United Kingdom and Ireland Bucket List
My first week at Sheffield Hallam University is over, I thought in celebration I would share my United Kingdom and Ireland bucket list with you all! My list started over two years ago when I first decided I wanted to go overseas, although this is the first time it’s been put together in one place. Whether I achieve all the points on the list is still to be seen!
(Please note this list will grow as I find more and more ingenious ways to spend money.)
ENGLAND:
- Visit London. – completed 26/08/2016.
- Pose with Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. – completed 16/09/2016.
- Take a scenic ride on the London Eye. – completed 16/09/2016
- Visit St. Paul’s Cathedral. – completed 16/09/2016.
- Visit the British Museum.
- Stay in an elegant Edwardian-era hotel. – completed 23/12/2016.
- Admire London’s Tower Bridge. – completed 16/09/2016.
- Hear some horrific tales at the Tower of London. – completed 16/09/2016.
- Catch the tube. – completed 26/09/2016.
- Have a white Christmas (or at least a cold one!). – completed 25/12/2016.
- Go ice-skating in an ice-skating rink in London.
- View London’s Christmas lights. – completed 23/12/2016.
- Visit Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland. – completed 23/12/2016.
- Take a Hogwarts in the Snow Warner Brothers Studio Tour. – completed 24/12/2016.
- Spoil self with an expensive Christmas lunch. – completed 25/12/2016.
- Cycle around London. – completed 25/12/2016.
- Visit Buckingham Palace. – completed 25/12/2016.
- Visit the Sherlock Holmes Museum, London. – completed 26/12/2016.
- Spend a tonne of money on Oxford and Regent Streets. – completed 26/12/2016.
- Be THAT tourist and take a photo with a red telephone box. – completed 25/12/2016.
- Jump on a red double-decker bus. – completed 24/12/2016.
- Eat popcorn while catching a musical at London’s West End. – completed 16/09/2016.
- Wander through Hyde Park, London. – completed 25/12/2016.
- See a European Christmas market. – completed 20/12/2016.
- Be in the audience for an episode of the British quiz show, QI.
- Get front row seats to see Dara O’Briain live.
- See Michael McIntyre live.
- Attend Big Fat News Quiz of the Year.
- Hike along a trail in the Peak District. – completed 13/10/2016.
- Eat traditional English fish and chips.
- Take a black cab across London. – completed 16/09/2016.
- Have a full English Breakfast (in England!). – 17/12/2016.
- Visit Brighton. – completed 30/12/2016.
- Go the Brighton’s Upper Gardner Street Markets. – completed 31/12/2016.
- Browse the unique collection of shops in The Lanes. – completed 31/12/2016.
- Pocket a pebble from Brighton beach. – completed 31/12/2016.
- Spend an afternoon going on the rides at Brighton Pier. – completed 31/12/2016.
- See the Brighton Pier. – completed 31/12/2016.
- Visit Bath. – completed 2/1/2017.
- Climb to the top of Smallcombe Farm’s hill. – completed 2/1/2017.
- Watch the sunset from the top of Smallcombe Farm’s hill. – completed 2/1/2017.
- Take a tour of the Roman Baths. – completed 3/1/2017.
- See Bath Abbey. – completed 3/1/2017.
- Walk across Pulteney Bridge. – completed 3/1/2017.
- Ogle at the Stonehenge. – completed 3/1/2017.
- Visit Manchester. – completed 6/1/2017.
- Visit John Ryland’s Library and look in awe at the books. – completed 6/1/2017.
- Browse the second-hand books at Paramount Books store. – completed 6/1/2017.
- Shop around the unique wears at Affleck’s. – completed 7/1/2017.
- Enjoy a thick chocolate brownie milkshake high above the streets of Manchester. – completed 7/1/2017.
IRELAND:
- Visit Dublin.
- Stroll down Dublin’s Grafton Street on a Saturday morning near Christmas.
- Visit Kilmainham Jail in Dublin.
- Spent an afternoon in Dublin’s National Museum.
- Visit the Giant’s Causeway.
- Have a pint at the Tig Coili Pub.
SCOTLAND:
- Visit Edinburgh. – completed 23/10/2016.
- Visit Edinburgh Castle. – completed 27/10/2016.
- Climb Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. – completed 27/10/2016.
- Go to the oldest pub in Edinburgh. – completed 27/10/2016.
- Visit Glasgow. – completed 24/10/2016.
- Travel from Glasgow to Mallaig in Hogwarts robes on the West Highland Line train.
- Witness fall in the Scottish Highlands. – completed 26/10/2016.
- Take a selfie with a Highland Cow.
- Hike one of the Munros.
- Visit Glencoe. – completed 24/10/2016.
- Visit the Isle of Skye. – completed 24/10/2016.
- Trek to the beautiful blue Fairy Pools near Glen Brittle. – completed 25/10/2016.
- Visit Portree. – completed 25/10/2016.
- Be gobsmacked by Quiraing. – completed 25/10/2016.
- See Kilt Rock. – completed 25/10/2016.
- See one of the Clava Cairns. – completed 26/10/2016.
- Ogle the Buchalel Etive Mor. – completed 24/10/2016.
- See the rock formations on the island of Staffa.
- See Fingal’s Cave.
- See a puffin.
- Tour Scotland’s most famous castle, Eilean Donan Castle. – completed 24/10/2016.
- Stay the night in a castle.
- See Loch Ness. – completed 26/10/2016.
- See Loch Lommond. – completed 24/10/2016.
- See Loch Tulla. – completed 24/10/2016.
- See Loch Shiel. – completed 24/10/2016.
- See the Glenfinnan Viaduct (where the Harry Potter train scene was shot). – completed 24/10/2016.
- Light a sparkler on Hogmanay, New Years Eve.
WALES:
- See the Llangollen aqueduct.
- Hike along a Snowdon Trail.
- Visit Cardiff. – completed 4/1/2017.
- Go on a 50-minute sightseeing tour around Cardiff. – completed 4/1/2017.
- Visit Cardiff Castle. – completed 4/1/2017.
- Stay in a 5-star hostel. – completed 4/1/2017.
- Walk the Cardiff Bay Trail. – completed 5/1/2017.
- View Cardiff Bay. – completed 5/1/2017.
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