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This year I reach the milestone of 60. So what better challenge than attempting to complete 60 things before I am 60. It would be great if you could sponsor me and my sidekick, Scruffy,  to complete all 60 tasks, or to complete 1 of them. Whichever you choose it would be great to know which and why. So here is the list so far;

1) Cocktail evening with a close friend. (Friday 13th January 2017)

2) Rafting or canoeing (July 15th 2017)

3) Volunteer at a cub camp. (14-16th July 2017)       

4) Visit Scotland (3-5th March 2017)

5) Learn to keep bees (3rd November 2017)

6) Do a chocolate making course (25th February 2017)

7) Watch a murmuration of starlings in a beautiful place (16th November 2017)

8) Complete all Amazing Maze Jigsaw Puzzles (August 2017)

9) Climb Ben Nevis (18th September 2017)

10) Make my charity scrapbook (16th November 2017)

11) Sell/give away/auction the clutter (21st November 2017 and continuing)

12) Spend time at the National Arboretum (12th November 2017)

13) Make a quilt ( December 2016, January 2017)

14) Visit Niagara Falls (8-11th Feb 2017)

15) Ride my bike  (30th April 2017)

16) Learn to play an instrument (October 2017)

17) Visit New York (11-14th Feb 2017)

18) Visit tulips in Amsterdam with old friends ( 8-11th April 2017)

19) Spend time with extended family (4thDec 2016, 26th Dec 2016, 6th Jan 2017 and continuing)

20) Visit Iceland, see the Northern Lights (5-8th Feb 2017)

21) Visit Pensthorpe (27th November 2017)

22) Write a poem (21st November 2017)

23) Start memory boxes for the boys (17th November 2017)

24) Buy something extravagant (4th December 2016)

25) Spend a day with Zac (25th August 2017)

26) Spend a day with Joe (12th November 2017)

27) Spend a day with Sam (20th September 2017)

28) Visit Japan (October 2017)

29) Watch the sunrise (26th October 2017)

30) Watch the sunset (June 2017)

31) Find out what happened in the world on the day I was born ( April 2017)

32) Plant a tree (15th November 2017)   

33) Complete the Peak Pilgramage, 35 mile walk. (June 2017)

34) Host a dinner party (10th November 2017)

35) Go to a cheerleading competition (27th May 2017)

36) Visit Westonbrit Arboretum (31st December 2017)

37) Visit different places of worship in Leicester (7th November 2017 and ongoing)

38) Ride in a helicopter (13th August 2017)

39)Take part in Pay it Forward, random acts of kindness (5 completed by (17th November 2017)

40) Try glass fusion (27thJune 2017)

41) Write to the Queen (4th February 2017)

42) Complete the Great British Birdwatch 2017 (29th January 2017)

43) Learn to mapread (12th August 2017)

44) Walk over the O2 in London (29th April 2017)

45)  Learn an ancient skill. (27th September 2017)

46) Write to my overseas friends, NOT on Facebook ( completed 22nd November 2017, but continuing)

47) Bake a soufflé (10th November 2017)

48) Sing a solo in public (1st and 8th November 2017)

49) Complete a cross stitch (3 rn November 2017)

50) Host a gin tasting event (18th Nov 2017)

51) Cycle in a velodrome (20th September 2017)

52) Tap dance on 42nd Street, New York (13th Feb 2017)

53) Try to appear on TV (14th April, 3rd May,

54) Go to an auction (3rd May 2017)

55) Eat at a Michelin starred restaurant (16th August 2017)

56) Volunteer for an Environmental Project (12th May 2017)

57) Pull a pint (18th November 2017)

58) Visit Wynand  Fockink (9th April 2017)

59) Learn an ancient skill (27th September 2017 and continuing)

60) Raise £1000 for charity (22nd November 2017)