Great British Bucket List

[Gob]

THE GREAT BRITISH BUCKET LIST
1. Eat fish and chips on a seaside pier
2. See whales off Wales
3. Go to a night at the proms at the Albert Hall
4. Visit the Giant's Causeway, N.Ireland
5. Have a picnic at an open air concert
6. Go up in the London Eye
7. Travel Scotland's West Coast by rail
8. Watch a Shakespeare play in Stratford
9. Dine in a Gordon Ramsay restaurant
10. Go to a British Grand Prix
11. See inside the Houses of Parliament
12. Get the Ffestiniog railway up Snowdon
13. Go to Glastonbury Festival
14. Hold the FA Cup in your hands
15. Take in the view from the top of the Shard
16. Stonehenge on longest day of the year
17. See the trooping of the colour
18. Go to a cricket test match
19. 'The Prisoner' village Portmeirion, Wales
20. Have tea at Betty's tearooms, Harrogate
21. See a traditional Xmas panto
22. Watch a British player at Wimbledon
23. Do a 'Wainwright' walk in the Lake District
24. Drive round Brand's Hatch
25. Visit a whisky distillery
26. Go to a six nations rugby match
27. A Jack the Ripper walk in the East End
28. Have a pint in the Rover's Return
29. See Lake Windermere by boat
30. Go on a historic London pub tour
31. Experience the Notting Hill Carnival
32. Try a deep fried Mars Bar
33. NYE Fireball ceremony in Stonehaven
34. Sail round the Isle of Wight
35. Attend Grand National horse race
36. Go to a World Darts Final
37. A selfie at John O'Groats and Land's End
38. Take a ferry across the Mersey
39. Climb Ben Nevis
40. See Tower Bridge raised
41. Visit Borough food market, London
42. Eat Haggis on Burns Night, in Scotland
43. See Morris Dancers at a country pub
44. See Oxford Street Christmas Lights
45. Be at a recording of X-Factor or BGT
46. See Blackpool Illuminations
47. Watch a boxset of Only Fools and Horses
48. Witness Oxford/Cambridge boat race
49. Attend first day of Harrods sale
50. Watch London Marathon live

[Lord Jim]

51. Get laid without having to beg for it...

Watch a boxset of Only Fools and Horses

That is a true classic:

[rubato]

What would the American bucket list be?

Walk across the Golden Gate bridge.
See the redwoods.
Visit Big Sur.
Have dinner at Commander's Palace.
Go to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival.
Hike into the Grand Canyon.
See Yellowstone.
Stay at the Ahwanee Hotel in Yosemite.
Spend a week in Death Valley.
Hike to the top of Mount Whitney
Drive route 66 from L.A. to Chicago (or vice the versa).
Drive to Key West.
See Mauna Loa erupt.
Snorkel in Hawaii.
Go on a whale-watching sail off the California coast.
See the Dodgers play at Chavez Ravine.
Watch the river pilots climb onto the ships at Astoria Oregon.
Have a morning hike in Monument Valley.
See the cactus bloom in Anza-Borrego.
Water-ski on lake Powell.
Body Surf at the Wedge.

Others? ...


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rubato

[MajGenl.Meade]

See the Browns in the Superbowl
See the Indians in the World (sic) Series
See the Cavs win a game

That way I figure I'd live forever

[dgs49]

Good list, rube - though Californo-centric. I would add:

Bicycle in Acadia National Forest
See Biltmore (Asheville); compare with the Hurst Castle
Visit Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, and Vancouver
Spend a day or two at Colonial Williamsburg
Walk the entire river walk in San Antone
Go to the International Auto Show at Cobo in Detroit
Spend at least three days in our Nation's Capital - 1.5 days minimum at the Smithsonian
Dinner and a play in NYC, walk or jog through Central Park (some would add, take a carriage ride around the Park)
Lunch on seafood at Balto's Inner Harbor
Have a beer (or two) in Savannah, lunch on a sidewalk in Charlestown SC
Rent a Ferrari (or other exotic) at that place in Las Vegas, and make a fool of yourself
See a ballgame at either Camden Yards, Fenway, or PNC Park
Spend an afternoon and evening at South Beach (Miami)
Spend a couple days at Disney World/EPCOT, etc.
Visit Hawaii - any part.

[Econoline]

I would add: drive U.S. Highway 20, 30, 40, or 50 all the way from coast to coast. (Even better, drive one of them from west to east and a different one back from east to west.)

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