Stories

Trip write-ups and the stories behind the bucket list goals I've ticked off.

Bucket list story · December 2024 · 1 min read Sit Among 300000 King Penguins Sit quietly on a South Georgia beach and let curious king penguins wander up, while hundreds of thousands more trumpet behind them.
Bucket list story · 1 min read Be In Awe Of The Sistine Chapel Crane your neck at the ceiling Michelangelo spent four years painting, where God reaches out to give Adam life.
Bucket list story · 1 min read Take A Dip In A Mud Volcano Climb a little volcano near Cartagena, lower yourself into its crater and float, weightless, in warm grey mud.
Bucket list story · 1 min read Sleep In A Hammock On The Beach Fall asleep swaying between two palms, with the surf a few metres away and nothing above you but stars.
Bucket list story · 1 min read Witness The Great Migration Watch thousands of wildebeest hurl themselves off a riverbank into crocodile-filled water, all because one of them finally jumped.
Bucket list story · 1 min read Hang Out With Alpacas Fluffy, curious and completely at home at 4,000 metres, alpacas make the high Andes feel like the friendliest place on Earth.
Bucket list story · 1 min read Buy A Personal Number Plate A personalised number plate is a fun way to make a car your own.
Bucket list story · 1 min read Learn To Skydive Go from clinging to two instructors on your first jump to leaping out alone and flying your own body through the sky.
Bucket list story · 1 min read Publicise My Own Website Publishing your own website is a way to share stories and inspire others.
Bucket list story · May 2018 · 1 min read Achieve A Sub 40 Minute 10K Twenty-five laps of a track at four minutes a kilometre, held together by nothing but nerve and lactic acid.
Bucket list story · February 2016 · 1 min read Party At Rio Carnival Samba drums you feel in your ribcage, feathered dancers on towering floats and a city that parties without stopping.
Bucket list story · January 2016 · 1 min read Achieve A Sub 20 Minute 5K Five kilometres in under twenty minutes, and suddenly your Saturday morning parkrun feels like a proper race.
Bucket list story · March 2015 · 1 min read Complete A Half Marathon Thirteen point one miles of closed roads, cheering crowds and a finish line that turns a runner into a distance runner.
Bucket list story · February 2013 · 1 min read See The Northern Lights Stand in Arctic silence at minus 15°C as green curtains of light ripple across the whole sky.
Bucket list story · July 2012 · 1 min read Attend The Olympics Be in the stadium when a lifetime of training comes down to ten seconds and the whole crowd rises at once.
Bucket list story · December 2011 · 1 min read Visit The Top Of The Burj Khalifa Ride one of the world's fastest lifts to look down on skyscrapers from the top of the world's tallest building.
Bucket list story · November 2010 · 1 min read Gamble In Las Vegas Put your chips on red at 3 am in a Strip casino, surrounded by neon, slot machines and endless noise.
Bucket list story · February 2010 · 1 min read Swim With Dolphins Slip into open water as a wild pod swings round to check you out, clicking and whistling all around your mask.
Bucket list story · July 2009 · 1 min read Ride A Camel Into The Desert Ride out at sunset into Morocco's tallest dunes, sleep in a desert camp and climb a sand ridge for sunrise.