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Jun 22 2014
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Another Big Weekender – #9, #17 and #73

Another shout out to Kirsty for helping,  managing to tick off 3 in one long, exhausting but fun day!

#9. Do something creative yet new – Pottery/metalwork/black smithing Rope Making

As part of the Festival of Stuff at UCL’s Institute of Making, I tried my hand at a bit of rope making.

#17. Walk over the o2

This was really good fun and I would recommend everyone give it a go. It takes about an hour to complete the walk and there are some fantastic views from the top.

 

#73. Pedal a pedalo

In between the o2 and the Festival of Stuff, we had a quick stop off at Regents park and had a potter about on the water in a pedalo. On the water we had a nice spot of lunch and had a quick blast about with an RC boat.

GREAT DAY OUT!

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Jun 20 2014
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#29. Make my own sushi

I’ll let the pictures tell the story! But this was a Sushi School bargain, with 2 people for £50 and you get a metric tonne of sushi afterwards.

Was great fun and would recommend anyone give it a go!

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Jun 09 2014
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#42. Do something for charity

Been a bit of a while since my last update and this one was a while in the making but a great achievement in my opinion. A group of 9 intrepid explorers from my company embarked on a climbing expedition to Scafell Pike (978m), as part of the WaterAid200 challenge.

The walk took us just under 7 hours and unfortunately the weather wasn’t on our side with torrential rain for over 4 hours! However that paled in insignificance as we had an amazing time and we managed to raise almost £2000 for WaterAid, which we have been told will go to help change of 140 lives around the world.

Well done team!

 

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May 23 2014
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The best of the rest – #60, #85, #87

#60. Sleep under the stars

See previous post about walking the Dorset Coast.

#85. Visit stonehenge

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#87. Go up in the balloon in Bournemouth gardens

 

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May 05 2014
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#92. Walk the entire Northern Line & #21. Go a month without drinking booze

#21. Go a month without drinking booze

I am glad I managed to complete this one as it was seemingly impossible at times but thankfully I made it through the month without boozing. Yay, go me.

#92. Walk the entire Northern Line

This was probably the biggest achievement to date and was somewhat of a mission to complete, taking us almost 6hours to complete. Felt absolutely shattered by the end of it but it was a wicked day out.

Big thanks to Jimmy Allchin for walking/running alongside! Video of our day

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Apr 10 2014
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#24. Make a sculpture

Not sure how you define a sculpture but I have been working on this random objet d’art for about a week now, and I think it’s the best thing you’ll ever get out of me… It started life as a bunch of coffee stirrers, which went through various interpretations, which somehow came to be a “LadPad™ Coat of Arms” and a set of deer horns…don’t ask!

 

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Apr 07 2014
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#67. Make something in origami & #68. Tie a cool knot

Two more crafty things off the list

67. Make something in origami – This was much tougher than I thought it would be and you should see the pile of failed attempts :-/ . I think the orange crane is my favourite, with the swan in second place and the windmill can do one to be honest he’s useless!

68. Tie a cool knot – I took this to the next level and decided to put lots of knots together and turn it into a bracelet thing, which looks rather fetching if I do say so myself. The chosen few already have their copies of this and I am doing requests so get your orders in soon!

That’s it.

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Apr 06 2014
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#36. Solve a Rubik’s Cube !

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This is a massive one for me and something I never thought would be possible when I set myself the challenge. I am pleased to announce that I have managed to solve a Rubik’s Cube without the aid of the guide/solution solver and it is all wonderfully documented below!!!

I am happy to prove this to anyone who is willing to sit in a room with me for 10mins in silence.

Wow I am chuffed at this!!

 

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Apr 04 2014
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#22 & #23 – Go a month without chocolate and fizzy drinks

This isn’t the most dramatic or ambitious on the list but for me was definitely a challenge. I wasn’t a choco or fizzy drink aholic but I would have them at least 3/4 times a week. Overall I felt no ill effects during the month and incredibly I think I dropped a couple of kg’s as a result of cutting out the unnecessary calories.

This ones short but sweet and April is gonna be the big one – NOT DRINKING BOOZE FOR AN ENTIRE MONTH…..!

over and out.

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Mar 22 2014
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#2. Paint something I’m proud enough to put on my wall

Considering I have never painted anything before (apart from the odd bit of interior decorating), this one felt like a daunting challenge which is why I have attempted it early in the year.

I decided to chuck myself fully into this one and had a go at 3 paintings, being and odds game I thought I would get at least one salvageable piece to put on the wall…

To my utter surprise the outcome has not been totally sh*t! Hurrah…

The fruits of my labour are below.

 

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