 12 2014
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Big Irish update

Been a bit of a bumper week, ploughing through 5 more.

97. Visit the Guinness factory in Ireland

This one was great fun and a little bit random after I spotted Hayley and her sister whilst queuing for tickets. Neither of us had a clue we were going to be there, very small world but we had fun walking around the factory and enjoying a Guinness together.

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12. Get a microscope

Bought a digital microscope that arrived the other day, here are some of the less digesting pictures i’ve taken.

 

94. Climb a tree

DONE!

81. Be phone/tv/computer free for a whole weekend

Whilst away in Ireland I refrained from using my phone/was miles away from a computer and avoided the tv! It felt good to unplug I have to say.

31. Random act of kindness

This one has been difficult to tick off, as random act of kindness and just being a normal decent human being overlap quite a lot. Many times i’ve given up my seat on the tube or helped someone with their bags/pram up the stairs. However on the train back from Ireland I had spotted a lady drop her glasses as she was walking down the train, I basically had to sprint down the train and shout at her to catch up and return them. She was very grateful for me doing it and it felt to help her out.

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Sep 27 2014
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74. Watch every episode of Breaking Bad

This has been one of the more enjoyable of the challenges on the list. Starting from a very low base of only 3 episodes I set myself the task of watching every episode of Breaking Bad this year.

I have to say that I absolutely loved the series, it is so well written and the acting was impeccable.

Quite sad this one has finished, but onwards and upwards.

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Watch every episode of Breaking Bad

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Sep 22 2014
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Sandcastle’s and skinny dipping

#37. Go skinny dipping

Unfortunately (well depends on your pov) there aren’t any pictures of this one, but during Natalie and Tony’s wedding on the beautiful Isle of Jersey a few of us thought it would be a great idea to go skinny dipping in the sea. Prompted by me shouting “let’s go skinny dipping” at a very drunken 12:30am. I don’t remember much but people tell me that I was naked about 100m from the water and was sprinting towards the sea :-/. This was probably the most fun one i’ve done so far!

#62. Build a sand castle

A slightly more sedate one than the above but good fun none the less + a picture for your enjoyment.

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Sep 14 2014
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#5. Make a soufflé

Following Delia’s Chocolate soufflé recipe, I attempted to make a wonderful and light chocolaty delight. Unfortunately it didn’t go quite according to plan and was a little heavy, heyho I gave it a go and will make improvements for next time.

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Sep 08 2014
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#86. Run from Bournemouth to Boscombe pier and back on the sand barefoot

I went back home to a very sunny Bournemouth over the weekend as it was Grandad’s 80th and my cousins 30th birthdays. I took the opportunity to complete another on off the list. Whilst my cousin and Grandad played crazy golf in Boscombe gardens I made my way down to the beach.

Starting at Boscombe pier, the run was fairly short to Bournemouth and back. The running on a somewhat stony and deep sandy beach made it pretty hard going on the calfs but it wasn’t that epic. Managed the 5km in just under 30mins so was fairly pleased.

Another one bites the dust

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Aug 31 2014
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#35. Go roller skating

After deciding to buy skates instead of hiring them (as it was only £15 more to buy them), Richard and I travelled out to an overcast Hyde Park and made our way around the outside of the park. It was great fun, if not a little tiring and this was another good one to have completed from the list.

A few pics below.

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