United Kingdom and Ireland Bucket List

By Chloe Ranford, October 2, 2016

 

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.