Fifty before 50

The closest I have come to riding a horse is a donkey on Blackpool beach when I was about 10/11.

Who doesn’t want to spend a weekend in Amsterdam and visit the sex museum and look at a wall of cocks?

The British Isles have many beautiful places to visit, and some of them are in Ireland

It’s the only country I haven’t visited in the United Kingdom. This has to change.

Uncle Gert refused to take me in 1999. Not that I hold grudges or anything, but I haven’t forgiven Uncle Gert for that!

But this is something that I still want to do.

I don’t know why I have never attempted to ski before. I don’t necessarily want to go on a skiing holiday. Just give it a try.

I’ll be honest, I haven’t touched a sewing machine since high school. So this should be fun!

As lovers of the Great Pottery Throwdown, watching them do that makes it look so easy.

So why not?

I have a huge phobia of signing in public.

At the age of 12, in front of a packed-out school assembly, I forgot the words to Oliver’s “Who will buy?”

Plus, I am constantly told I can’t sing!

One of the biggest regrets of my life.

This is what I wanted to do as a career when I was younger. But alas, it never got past college years!

I would love to perform again. But do I still have it in me?

Having spent years visiting the Gay Mecca (aka IKEA), it’s time to try something different.

Let’s try some upcycling!

I’ve done a bungee jump, this is kinda the same. Except a lot higher…and a parachute instead of a rope!

So nothing like the same!

When I was 11, the school said that I couldn’t do gymnastics as “that’s a girl’s sport”

In the process, I have never been able to backflip.

There is something about dangling off the side of something, supported by a piece of rope, to give you the heebie jeebies!

I have been working on my sleeve since I was about 20. I may as well get it finished before I turn fifty!

I’ve been bald since my 20s, so I have always been curious to see what I would look like if I had a head of hair!

I would rather visit Canada than America.

Additionally, we both have family in Canada, so we would like to visit them there.

In the whole time that I went to school, I got to have a go at tennis once.

I then “played” a couple of times later with friends, but I feel like I need to have a proper game.

As a kid, I had a fascination with dolphins. I even adopted one for several years.

Part of me would love to swim with dolphins; however, I would be more than happy to see them in the wild.

What’s this? A Christmas-themed item!

This isn’t something I came up with, but it is something that I have thought about doing.

I’m told I’m full of air a lot, but not enough to lift me to the sky.

I’ve always fancied going on a cruise, alas, the husby doesn’t.

Where is that sugar daddy?

I’ll be honest, my dress sense is casual, so I blend into the back.

Am I too old to stand out?

I need to have some Cornish ice cream on the beach

I really am not an artistic person, but I have always wanted to create a piece of art (of some sort).

Just don’t expect a masterpiece

As a Scot who moved to England as a kid, I have never experienced a proper Scottish Hogmanay.

It’s a sport that I have never really thought about because I don’t have good grip strength.

I would be happy with indoor rock climbing

For a few years now, I have been wanting to create a professional website using the Headless approach. It has never happened!

15-year-old Mike had the opportunity to climb the tower. 15-year-old Mike declined.

Older Mike now regrets that decision.

I like to think I have aged gracefully (or disgracefully, depending on who you speak to), but age is upon me now, and I am looking a little haggard.

So, I want to see what a little pick-me-up would do/feel

I think there is something special about the canal boat homes and the ability to travel the country by canal.

I don’t want to own a gun (even if I could), but I would be interested in going to a shooting range and learning how to shoot one.

Ice baths are designed to enhance circulation, promote muscle recovery, alleviate pain, and improve mental well-being.

I, on the other hand, think they are designed to make your balls go deep inside you!

This is another skill I would like to achieve. I want to hold a freestanding handstand for a period, and I also want to be able to do a controlled handstand walk.

I used to raise money all the time, but there is only so much sponsorship shit you can do.

Over the next few years, I plan to raise some money for charity

I have haphazardly been trying to learn Spanish over the years. It would be good to have a little conversation in another language

I was learning Spanish through Duolingo

After months of practice, I finally did it. I got that elusive bar muscle-up.

For my mum’s birthday, I bought her a helicopter ride. I got one for myself, too.

After nearly 8 years of doing CrossFit, I finally plucked up the courage and competed in a fitness competition. Granted, I didn’t do it to win!

NC500 is Scotland’s version of Route 66. As a Scot, I wanted to see more of my country, and this is a great way of doing it.

As a kid, I used to “knit”, if you called it that. And after a few years of cross-stitching, I set my sights on learning crochet.

I can do it. Although I am not sure I want to continue with this as a hobby

It has taken nearly 7 years, but I have finally competed in my first CrossFit Open

Climbing a hill is nothing. We need to go higher. So a mountain it is then!