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Dec 23, 20231 min read
The birth of 50 challenges for 50 years
One cold night in December 2021 I was sitting with a glass of wine in front of a roaring log fire chatting with my wife (Emma) about the...
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1.Swim in a lake in the Lake District
2.Paint a picture
3.Watch the sun rise
4.Write a poem
5.Sleep out under the stars
6.Walk 50,000 steps in a day
7.Bake a loaf of bread
8.Make my own beer
9.Ride a horse
10.Climb the Three Peaks
11.Cycle to Paris
12.Catch a fish and cook it on the beach
13.Buy items car boot and sell to make profit
14.Make a pottery pot
15.Learn a musical instrument
16.Make and race a go-kart
17.Make jam
18.Go to a festival
19.Visit the national gallery
20.Build an igloo (changed to 100 press ups in May)
21.Raise >£1k for Cancer Research UK
22.Go surfing
23.Go sledging
24.Build a snowman
25.Travel on a train for pleasure, not for work
26.Walk from Lulworth Cove to Weymouth
27.Make & wear an item of clothing
28.Drink a yard of ale
29.Walk the South Downs Way
30.Shower in a waterfall
31.Eat at a Michelin star restaurant
32.Bake a cake
33.Take a hot air balloon ride
34.Go metal detecting
35.Make a meal from foraged food
36.Make candles
37.Learn a magic trick
38.Make & fly a kite
39.Swim in the sea in winter
40.Make a rope swing (changed to walk, swim & cycle 50 miles)
41.Read Frankenstein (changed cycle around Isle of Wight)
42.Visit the Opera (changed to Go Paddle Boarding)
43.Watch a West End Show
44.Hire a convertible and go on a road trip
45.Hold a Cocktail Party
46.Volunteer for a day
47.Walk across the top of the O2
48.Take a selfie with a celebrity
49.Grow & eat my own veg
50.Take a cookery class