A pictorial record

Some pictures of our list-related adventures are starting to collect on Flickr in this group.

Going to the dogs...

Hex, the reluctant blogger, has decided to make the report of the visit to the dog racing a team effort.

Bloganory!

Practice line (aborted due to rubbishness):

Slander! is nonsense said Nome reluctantly I thought, nevertheless that...

And starting again, one word at a time from each of the 4 wasptasters, although nome was replaced by Junction Bear for quite a few rounds as she cooked us a delicious roast lunch (with purple sprouting broccoli- how posh!):

Once upon a SATURDAY we ventured to a downright amazing adventure at Shawfield. Here velociraptors didn't peck our wallets however, the dogs led us joyfully to place bets. Everybody won except poor beautiful Hex :(. Chomps developed winning strategies for placing winning avocados ahead of the fastest dog. Nevertheless we decided that gambling created excessive amounts of debts. Afterwards there unfolded weird chinese pyjamas which were very organically crafted. That evil carnivorous dastardly rodent ate fifteen penguins entirely without manners. This appeared to be strange aliens although really this has not got anything to do with dogs. Nevertheless, we must go back to the main event. Everyone had sufficient fun for the entirety of the List task. The end.

Enough of this nonsense. We went to the dogs, placed bets, won some money, spent more, we did not encounter velociraptors nor entice dogs with avocados. Onwards to Ceramic painting!

All Quiet on the Western Front

In the meantime, the east-coast contingent of Chomper and I have been busy. We cooked and ate food together. We talked and thought about the list.

And since then, I've kept thinking. And what I now can't stop thinking about is... Greenland.

It's a short hop from Iceland. It's got Northern Lights. It's got an ice sheet. I'm thinking sea kayaking, I'm thinking hikes to the ice sheet, possibly a dog sled across the ice sheet, I'm thinking northern lights. I'm thinking about an expedition during our trip to Iceland to see the 'tongues'.

I hope everyone else thinks this sounds good too. Not just good: incredible.

Have a look at the Official Tourism Site for Greenland. And drool.

The Team

The Wasp Tasters

In all their glory, in reverse height order (almost?)

The Sub-list

The sub-list contains subsitute achievements for use when subbing out, or other fun stuff we didn't think of when we were making up the list proper that we might do in addition.

1. Go to a football match
2. Go to the opera
3. Wasp Tasting
4. Go house viewing (inappropriately priced houses - pretending we're millionaires)
5. Start our own business (farm business? The one-stop farm shop. nb. nome to learn about agricultural nutrition)
6. Go a vegan for a month
7. Learn an instrument and jam together
8. Go to a fortune teller
9. Scuba diving
10. Learn Mandarin Russian
11. Vodka.
12. See the Pacific
13. Swim in the sea in Scotland (nb. take off bra first. nb. not skinny dipping. nb. not topless either.)

The Sub-list is expandible. And expendible. 

The List

1. Camping at Sandwood Bay (haunted) - organised by Kitezoo
2. Bag a Munroe - organised by Chomps
3. GO APE!  - organised by Hex
4. Paragliding - organised by nome
5. Run a distance, more than 5km, less than a marathon - organised by Kitezoo
6. Whisky tasting - organised by nome
7. Go to Kitezoo's 'Tongue' Museum - organised by Kitezoo
8. Glacier trek - organised by Kitezoo & nome
9. Raise sufficient money to build a Mary's Meals kitchen - nome
10. Venice Bienalle - organised by nome
11. Road trip round Ireland (fridge optional) - organised by Chomps
12. Whitewater rafting (NOT in Scotland) - organised by nome
13. Go to Croatia - organised by Hex
14. Learn a creative skill - tbc. Woodworking/pottery/millinery/ceramic painting - organised by nome
15. Go see Shakespeare at the Globe - organised by Kitezoo
16. Make a film (tbd) - organised by Hex
17. Zine! - organised by nome
18. Guerrilla art - organised by Kitezoo Hex Kite- Hex
19. Kilimanjaro - organised by Chomps
20. Safari (NOT Blair Drummond) - organised by Chomps
21. Murder Mystery Pub Crawl Treasure Hunt - organised by Hex
22. Gorillas! - organised by Kitezoo
23. Go to a festival (tbc) - organised by nome. Not Woolfest, not Small Is...
24. Trans-Siberian Railway - organised by Chomps
25. Canal boat - organised by Hex
26. Cook something together regularly. Combine with List Steering Group - organised by nome
27. Go to the dogs and place bets - organised by Hex
28. Use an  über telescope - organised by Kitezoo & Chomps
29. Northern lights attempt - organised by nome 
30. Kate's Ceilidh Mark II - 30th birthdays celebrations and end of the list! - Kitezoo, Hex, Chomps and nome

Terms of Engagement

• Two per season - minimum
• Starting autumn 2011
• Finishing winter 2014
• 3 opt out cards: use with caution. Can use these to subsitute something from the main list for something on the sub list.
• Final event: Kate's Ceilidh Mark II
• The list takes priority over all, including significant life plans
• Brainstorming: for preference, over coffee

Three Years to 30

Aged 27, or nearly 27, we sat drinking coffee and milkshakes, eating cake, and talking about how 30 was actually quite soon. We wanted to achieve more. And exciting stuff. Not careers or babies.

From this, as though it were the most original idea in the world, we decided to make a list. Three years til we're 30; 30 things to achieve.

Let's go.