The second part of my challenge to visit 10 UNESCO sites.
Author: cjreardon21
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!
Travel the world in 60 books: 11-15
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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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.
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!
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.
Join a protest
I hadn’t expected to join a protest on holiday, but sometimes you just go with the flow!
See 10 bands or singers: 1 to 5
Whilst this may seem strange to many people, music doesn’t play a large part in my life. I don’t use Spotify or own a pair of AirPods and I’m quite happy to sit in silence rather than listen to music. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy music. I do, but I tend to be quite set in my ways as to what I like. My music tastes would immediately single me out as middle of the road and middle-aged!
Go to the Proms
The Proms are a summer tradition at London’s Royal Albert Hall, featuring a wide range of classical concerts. Most people know the flag-waving finale of the ‘Last Night of the Proms’, but there’s so much more to the season, with a surprising variety of musical genres.