Setting up the challenge

In 2019 I'm going to be 40 and I'm going to embrace my life.  That's not to say that I'm excited about turning 40, but hey, I may as well go for it. Things have been tough recently, but there's nothing like having things to focus on right?

I felt that I needed to set myself challenges to stop my procrastination of life.  You know the sort, "I've always meant to do that, but I haven't actually got round to going there/doing that!"  The first 25 items on this list were easy to write and the other 15 I gained inspiration from Google searches!

So, here's the list of 40 things I want to achieve before I'm 40; a bucket list without the intention of meeting my maker for at least another 60 years!

1. Attend the Hong Kong 7s
2. Visit Canada
3. Afternoon tea at Betty's
4. Walk to Grantchester
5. Improve my Italian
6. Climb Snowdon
7. Climb Scafell Pike
8. Complete a 5k Park Run
9. Run 10km without walking
10. Picnic at Rutland Water
11. Watch Shakespeare at Tolethorpe
12. See something at RSC, Stratford
13. Swim 1 mile
14. Weigh 10 stone 7 lbs
15. See all my old school roommates again
16. Visit Hampton Court
17. Visit Buckingham Palace
18. Make gin
19. Go punting
20. Enter a cake competition
21. Afternoon tea at Claridges
22. Bake a loaf of bread
23. Drive a super car
24. Go on a zip wire
25. Go walking in Yorkshire
26. Dine at Le Gavroche
27. Seal watching in Norfolk
28. Order a hideous sounding coffee
29. Complete a cross stitch/learn to cross stitch.
30. See the Domesday Book
31. Drink some fine wine
32. Read all Jane Austen novels
33. Be published in a newspaper or magazine with my byline
34. Watch Matilda - the musical
35. Bake decent brownies!
36. Run a half marathon
37. Afternoon tea at Fortnum & Mason
38. Attend a wine course/tutored wine tasting
39. Complete at least 10 acts of kindness
40. Read a Booker Prize winning book

So, many food related challenges.