I’ve been considering writing a bucket list post for some time now, so when I heard about the AliKats’ bucket list challenge I decided that now was as good a time as any to finally get my list written!

I’m about as optimistic as a person can be, but I’m also a realist. I have limited funds and limited annual leave and these things combine to seriously curtail my Travel dreams.

Add to this my dodgy back following my serious snowboarding accident and reality dictates that I’m not going to be making it up to Everest Base Camp any time soon, well, ever really.

For many years I dreamed about visiting the wilds of Patagonia or cruising on an icebreaker in the Arctic, so whilst It’s fair to say I still have lofty dreams and ambitions and a lengthy “If I won the lottery” Bucket list, I’ve tried to make my list as realistically attainable as possible.

Don’t get me wrong there are still heaps of places I want to see and loads of things I want to do, hundreds probably, but I know full well, that many of them are never going to happen, so for now, I’ll keep those on a separate list in my head, awaiting that lottery win.

To put my bucket list into perspective, I thought I’d also include a list of things I’ve already ticked off the list that until now, had lived exclusively in my imagination.

Bucket List Things I’ve Already Done

1. Snowboard down an Olympic black run
2. Go sea kayaking
3. Go white water rafting
4. Ride a horse on the beach
5. Go on a yoga retreat
6. Hike up a mountain on my own
7. Camp in the middle of winter
8. Dive in the Red Sea
9. Dive in the Indian Ocean
10. Get PADI certified
11. Go Alpaca trekking
12. Walk up Snowdon
13. Swim with sharks in the wild
14. Naturally encounter a sea turtle in the wild
15. Visit Tintagel
16. Drink Champagne in a wood-fired hot tub under the stars
17. Conquer my fear of heights and learn to climb
18. Go wild swimming
19. Travel by seaplane
20. Go down a zip wire
21. Kayak down the Ardèche
22. Go quad biking in the Sahara desert
23. Ride a camel
24. Haggle in a souk in Marrakech
25. Rock up to a ferry terminal with my passport and suitcase without a plan
26. Dive in a marine nature reserve

Bucket List Things I Haven’t Done Yet

1. Go canoeing & wild camping in Canada
2. Stay in a secluded forest somewhere random in Eastern Europe
3. Do a rainforest trek in Costa Rica
4. Encounter Orangutans in Borneo
5. Dive with Manta Rays and/or Whale Sharks in the wild
6. Go wild camping in Scotland
7. Hike up a mountain early enough to watch the sunrise from the peak
8. Return to Whistler in Canada to snowboard on my favourite mountain in the world
9. Go on a campervan road trip around New Zealand
10. Visit the Orkney Islands
11. Photograph a Toucan in the wild
12. Visit the Shwedagon Pagoda in Burma, where my grandmother grew up
13. Visit Kingston in Jamaica where my biological father was born
14. Travel to Scotland on the Caledonian sleeper train
15. See Aurora Borealis
16. Dive in a ceonte in Mexico
17. Float in an isolation tank
18. Do yoga in Goa
19. Hurtle down the world’s longest zip wire
20. Visit Zanzibar just because it sounds exotic
21. Snowboard in Breckenridge
22. Visit a geothermal spa
23. Jump into an ice bath
24. Take a scenic train journey through the Alps
25. Go glamping in a treehouse
26. See a live lava flow in Hawaii

So there you have it, I’ve finally put my bucket list down in writing and I can’t wait to see how many more adventures I’ll get to check off my list over the coming years!

Where to next?

• Last Minute Marrakech Adventure & Quad Biking In The Sahara
• Solo Snowboarding In The Alps – A Wonderful Week in La Plagne
• Discovering The Ultimate 5* Luxury Beach Holiday At The TRS Yucatan in Mexico
• Live Your Best Travel Life. How to Stop Making Excuses & Travel More
• 10 Reasons Why Whistler Blackcomb in Canada is Awesome (& You Should Totally Go There)

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