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  • Travel the world in 60 books: 16-20
  • Take part in an immersive experience
  • Visit 10 UNESCO sites: 6-10
  • Buy no new clothes for myself for a year
  • Travel the world in 60 books: 11-15
Travel the world in 60 books: 16-20

Travel the world in 60 books: 16-20

More books set in countries from across the world.

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Posted on February 17, 2026Leave a comment on Travel the world in 60 books: 16-20
Take part in an immersive experience

Take part in an immersive experience

I considered a variety of options for this challenge, ranging from theatre shows and dinners to art exhibitions. I ended up choosing the Crystal Maze Live experience in London.

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Posted on January 30, 2026January 30, 2026Leave a comment on Take part in an immersive experience
Visit 10 UNESCO sites: 6-10

Visit 10 UNESCO sites: 6-10

The second part of my challenge to visit 10 UNESCO sites.

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Posted on January 18, 2026Leave a comment on Visit 10 UNESCO sites: 6-10
Buy no new clothes for myself for a year

Buy no new clothes for myself for a year

I don’t buy a huge amount of clothes so I thought this would be a relatively easy challenge. But it was harder than I expected!

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Posted on January 3, 2026Leave a comment on Buy no new clothes for myself for a year
Travel the world in 60 books: 11-15

Travel the world in 60 books: 11-15

This is part three of my 60 books to read before I’m 60. As before, they are set in countries outside of the UK and USA. The previous books I’ve read can be found here and here.

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Posted on December 21, 2025Leave a comment on Travel the world in 60 books: 11-15
Walk to the coast

Walk to the coast

As I work in a school I get long summer holidays. These were great when the children were younger, but now they’re grown up with lives of their own I have a lot of spare time. One of the ways I’ve kept busy this year is by walking to the coast from my house in Oxfordshire.

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Posted on November 9, 2025November 9, 2025Leave a comment on Walk to the coast
Visit 10 UNESCO sites: 1-5

Visit 10 UNESCO sites: 1-5

I’ve rarely been disappointed by a UNESCO heritage site, hence my quest to visit more of them. There are over 1200 World Heritage sites across the world – they are designated for their cultural, historic, scientific or other form of global significance.

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Posted on November 2, 2025November 2, 20251 Comment on Visit 10 UNESCO sites: 1-5
See 20 theatre shows or plays: 1 to 5

See 20 theatre shows or plays: 1 to 5

I love the anticipation of a trip to the theatre – finding the seats, watching the audience filter in, checking out the stage setup and (sometimes) listening to the musicians tune up. It’s such a treat!

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Posted on October 4, 2025Leave a comment on See 20 theatre shows or plays: 1 to 5
Visit the Arctic

Visit the Arctic

There are a few definitions of the Arctic but for the purposes of this challenge I’ve defined it as the area north of the Arctic circle.

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Posted on September 13, 2025Leave a comment on Visit the Arctic
Join a protest

Join a protest

I hadn’t expected to join a protest on holiday, but sometimes you just go with the flow!

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Posted on August 30, 2025Leave a comment on Join a protest

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