Richard
England
Trying to make each day count...
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Had great fun at the Millets Falconry Centre in Abingdon. This little fellow climbed onto my lap to be fed.
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March, 2015 - Visited Africa Alive! & Banham Zoo.
September, 2016 - Visited Noah's Ark Zoo Farm.
September, 2016 - Visited Axe Valley Wildlife Park.
September, 2016 - Heythrop Zoological Gardens (only opens once a year, provides animals for the use in film.)
April, 2017 - Visited The Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park
June, 2017 - Visited Porfell Wildlife Sanctuary
September, 2017 - Visited Shaldon Zoo & Buckfast Butterflies & Otter Sanctuary
January 2019 - Visited the Tilgate Wildlife Center in Sussex.
May, 2019 - Visited the Millets's Falconry Centre.
June, 2019 - Visited the Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay
March, 2015 - Visited Africa Alive! & Banham Zoo.
September, 2016 - Visited Noah's Ark Zoo Farm.
September, 2016 - Visited Axe Valley Wildlife Park.
September, 2016 - Heythrop Zoological Gardens (only opens once a year, provides animals for the use in film.)
April, 2017 - Visited The Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park
June, 2017 - Visited Porfell Wildlife Sanctuary
September, 2017 - Visited Shaldon Zoo & Buckfast Butterflies & Otter Sanctuary
January 2019 - Visited the Tilgate Wildlife Center in Sussex.
May, 2019 - Visited the Millets's Falconry Centre.
June, 2019 - Visited the Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay
Completed 4 out of 15 so Far....
1.The Ridgeway ( 87 miles )
2.Hadrian's Wall ( 84 miles )
3.Thames Path ( 184 miles )
4.Cotswold Way ( 102 miles )
Also, completed parts of a further 5 National Trails;
5.Pembrokeshire Coast Path (3 of 186 miles or 1.6%) St Justinian to St David's Head
6.South Downs Way in England (5 of 100 or 5%) Stretch near Goodwood
7.South West Coast Path (194.5 of 630 miles or 30.87%) Chivenor to Lynton (40 miles), The Quay at Bideford to the Long stay car park op Co-Op in Westward Ho! (8.5 miles), Crooklet Beach Car Park nr Bude to Boscastle (18 miles) & Torquay to the Start Lighthouse (34 miles), Bigbury on Sea to Salcombe ( 13 miles), Wembury to Gorran Haven ( 62 miles ) & Perrinporth to Porthtowen (8 miles)
8.North Downs Way (11 of 123 miles or 8.9%) Farnham to Guildford
9. England Coast Path (Route not finished yet) (11 miles) Brean Down to Burnham on Sea
And haven't yet started any of the following 7 National Trails;
10.Cleveland Way in England
11.Glyndŵr's Way in Wales
12.Offa's Dyke Path in Wales and England
13.Peddar's Way and Norfolk Coast Path in England (treated as a single National Trail)
14.Pennine Bridleway in England (bridleway)
15.Pennine Way mainly in England with a short distance in Scotland
16.Yorkshire Wolds Way in England
1.The Ridgeway ( 87 miles )
2.Hadrian's Wall ( 84 miles )
3.Thames Path ( 184 miles )
4.Cotswold Way ( 102 miles )
Also, completed parts of a further 5 National Trails;
5.Pembrokeshire Coast Path (3 of 186 miles or 1.6%) St Justinian to St David's Head
6.South Downs Way in England (5 of 100 or 5%) Stretch near Goodwood
7.South West Coast Path (194.5 of 630 miles or 30.87%) Chivenor to Lynton (40 miles), The Quay at Bideford to the Long stay car park op Co-Op in Westward Ho! (8.5 miles), Crooklet Beach Car Park nr Bude to Boscastle (18 miles) & Torquay to the Start Lighthouse (34 miles), Bigbury on Sea to Salcombe ( 13 miles), Wembury to Gorran Haven ( 62 miles ) & Perrinporth to Porthtowen (8 miles)
8.North Downs Way (11 of 123 miles or 8.9%) Farnham to Guildford
9. England Coast Path (Route not finished yet) (11 miles) Brean Down to Burnham on Sea
And haven't yet started any of the following 7 National Trails;
10.Cleveland Way in England
11.Glyndŵr's Way in Wales
12.Offa's Dyke Path in Wales and England
13.Peddar's Way and Norfolk Coast Path in England (treated as a single National Trail)
14.Pennine Bridleway in England (bridleway)
15.Pennine Way mainly in England with a short distance in Scotland
16.Yorkshire Wolds Way in England
Fantastic experience watching, 'All's well that ends well,' at the Minack Theatre in Porthcurno, performed by the Heady Conduct Company. What a backdrop! 'One of the World's top 10 open air experiences,' according to Lonely Planet. I completely agree.
Continuing my way through the Guardian's top 1000 novels list, having already read 145 books, this challenge is to add another 25...
146) Read, 'Affinity,' by Sarah Waters on the 29th October, 2017.
147) Read, 'The Thirty Nine Steps,' by John Buchan on the 10th November, 2017.
148) Read, 'Norwegian Wood,' by Haruki Murakami on the 15th November, 2017.
149) Read, 'Birdsong,' by Sebastian Faulks on the 21st November, 2017.
150) Read, 'Murder at the Vicarage,' by Agatha Christie on the 1st December, 2017.
151) Read, 'Martin Eden,' by Jack London on the 17th December, 2017.
152) Read, 'At Swim-Two-Birds,' by Flann O'Brien on the 25th December, 2017.
153) Read, 'The Pledge,' by Friedrich Dürrenmatt in February, 2018.
154) Read,'The Outsider,' by Albert Camus in March, 2018
155) Read, 'She,' by H.Rider Haggard in March, 2018
156) Read, 'The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson,' by Mark Twain in March, 2018.
157) Read, 'Moll Flanders,' by Daniel Defoe in April, 2018.
158) Read, '20,000 Leagues under the Sea,' by Jules Verne in May, 2018.
159) Read, 'Love in the time of Cholera,' by Gabriel García Márquez in July, 2018.
14/25
146) Read, 'Affinity,' by Sarah Waters on the 29th October, 2017.
147) Read, 'The Thirty Nine Steps,' by John Buchan on the 10th November, 2017.
148) Read, 'Norwegian Wood,' by Haruki Murakami on the 15th November, 2017.
149) Read, 'Birdsong,' by Sebastian Faulks on the 21st November, 2017.
150) Read, 'Murder at the Vicarage,' by Agatha Christie on the 1st December, 2017.
151) Read, 'Martin Eden,' by Jack London on the 17th December, 2017.
152) Read, 'At Swim-Two-Birds,' by Flann O'Brien on the 25th December, 2017.
153) Read, 'The Pledge,' by Friedrich Dürrenmatt in February, 2018.
154) Read,'The Outsider,' by Albert Camus in March, 2018
155) Read, 'She,' by H.Rider Haggard in March, 2018
156) Read, 'The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson,' by Mark Twain in March, 2018.
157) Read, 'Moll Flanders,' by Daniel Defoe in April, 2018.
158) Read, '20,000 Leagues under the Sea,' by Jules Verne in May, 2018.
159) Read, 'Love in the time of Cholera,' by Gabriel García Márquez in July, 2018.
14/25
1/10 Whitehorse Hill, Oxfordshire-261m.
2/10 Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire-243m.
3/10 Haddington Hill, Buckinghamshire-267m.
4/10 Pavis Hill, Hertfordshire-244m.
5/10 Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire-330 m
5, to go....
(Reference, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_counties_by_highest_point )
2/10 Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire-243m.
3/10 Haddington Hill, Buckinghamshire-267m.
4/10 Pavis Hill, Hertfordshire-244m.
5/10 Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire-330 m
5, to go....
(Reference, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_counties_by_highest_point )
Read, 'Lovely Bones,' in March, 2018.
1/25
1/25
1. Visited Milton Keynes Museum (http://www.miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/))
Visited;
Bushy Park
Richmond Park
Regent's Park
Still to visit;
Green Park
Greenwich Park
Hyde Park
Kensington Gardens
St. James's Park
Bushy Park
Richmond Park
Regent's Park
Still to visit;
Green Park
Greenwich Park
Hyde Park
Kensington Gardens
St. James's Park
The Governments own health website suggests that we should eat at least 5 fruit or vegetable portions every day-although other Governments around Europe have suggested that we should consume even more. While 5 is good, it would seem reading through different articles on the subject, 10, if you can manage it, is fantastic!
So, over the last year or so, I've been gradually building up my portions, & with one adjustment (I had to limit the fruit portions to 3, otherwise my teeth seem to object), I've managed at least 10 fruit & vegetable portions every day for 3 months now. I've lost weight & feel better, so even though I've achieved the objective, I plan to try & keep this one going.
So, over the last year or so, I've been gradually building up my portions, & with one adjustment (I had to limit the fruit portions to 3, otherwise my teeth seem to object), I've managed at least 10 fruit & vegetable portions every day for 3 months now. I've lost weight & feel better, so even though I've achieved the objective, I plan to try & keep this one going.
The list so far....
1.The Shetlands
2.The Outer Hebrides
3.The Orkneys.
4. Anglesey.
5. The Isles of Scilly.
6. Lundy Island.
7. Farne Islands
8. Canvey Island
9. Tintagel Island.
10. Burgh Island.
1.The Shetlands
2.The Outer Hebrides
3.The Orkneys.
4. Anglesey.
5. The Isles of Scilly.
6. Lundy Island.
7. Farne Islands
8. Canvey Island
9. Tintagel Island.
10. Burgh Island.
10/10
1. Chiltern 3 Peaks.
2. John O'Groats to Lands End Virtual Walk.
3. Macmillan Cotswold Way Mighty Hike Marathon.
4. Camelot Half Marathon.
5. The Steeples & Spires Half Marathon.
6. Just Walk 30K Goodwood.
7. St Albans Half Marathon.
8. Salisbury 54321 21K
9. Chiltern 3 Peaks (2nd time).
10. Camelot Half Marathon (2n time).
1. Chiltern 3 Peaks.
2. John O'Groats to Lands End Virtual Walk.
3. Macmillan Cotswold Way Mighty Hike Marathon.
4. Camelot Half Marathon.
5. The Steeples & Spires Half Marathon.
6. Just Walk 30K Goodwood.
7. St Albans Half Marathon.
8. Salisbury 54321 21K
9. Chiltern 3 Peaks (2nd time).
10. Camelot Half Marathon (2n time).
1. Hadrian's Wall (May, 2015).
2. Bath (July, 2016).
3. Maritime Greenwich
4. Dorset & East Devon Coast
5. Tower of London.
2. Bath (July, 2016).
3. Maritime Greenwich
4. Dorset & East Devon Coast
5. Tower of London.
Finished the 3.1 mile/5K course today in a time of 30 minutes 4 seconds, in 86th position, out of 141 runners.
Training is coming along nicely, despite running being the most unnatural, uncomfortable feeling for me in the entire World. Despite this, I managed to run four miles this morning, and am now buzzing with endorphins.
The run I plan to take part in usually has about 150 other runners competing. My main concern is, that on the day, I'll rush off way too fast to keep up with the majority of runners and then find I'm completely burnt out half way round, and then not manage to complete it, instead of keeping a nice steady pace all the way round, but I'm being negative...suffice to say, the training is going well, 23rd August.
The run I plan to take part in usually has about 150 other runners competing. My main concern is, that on the day, I'll rush off way too fast to keep up with the majority of runners and then find I'm completely burnt out half way round, and then not manage to complete it, instead of keeping a nice steady pace all the way round, but I'm being negative...suffice to say, the training is going well, 23rd August.
South Africa's opening batsman, Dean Elgar, finding time to come over and sign a child's autograph book while the game was actually playing!
Took some photographs today of all those competing in my local 5K parkrun, then spent a couple of hours editing and cropping the pictures before sharing them on their website so everybody could download their own copies.
Continued from my already completed goal-to read my height in books....
1) 'Double indemnity.' + 11mm = 183.1cm
2) 'Hiroshima.' + 1.2cm = 184.3cm
3) 'Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' + 5mm = 184.8cm
4) 'Around the World in 80 days.' + 2.9cm = 187.7cm
5) 'Memoirs of a Geisha.' + 3.2cm = 190.9cm
6) 'The Lost Relic' + 3cm = 193.9cm
7) 'Fight Club.' + 1.5cm = 195.4cm
8) 'The Last Picture Show' + 1.5cm = 196.9cm
9) 'Paths of Glory' + 1.5cm = 198.4cm
10) 'Midnight in the garden of good and evil.' + 2.7cm = 201.1cm
11) 'The Accidental Tourist.' + 2.5cm = 203.6cm
12) 'The Sorrows of young Werther.' + 1cm = 204.6cm
13) 'The End of the World Running Club.' 2.9cm = 207.5cm
14) 'Gideon's Spies.' + 4.6cm = 212.1cm
15) 'John McGovern: From Bo'ness to the Bernabeu: My Story.' +2.5cm = 214.6cm
16) 'By Way of Deception: A Devastating Insider's Portrait of the Mossad.' + 2.8cm = 217.4cm
17) 'The Luzhin Defence.' +1.2cm = 218.6cm
18) 'The story of my life - Helen Keller,' + 1.5cm = 220.1cm
19) 'Faust.' +1cm = 221.1cm
20) 'Casino Royale.' +1.8cm = 222.9cm
21) 'Being dead.' + 1.4cm = 224.3cm
22) 'Me Talk Pretty One Day.' + 2cm = 226.3cm
23) 'Fair stood the wind for France.' + 1.8cm = 228.1cm
24) 'Bridget Jones' Diary.' + 2cm = 230.1cm
25) 'The Grifters' + 1.6cm = 231.7cm
26) 'The curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' +2.1cm = 233.8cm
27) 'Through the looking glass & what Alice found there.' +1.8cm = 235.6cm
28) 'Heart of darkness.' + 6mm = 236.2cm
29) 'Tintin in Tibet.' + 4mm = 236.6cm
30) 'The Sacred Book of the Werewolf.' + 2.7cm = 239.3cm
31) 'A kind of loving.' + 2.3cm = 241.6cm
32) 'The Confessions of Nat Turner.' + 2.7cm = 244.3cm
33) 'The Secret Adversary.' + 1.4cm = 245.7cm
45) 'Puckoon.' + 2.5cm = 248.2cm
46) 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4.' +1.7cm = 249.9cm
47) 'Tales from the Secret Annex.' + 1.4cm = 251.3cm
48) 'Black Beauty.' + 0.7cm = 252cm
49) 'The Member of the Wedding.' + 1.4cm = 253.4cm
50) 'Dr Moreau.' + 1.3cm = 254.7cm
51) 'The Crab with the Golden Claws.' + 0.5cm = 255.2cm
52) 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell.' + 4.8cm = 260cm
53) 'There's Something I've Been Dying to Tell You.' + 2.1cm = 262.1cm
54) 'A Judgement in Stone.' + 1.4cm = 263.5cm
55) 'The Daughter of Time.' + 1.3cm = 264.8cm
56) 'The Castafiore Emerald.' + 0.5cm = 265.3cm
57) 'The Westminster Alice.' + 0.5cm = 265.8cm
58) 'The Driver's Seat.' + 0.7cm = 266.5cm
59) 'Death And The Penguin.' + 1.1cm = 267.6cm
60) 'The Communist Manifesto.' + 0.2cm = 267.8cm
61) 'Dolores Claiborne.' + 2.2cm = 270cm
62) 'Things Fall Apart.' + 1.5cm = 271.5cm
63) 'The Prophet.' + 0.3cm = 271.8cm
64) 'The Coming Race.' + 0.8cm = 272.6cm
65) 'All the light we cannot see.' + 3.4cm = 276cm
66) 'Julius Caesar.' + 1.6cm = 277.6cm
67) ''What do women want?' + 1.7cm = 279.3cm
68) 'Only the truth.' + 2.5cm = 281.8cm
69) 'History of the battle of Agincourt.' + 0.8cm = 282.6cm
70) 'Devil in a blue dress.' + 1.5cm = 284.1cm
71) 'Along came a spider.' + 3.1cm = 287.2cm
72) 'Mothering Sunday.' + 1.7cm = 288.9cm
73) 'Vive La Revolution.' + 2cm = 290.9cm
74) 'Reasons to be cheerful.' + 2.2cm = 293.1cm
75) 'The winters tale.' + 0.6cm = 293.7cm
76) 'The Damned United.' + 2.5cm = 296.2cm
77) 'Rogue Male.' + 1.6cm = 297.8cm
78) 'Under rose-tainted skies.' + 2cm = 299.8cm
79) 'Flashman.' + 2.2cm = 302cm
80) 'The velveteen rabbit.' + 1.8cm = 303.8cm
81) 'Solaris.' + 1.3cm = 305.1cm
180 Books read so far since January 11th, 2015-which if stacked up on top of each other, makes up a height of 305.1cm. 58.9cm to go...
1) 'Double indemnity.' + 11mm = 183.1cm
2) 'Hiroshima.' + 1.2cm = 184.3cm
3) 'Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' + 5mm = 184.8cm
4) 'Around the World in 80 days.' + 2.9cm = 187.7cm
5) 'Memoirs of a Geisha.' + 3.2cm = 190.9cm
6) 'The Lost Relic' + 3cm = 193.9cm
7) 'Fight Club.' + 1.5cm = 195.4cm
8) 'The Last Picture Show' + 1.5cm = 196.9cm
9) 'Paths of Glory' + 1.5cm = 198.4cm
10) 'Midnight in the garden of good and evil.' + 2.7cm = 201.1cm
11) 'The Accidental Tourist.' + 2.5cm = 203.6cm
12) 'The Sorrows of young Werther.' + 1cm = 204.6cm
13) 'The End of the World Running Club.' 2.9cm = 207.5cm
14) 'Gideon's Spies.' + 4.6cm = 212.1cm
15) 'John McGovern: From Bo'ness to the Bernabeu: My Story.' +2.5cm = 214.6cm
16) 'By Way of Deception: A Devastating Insider's Portrait of the Mossad.' + 2.8cm = 217.4cm
17) 'The Luzhin Defence.' +1.2cm = 218.6cm
18) 'The story of my life - Helen Keller,' + 1.5cm = 220.1cm
19) 'Faust.' +1cm = 221.1cm
20) 'Casino Royale.' +1.8cm = 222.9cm
21) 'Being dead.' + 1.4cm = 224.3cm
22) 'Me Talk Pretty One Day.' + 2cm = 226.3cm
23) 'Fair stood the wind for France.' + 1.8cm = 228.1cm
24) 'Bridget Jones' Diary.' + 2cm = 230.1cm
25) 'The Grifters' + 1.6cm = 231.7cm
26) 'The curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' +2.1cm = 233.8cm
27) 'Through the looking glass & what Alice found there.' +1.8cm = 235.6cm
28) 'Heart of darkness.' + 6mm = 236.2cm
29) 'Tintin in Tibet.' + 4mm = 236.6cm
30) 'The Sacred Book of the Werewolf.' + 2.7cm = 239.3cm
31) 'A kind of loving.' + 2.3cm = 241.6cm
32) 'The Confessions of Nat Turner.' + 2.7cm = 244.3cm
33) 'The Secret Adversary.' + 1.4cm = 245.7cm
45) 'Puckoon.' + 2.5cm = 248.2cm
46) 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4.' +1.7cm = 249.9cm
47) 'Tales from the Secret Annex.' + 1.4cm = 251.3cm
48) 'Black Beauty.' + 0.7cm = 252cm
49) 'The Member of the Wedding.' + 1.4cm = 253.4cm
50) 'Dr Moreau.' + 1.3cm = 254.7cm
51) 'The Crab with the Golden Claws.' + 0.5cm = 255.2cm
52) 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell.' + 4.8cm = 260cm
53) 'There's Something I've Been Dying to Tell You.' + 2.1cm = 262.1cm
54) 'A Judgement in Stone.' + 1.4cm = 263.5cm
55) 'The Daughter of Time.' + 1.3cm = 264.8cm
56) 'The Castafiore Emerald.' + 0.5cm = 265.3cm
57) 'The Westminster Alice.' + 0.5cm = 265.8cm
58) 'The Driver's Seat.' + 0.7cm = 266.5cm
59) 'Death And The Penguin.' + 1.1cm = 267.6cm
60) 'The Communist Manifesto.' + 0.2cm = 267.8cm
61) 'Dolores Claiborne.' + 2.2cm = 270cm
62) 'Things Fall Apart.' + 1.5cm = 271.5cm
63) 'The Prophet.' + 0.3cm = 271.8cm
64) 'The Coming Race.' + 0.8cm = 272.6cm
65) 'All the light we cannot see.' + 3.4cm = 276cm
66) 'Julius Caesar.' + 1.6cm = 277.6cm
67) ''What do women want?' + 1.7cm = 279.3cm
68) 'Only the truth.' + 2.5cm = 281.8cm
69) 'History of the battle of Agincourt.' + 0.8cm = 282.6cm
70) 'Devil in a blue dress.' + 1.5cm = 284.1cm
71) 'Along came a spider.' + 3.1cm = 287.2cm
72) 'Mothering Sunday.' + 1.7cm = 288.9cm
73) 'Vive La Revolution.' + 2cm = 290.9cm
74) 'Reasons to be cheerful.' + 2.2cm = 293.1cm
75) 'The winters tale.' + 0.6cm = 293.7cm
76) 'The Damned United.' + 2.5cm = 296.2cm
77) 'Rogue Male.' + 1.6cm = 297.8cm
78) 'Under rose-tainted skies.' + 2cm = 299.8cm
79) 'Flashman.' + 2.2cm = 302cm
80) 'The velveteen rabbit.' + 1.8cm = 303.8cm
81) 'Solaris.' + 1.3cm = 305.1cm
180 Books read so far since January 11th, 2015-which if stacked up on top of each other, makes up a height of 305.1cm. 58.9cm to go...
Saw England play South Africa at the Kia Oval in London.
There is something quite exciting about waiting for a film to be released that is based on a book that you loved. Was the book better? Or was it that rare beast-where the film version was actually better then the book? The following list details the book title, followed by the film title & the year, then the date the double was completed.
1. 'Catch-22,' by Joseph Heller.
'Catch-22' film (1970). Directed by Mike Nichols
27th May, 2015. Completed.
2. 'The Fault in our Stars,' by John Green
'Fault in our Stars' film (2014)
2nd September, 2015. Completed.
3. Exodus account in the Bible, 6th Century BC?
'Exodus: God's and Kings' Film (2014)
7th October, 2015. Completed.
4. 'Atonement,' by Ian McEwen
'Atonement' film (2007)
24th June, 2015. Completed.
5. 'The Big Sleep,' by Raymond Chandler
'The Big Sleep' film (1978)
17th March, 2015. Completed.
6. 'Into the Wild,' by Jon Krakauer
'Into the Wild' film (2007)
17th September, 2015. Completed.
7. 'Never let me go,' by Kazuo Ishiguro
'Never let me go' film (2010)
8. 'Remains of the Day,' by Kazuo Ishiguro
'Remains of the Day' film (1993)
8th September, 2015. Completed.
9. 'Disgrace,' by J. M. Coetzee
'Disgrace' film (2008)
4th August, 2015. Completed.
10. 'Deliverance,' by James Dickey
'Deliverance' film (1972)
22nd September, 2015
11. 'The English Patient,' by Michael Ondaatje
'The English Patient' film (1996)
26th August, 2015.
12. 'Stardust,' by Neil Gaiman
'Stardust' film (2007)
January, 2015. Completed.
13. 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest,' by Ken Kesey
'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' film (1975)
10th May, 2015. Completed.
14. 'Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy,' by Douglas Adams
'Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy' film (2005)
February, 2015. Completed.
15. 'Watchmen,' by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
'Watchmen' film (2009)
15th March, 2015. Completed.
16. 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being,' by Milan Kundera
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' film (1988)
10th October, 2015 completed.
17. 'Lolita,' by Vladimir Nabokov
'Lolita' film (1997)
27th November 2015 completed.
18. 'The Hound of the Baskervilles,' by Arthur Conan Doye
The second episode of the second series of the BBC TV show Sherlock (2012)
Completed on Jan 9th, 2016.
19. 'Perfume: The story of a murderer,' by Patrick Suskind.
'Perfume: The story of a murderer' film (2007)
Completed Jan 10th 2016
20. 'The Day of the Triffids,' by John Wyndham.
'The Day of the Triffids' (The complete BBC series, 2010).
Completed Jan 29th, 2016.
21. 'The Prestige,' by Christopher Priest.
'The Prestige' film (2006)
Completed Feb 3rd 2016.
22. 'Do Androids dream of electric sheep,' by Philip K.Dick
'Blade Runner' film (1982)
Completed Feb 7th 2016
23. 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' by Mark Twain
'Huckleberry Finn and His Friends' (1979) TV Series
Completed Feb 14th 2016
24. 'The Princess Bride,' by William Goldman
'The Princess Bride' film (1987)
Completed Feb 22nd, 2016.
25. 'The Reader,' by Bernhard Schlink
'The Reader' film (2008)
Completed Feb 25th, 2016.
26. 'A Month in the Country,' by J.L Carr
'A Month in the Country' film (1987)
Completed on the 29th Feb, 2016.
27. 'The Darling Buds of May,' by H.E Bates
'The Darling Buds of May' (Yorkshire TV series, 1991 ).
29. 'To kill a mockingbird,' by Harper Lee
'To kill a mockingbird' film (1962)
Completed 29th March, 2016
30. 'Schindler's Ark,' by Thomas Keneally
'Schindler's List' film (1993)
Completed 5th April, 2016
31. 'A night to remember,' by Walter Lord
'Titanic' film (1997)
Completed 15th April, 2016
32. 'Memoirs of a Geisha,' by Athur Golden
'Memoirs of a Geisha' film (2005)
Completed 18th May, 2016
33. 'The Last Picture Show' by Larry McMurtry
'The Last Picture Show' film (1971)
Completed 31st May, 2016
34. 'Paths of Glory' by Humphrey Cobb
'Paths of Glory,' film (1957)
Completed 7th June, 2016
35. 'The Luzhin Defence,' by Vladimir Nabokov.
'The Luzhin Defence,' film (2000)
Completed 21st August, 2016.
36. 'Suite Francaise,' by Irène Némirovsky.
'Suite Française,' film (2015)
Completed 21st August, 2016
37. 'Fair stood the wind for France,' by H.E Bates
Fair stood the wind for France (4-part television mini-series, 1980)
38. 'Bridget Jones's Diary,' by Helen Fielding.
'Bridget Jones's Diary,' film (2001)
39. The Grifters by Jim Thompson.
'The Grifters,' film (1990)
40. 'Revolutionary Road,' by Richard Yates.
'Revolutionary Road,' Film (2008)
41. 'The Wind in the Willows,' by Kenneth Graham.
'Wind in the Willows,' film (2006)
42. 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,' by Alan Stilltoe.
'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,' film (1962).
43. 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell,' by Susana Clarke
'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell,' BBC miniseries (2015)
44. 'Dolores Claiborne,' by Stephen King
'Dolores Claiborne,' film (1992)
45. 'Along came a spider,' by James Pattison
'Along came a spider,' film ( 2001)
46. 'Blindness,' by José Saramago
'Blindness,' film (2008)
47. 'Solaris,' by Stanisław Lem.
'Solaris,' film (2002)
48 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,' by L. Frank Baum
'The Wizard of Oz,' film (1939)
49/ 'American Psycho,' by Bret Easton Ellis
'American Psycho,' film (2000)
50 'The Giver,' by Lois Lowry
'The Giver,' film (2014)
50 / 50
1. 'Catch-22,' by Joseph Heller.
'Catch-22' film (1970). Directed by Mike Nichols
27th May, 2015. Completed.
2. 'The Fault in our Stars,' by John Green
'Fault in our Stars' film (2014)
2nd September, 2015. Completed.
3. Exodus account in the Bible, 6th Century BC?
'Exodus: God's and Kings' Film (2014)
7th October, 2015. Completed.
4. 'Atonement,' by Ian McEwen
'Atonement' film (2007)
24th June, 2015. Completed.
5. 'The Big Sleep,' by Raymond Chandler
'The Big Sleep' film (1978)
17th March, 2015. Completed.
6. 'Into the Wild,' by Jon Krakauer
'Into the Wild' film (2007)
17th September, 2015. Completed.
7. 'Never let me go,' by Kazuo Ishiguro
'Never let me go' film (2010)
8. 'Remains of the Day,' by Kazuo Ishiguro
'Remains of the Day' film (1993)
8th September, 2015. Completed.
9. 'Disgrace,' by J. M. Coetzee
'Disgrace' film (2008)
4th August, 2015. Completed.
10. 'Deliverance,' by James Dickey
'Deliverance' film (1972)
22nd September, 2015
11. 'The English Patient,' by Michael Ondaatje
'The English Patient' film (1996)
26th August, 2015.
12. 'Stardust,' by Neil Gaiman
'Stardust' film (2007)
January, 2015. Completed.
13. 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest,' by Ken Kesey
'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' film (1975)
10th May, 2015. Completed.
14. 'Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy,' by Douglas Adams
'Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy' film (2005)
February, 2015. Completed.
15. 'Watchmen,' by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
'Watchmen' film (2009)
15th March, 2015. Completed.
16. 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being,' by Milan Kundera
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' film (1988)
10th October, 2015 completed.
17. 'Lolita,' by Vladimir Nabokov
'Lolita' film (1997)
27th November 2015 completed.
18. 'The Hound of the Baskervilles,' by Arthur Conan Doye
The second episode of the second series of the BBC TV show Sherlock (2012)
Completed on Jan 9th, 2016.
19. 'Perfume: The story of a murderer,' by Patrick Suskind.
'Perfume: The story of a murderer' film (2007)
Completed Jan 10th 2016
20. 'The Day of the Triffids,' by John Wyndham.
'The Day of the Triffids' (The complete BBC series, 2010).
Completed Jan 29th, 2016.
21. 'The Prestige,' by Christopher Priest.
'The Prestige' film (2006)
Completed Feb 3rd 2016.
22. 'Do Androids dream of electric sheep,' by Philip K.Dick
'Blade Runner' film (1982)
Completed Feb 7th 2016
23. 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' by Mark Twain
'Huckleberry Finn and His Friends' (1979) TV Series
Completed Feb 14th 2016
24. 'The Princess Bride,' by William Goldman
'The Princess Bride' film (1987)
Completed Feb 22nd, 2016.
25. 'The Reader,' by Bernhard Schlink
'The Reader' film (2008)
Completed Feb 25th, 2016.
26. 'A Month in the Country,' by J.L Carr
'A Month in the Country' film (1987)
Completed on the 29th Feb, 2016.
27. 'The Darling Buds of May,' by H.E Bates
'The Darling Buds of May' (Yorkshire TV series, 1991 ).
29. 'To kill a mockingbird,' by Harper Lee
'To kill a mockingbird' film (1962)
Completed 29th March, 2016
30. 'Schindler's Ark,' by Thomas Keneally
'Schindler's List' film (1993)
Completed 5th April, 2016
31. 'A night to remember,' by Walter Lord
'Titanic' film (1997)
Completed 15th April, 2016
32. 'Memoirs of a Geisha,' by Athur Golden
'Memoirs of a Geisha' film (2005)
Completed 18th May, 2016
33. 'The Last Picture Show' by Larry McMurtry
'The Last Picture Show' film (1971)
Completed 31st May, 2016
34. 'Paths of Glory' by Humphrey Cobb
'Paths of Glory,' film (1957)
Completed 7th June, 2016
35. 'The Luzhin Defence,' by Vladimir Nabokov.
'The Luzhin Defence,' film (2000)
Completed 21st August, 2016.
36. 'Suite Francaise,' by Irène Némirovsky.
'Suite Française,' film (2015)
Completed 21st August, 2016
37. 'Fair stood the wind for France,' by H.E Bates
Fair stood the wind for France (4-part television mini-series, 1980)
38. 'Bridget Jones's Diary,' by Helen Fielding.
'Bridget Jones's Diary,' film (2001)
39. The Grifters by Jim Thompson.
'The Grifters,' film (1990)
40. 'Revolutionary Road,' by Richard Yates.
'Revolutionary Road,' Film (2008)
41. 'The Wind in the Willows,' by Kenneth Graham.
'Wind in the Willows,' film (2006)
42. 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,' by Alan Stilltoe.
'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,' film (1962).
43. 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell,' by Susana Clarke
'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell,' BBC miniseries (2015)
44. 'Dolores Claiborne,' by Stephen King
'Dolores Claiborne,' film (1992)
45. 'Along came a spider,' by James Pattison
'Along came a spider,' film ( 2001)
46. 'Blindness,' by José Saramago
'Blindness,' film (2008)
47. 'Solaris,' by Stanisław Lem.
'Solaris,' film (2002)
48 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,' by L. Frank Baum
'The Wizard of Oz,' film (1939)
49/ 'American Psycho,' by Bret Easton Ellis
'American Psycho,' film (2000)
50 'The Giver,' by Lois Lowry
'The Giver,' film (2014)
50 / 50
http://www.listchallenges.com/billboard-greatest-of-all-time-heard-any-of-these/checklist/3
http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-hot-100-singles
58/100 (I've probably heard a lot more then 58, but some of the titles are unfamiliar so I'm not absolutely certain), so listening to the remaining 42 now just to make sure...
27th May
'Play that funky music white boy,' Wild Cherry. 59/100
'Family affair (album version),' Mary J.Blige 60/100
'Dark horse,' Katy Perry (feat Juicy.J). 61/100
'Mack the knife,' Bobby Darin. 62/100
'How do I live?' Leann Rimes 63/100
'Party rock anthem,' LMFAO 64/100
'I gotta feeling,' Black eyed peas 65/100
'Foolish games,' Jewell 66/100
'The battle of New Orleans,' Johnny Horton 67/100
'One sweet day,' Mariah Carey & Boyz II men 68/100
'It's all in the game,' Tommy Edwards 69/100
'Blurred Lines,' Robin Thicke 70/100
'End of the road,' Boyz II men 71/100
'No one,' Alicia Keys 72/100
'Let me love you,' Mario 73/100
'Boom boom pow,' Black eyed peas 74/100
'Tik tok,' Ke$Ha 75/100
'Gold digger,' Kanye West 76/100
'The boy is mine,' Brandy & Monica 77/100
'Because I love you,' Stevie B 78/100
'Just the way you are,' Bruno Mars 79/100
'Hurts so good,' John Cougar 80/100
'Shadow dancer,' Andy Gibb 81/100
'I just want to be your everything,' Andy Gibb 82/100
25th June 2017
'Rolling in the deep,' Adele 83/100
'Lets get in on,' Marvin Gaye 84/100
'Apologize,' One Republic 85/100
'Whoomp! There it is,' Tag Team 86/100
'That's what friends are for,' Dionne and Friends 87/100
http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-hot-100-singles
58/100 (I've probably heard a lot more then 58, but some of the titles are unfamiliar so I'm not absolutely certain), so listening to the remaining 42 now just to make sure...
27th May
'Play that funky music white boy,' Wild Cherry. 59/100
'Family affair (album version),' Mary J.Blige 60/100
'Dark horse,' Katy Perry (feat Juicy.J). 61/100
'Mack the knife,' Bobby Darin. 62/100
'How do I live?' Leann Rimes 63/100
'Party rock anthem,' LMFAO 64/100
'I gotta feeling,' Black eyed peas 65/100
'Foolish games,' Jewell 66/100
'The battle of New Orleans,' Johnny Horton 67/100
'One sweet day,' Mariah Carey & Boyz II men 68/100
'It's all in the game,' Tommy Edwards 69/100
'Blurred Lines,' Robin Thicke 70/100
'End of the road,' Boyz II men 71/100
'No one,' Alicia Keys 72/100
'Let me love you,' Mario 73/100
'Boom boom pow,' Black eyed peas 74/100
'Tik tok,' Ke$Ha 75/100
'Gold digger,' Kanye West 76/100
'The boy is mine,' Brandy & Monica 77/100
'Because I love you,' Stevie B 78/100
'Just the way you are,' Bruno Mars 79/100
'Hurts so good,' John Cougar 80/100
'Shadow dancer,' Andy Gibb 81/100
'I just want to be your everything,' Andy Gibb 82/100
25th June 2017
'Rolling in the deep,' Adele 83/100
'Lets get in on,' Marvin Gaye 84/100
'Apologize,' One Republic 85/100
'Whoomp! There it is,' Tag Team 86/100
'That's what friends are for,' Dionne and Friends 87/100
6/6 (I have to try and keep two ahead, because my 1,001 days run out two months before the year is up!)
January - 'Gaslight.'
February - 'Not Dead Enough,' 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,' and 'Funny Girl.'
March - '80's Invasion Tour 2017.' Martika, Paul Young, China Crisis & Toyah were the performers..
May - 'Judgement in Stone'
January - 'Gaslight.'
February - 'Not Dead Enough,' 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,' and 'Funny Girl.'
March - '80's Invasion Tour 2017.' Martika, Paul Young, China Crisis & Toyah were the performers..
May - 'Judgement in Stone'
Photo added to goal See the ruins of the 12th-century Tintagel Castle, the birthplace of King Arthur
A sculpture at Tintagel Castle entitled 'Gallos,' which is Cornish for power, inspired by the legend of King Arthur and created by artist Rubin Eynon.
October, 2015 Visited Windsor Castle in Berkshire.
September, 2016 Visited Dartmouth Castle in Devon.
June, 2017 Visited Tintagel Castle in Cornwall.
September, 2016 Visited Dartmouth Castle in Devon.
June, 2017 Visited Tintagel Castle in Cornwall.
100 / 100
'The Accidental Tourist.'
'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.'
'The Alchemist.'
'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.'
'All Quiet on the Western Front.'
'American Pastoral'
'Around the World in 80 days.'
'Asterix the Gaul.'
'Atonement.'
'Being Dead.'
'The Bell Jar.'
'The Big Sleep.'
'Black Beauty.'
'Blindness.'
‘Brave New World.’
'Breakfast at Tiffany's.'
'Bridget Jones' Diary.'
'Candide'
'Casino Royale.'
'The Castafiore Emerald.'
'The Castle of Otranto.'
'Catch 22.'
'A Clockwork Orange.'
'The Coming Race.'
'The Crab with the Golden Claws.'
'Crying of lot 49'
'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.'
'The Day of the Locust.'
'The Day of the Triffids.'
'Death and the Penguin.'
'Deliverance.'
'Devil in a Blue Dress.'
'Diary of a mad old man.'
'Diary of a Nobody.'
'Disgrace'
'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'
'Dolores Claiborne'
'The Driver's Seat.'
'The English Patient'
'Fahrenheit 451'
'Fair stood the wind for France.'
'Fight Club.'
'Flashman.'
'The French Lieutenant's Woman.'
'A Handful of Dust.'
'Heart of Darkness.'
'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.'
‘The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.’
'The Hound of the Baskervilles.'
'The Island of Doctor Moreau.'
'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.'
'A Judgement in Stone.'
'Just William.'
'A Kind of Loving.'
'The Little Prince.'
'Live Flesh'
'Lolita.'
'Lord of the flies.'
'Lucky Jim.'
'The Member of the Wedding.'
'A Month in the Country.'
'Neuromancer,'
'Of mice and men.'
'The Old Man and the Sea.'
'One hundred years of solitude.'
'Money.'
'One flew over the cuckoo's nest.'
'Perfume the story of a murderer.'
'The Power and the Glory.'
'The Prestige.'
'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.'
'Puckoon.'
'Rabbit Run.'
'The Reader,'
'The Remains of the Day.'
'Revolution Road.'
'Rogue Male.'
'The Sacred Book of the Werewolf.'
'The Secret Adversary.'
'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4.'
'Solaris.'
'The Sorrows of Young Werther.'
'The Spy who came in from the Cold.'
'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde.'
'Suite Francaise'
'Their Eyes Were Watching God.'
'The Time Machine.'
'Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.'
'Tintin in Tibet.'
'To Kill a Mockingbird.'
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being.'
'Under the net.'
'The War of the Worlds.'
'We.'
'The Westminster Alice.'
'When the wind blows.'
'White Noise.'
'White Teeth.'
'Wide Sargasso Sea.'
'The Wind in the Willows.'
'The Accidental Tourist.'
'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.'
'The Alchemist.'
'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.'
'All Quiet on the Western Front.'
'American Pastoral'
'Around the World in 80 days.'
'Asterix the Gaul.'
'Atonement.'
'Being Dead.'
'The Bell Jar.'
'The Big Sleep.'
'Black Beauty.'
'Blindness.'
‘Brave New World.’
'Breakfast at Tiffany's.'
'Bridget Jones' Diary.'
'Candide'
'Casino Royale.'
'The Castafiore Emerald.'
'The Castle of Otranto.'
'Catch 22.'
'A Clockwork Orange.'
'The Coming Race.'
'The Crab with the Golden Claws.'
'Crying of lot 49'
'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.'
'The Day of the Locust.'
'The Day of the Triffids.'
'Death and the Penguin.'
'Deliverance.'
'Devil in a Blue Dress.'
'Diary of a mad old man.'
'Diary of a Nobody.'
'Disgrace'
'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'
'Dolores Claiborne'
'The Driver's Seat.'
'The English Patient'
'Fahrenheit 451'
'Fair stood the wind for France.'
'Fight Club.'
'Flashman.'
'The French Lieutenant's Woman.'
'A Handful of Dust.'
'Heart of Darkness.'
'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.'
‘The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.’
'The Hound of the Baskervilles.'
'The Island of Doctor Moreau.'
'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.'
'A Judgement in Stone.'
'Just William.'
'A Kind of Loving.'
'The Little Prince.'
'Live Flesh'
'Lolita.'
'Lord of the flies.'
'Lucky Jim.'
'The Member of the Wedding.'
'A Month in the Country.'
'Neuromancer,'
'Of mice and men.'
'The Old Man and the Sea.'
'One hundred years of solitude.'
'Money.'
'One flew over the cuckoo's nest.'
'Perfume the story of a murderer.'
'The Power and the Glory.'
'The Prestige.'
'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.'
'Puckoon.'
'Rabbit Run.'
'The Reader,'
'The Remains of the Day.'
'Revolution Road.'
'Rogue Male.'
'The Sacred Book of the Werewolf.'
'The Secret Adversary.'
'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4.'
'Solaris.'
'The Sorrows of Young Werther.'
'The Spy who came in from the Cold.'
'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde.'
'Suite Francaise'
'Their Eyes Were Watching God.'
'The Time Machine.'
'Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.'
'Tintin in Tibet.'
'To Kill a Mockingbird.'
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being.'
'Under the net.'
'The War of the Worlds.'
'We.'
'The Westminster Alice.'
'When the wind blows.'
'White Noise.'
'White Teeth.'
'Wide Sargasso Sea.'
'The Wind in the Willows.'
May 2017 - So far have read 31 of my 65 intended books, which is 48%, and 10 ahead of schedule.
June 2017 - Have read now 47 of my 65 books, which is 72% and 19 books ahead of schedule.
June 2017 - Have read now 47 of my 65 books, which is 72% and 19 books ahead of schedule.
1) Finished reading Philip Roth's, 'American Pastoral,' on the 11th July, 2015.
2) Finished Ray Bradbury's, 'Fahrenheit 451,' on the 23rd August 2015.
3) Finished reading James Agee's. 'Death in the family,' on the 20th September, 2015.
4) Finished reading Earnest Hemingway's, 'The old man and the sea,' on the 17th December, 2015.
5) Finished reading William Styron's, 'Confessions of Nat Turner,' on the 12th November, 2016.
6) Finished reading Anthony Doerr's, 'All the light we cannot see,' in 2017.
2) Finished Ray Bradbury's, 'Fahrenheit 451,' on the 23rd August 2015.
3) Finished reading James Agee's. 'Death in the family,' on the 20th September, 2015.
4) Finished reading Earnest Hemingway's, 'The old man and the sea,' on the 17th December, 2015.
5) Finished reading William Styron's, 'Confessions of Nat Turner,' on the 12th November, 2016.
6) Finished reading Anthony Doerr's, 'All the light we cannot see,' in 2017.
Note added to goal Read 16 all-time greatest novels that are listed in The Telegraph
1.'The Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy,' by Douglas Adams on the 2nd February, 2015.
2.'To Kill a Mockingbird,' by Harper Lee 9th March, 2015
3.'The Big Sleep,' by Raymond Chandler March 17th, 2015.
4.'Under the Net by,' by Iris Murdoch 29th March, 2015.
5.'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,' by Muriel Spark 12th April, 2015
6.'Wide Sargasso Sea,' by Jean Rhys 15th April, 2015.
7.'Catch-22,' by Joseph Heller May 27th
8.'Atonement,' by Ian McEwan 24th June, 2015
9.'Lucky Jim,' by Kingley Amis 13th July, 2015.
10.'Disgrace,' by JM Coetzee August 4th, 2015.
11.'Suite Francaise,' by Irene Nemirovsky on the 22nd August, 2015.
12.'All quiet on the Western Front,' on the 13th September, 2015.
13.'The Unbearable Lightness of Being,' in October, 2015.
14.'Nausea,' by Jean-Paul Sartre on the 16th November, 2015.
15.'Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,' by Robert Louis Stevenson on the 19th April, 2016.
16. 'The Sorrows of young Werther,' on the 13t July, 2016.
17. 'One hundred years of solitude.'
2.'To Kill a Mockingbird,' by Harper Lee 9th March, 2015
3.'The Big Sleep,' by Raymond Chandler March 17th, 2015.
4.'Under the Net by,' by Iris Murdoch 29th March, 2015.
5.'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,' by Muriel Spark 12th April, 2015
6.'Wide Sargasso Sea,' by Jean Rhys 15th April, 2015.
7.'Catch-22,' by Joseph Heller May 27th
8.'Atonement,' by Ian McEwan 24th June, 2015
9.'Lucky Jim,' by Kingley Amis 13th July, 2015.
10.'Disgrace,' by JM Coetzee August 4th, 2015.
11.'Suite Francaise,' by Irene Nemirovsky on the 22nd August, 2015.
12.'All quiet on the Western Front,' on the 13th September, 2015.
13.'The Unbearable Lightness of Being,' in October, 2015.
14.'Nausea,' by Jean-Paul Sartre on the 16th November, 2015.
15.'Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,' by Robert Louis Stevenson on the 19th April, 2016.
16. 'The Sorrows of young Werther,' on the 13t July, 2016.
17. 'One hundred years of solitude.'
'Notes from a small Island.’
‘Lost at sea-The Jon Ronson mysteries.’
‘I think, therefore I am-All the philosophy you need to know.’
‘A spy among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal.’
‘The man without a face: The unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin.'
‘In Cold Blood’’
‘Helter Skelter.'
'What is a googlie?'
'Shakespeare: The World as a Stage.'
'Into the Wild.'
'The man who mistook his wife for a hat.'
'So you've been publicly shamed.'
'Depressive illness-the curse of the strong.'
'Titanic: History in an hour.'
'The truth about the Titanic.'
'A night to remember.'
'Hiroshima.'
'Gideon's Spies: The inside story of Israel's legendary secret service.'
'John McGovern: My autobiography.'
'By way of deception: The making of Mossad.'
'The story of my life by Helen Keller.'
'The elephant in the room.'
'Anne Frank's tales from the secret Annexe.'
'There's something I've been dying to tell you.'
'What do women want?'
'History of the battle of Agincourt.'
'Viva La Revolution.'
'Reasons to be cheerful.'
'Healthy Aging.'
'Act of war: The sinking of the Lusitania.'
'The beast of Birkenshaw: Life of serial killer Pete Manuel.'
'The plane that wasn't there: Why we haven't found Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.'
'Anne Boleyn: The final 24 hours.'
33/30
‘Lost at sea-The Jon Ronson mysteries.’
‘I think, therefore I am-All the philosophy you need to know.’
‘A spy among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal.’
‘The man without a face: The unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin.'
‘In Cold Blood’’
‘Helter Skelter.'
'What is a googlie?'
'Shakespeare: The World as a Stage.'
'Into the Wild.'
'The man who mistook his wife for a hat.'
'So you've been publicly shamed.'
'Depressive illness-the curse of the strong.'
'Titanic: History in an hour.'
'The truth about the Titanic.'
'A night to remember.'
'Hiroshima.'
'Gideon's Spies: The inside story of Israel's legendary secret service.'
'John McGovern: My autobiography.'
'By way of deception: The making of Mossad.'
'The story of my life by Helen Keller.'
'The elephant in the room.'
'Anne Frank's tales from the secret Annexe.'
'There's something I've been dying to tell you.'
'What do women want?'
'History of the battle of Agincourt.'
'Viva La Revolution.'
'Reasons to be cheerful.'
'Healthy Aging.'
'Act of war: The sinking of the Lusitania.'
'The beast of Birkenshaw: Life of serial killer Pete Manuel.'
'The plane that wasn't there: Why we haven't found Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.'
'Anne Boleyn: The final 24 hours.'
33/30
19th May
One and a half stone so far...
One and a half stone so far...
28 of 37 plays or 75.67%
Update:
Ideally, I'd like to have seen all of his plays performed on stage, but since so many of them are rarely performed, realistically to have any chance of completing this challenge, I'm going to have to extend the criteria to also include films too.
Plays seen on stage;
1.As You Like It
2.The Comedy of Errors
3.Henry IV part 1
4.King Lear
5.The Merry Wives of Windsor
6.Midsummer Night's Dream ( Three times )
7.Much ado about Nothing (Both stage & screen)
8.Romeo & Juliet ( Twice )
9.Taming of the Shrew ( Twice )
10.The Tempest ( Twice )
11.Twelfth Night
12. Macbeth (The Globe)
13. Julius Caesar
14. Anthony & Cleopatra (The Globe)
15. Richard II (RSC)
Films watched;
16. Love's Labour's Lost (2000) Dir: Kenneth Branagh
17. Hamlet (1996) Dir: Kenneth Branagh
18. The Merchant of Venice (2004) starring Al Pacino
19. Coriolanus (2011) starring Ralph Fiennes
20. Pericles Prince of Tyre (BBC,1984)
21. Timon of Athens (BBC,1981)
22. Richard III (1955) starring Sir Laurence Olivier
23. Henry V (1944) starring Laurence Olivier.
24. Titus Andronicus (1999)
25. Cymberline (BBC,1982)
26. Othello (1981) starring Ron Moody
27. King John (1984) starring Leonard Rossiter
28. All's Well that ends well (1981) starring Ian Charleson
Update:
Ideally, I'd like to have seen all of his plays performed on stage, but since so many of them are rarely performed, realistically to have any chance of completing this challenge, I'm going to have to extend the criteria to also include films too.
Plays seen on stage;
1.As You Like It
2.The Comedy of Errors
3.Henry IV part 1
4.King Lear
5.The Merry Wives of Windsor
6.Midsummer Night's Dream ( Three times )
7.Much ado about Nothing (Both stage & screen)
8.Romeo & Juliet ( Twice )
9.Taming of the Shrew ( Twice )
10.The Tempest ( Twice )
11.Twelfth Night
12. Macbeth (The Globe)
13. Julius Caesar
14. Anthony & Cleopatra (The Globe)
15. Richard II (RSC)
Films watched;
16. Love's Labour's Lost (2000) Dir: Kenneth Branagh
17. Hamlet (1996) Dir: Kenneth Branagh
18. The Merchant of Venice (2004) starring Al Pacino
19. Coriolanus (2011) starring Ralph Fiennes
20. Pericles Prince of Tyre (BBC,1984)
21. Timon of Athens (BBC,1981)
22. Richard III (1955) starring Sir Laurence Olivier
23. Henry V (1944) starring Laurence Olivier.
24. Titus Andronicus (1999)
25. Cymberline (BBC,1982)
26. Othello (1981) starring Ron Moody
27. King John (1984) starring Leonard Rossiter
28. All's Well that ends well (1981) starring Ian Charleson
Half way! Started from 29th May...
I'm finding this quite an interesting exercise in that the challenge encourages me to read specific books that I wouldn't ordinarily consider-not only when it comes to the actual choice of writer and type of book, but even the subject matter, and as a consequence of my freedom of choice being taken out of my hands, there has been some genuinely happy discoveries. Best books so far? The heart is a lonely hunter, Revolutionary Road, Ubik, American pastoral & White noise.
One other motivating factor is that as I've read each book on my reading list I've been regularly updating my profile on the listchallenges.com website and have been steadily moving up the list. Currently, I'm ranked no.194 of 27,749 readers that have also filled in their own completed books on the All-TIME 100 Best Novels (TIME Magazine) page, which now puts me in the top 1%.
1st March, 2015 'Death comes for the Archbishop.'
5th March, 2015 'The heart is a lonely hunter.'
9th March, 2015 'To kill a mockingbird.'
10th March, 2015 'Are you there God? It's me Margaret.'
14th March, 2015 'Fiesta: The sun also rises.'
15th March, 2015 'Watchmen.'
17th March, 2015 'The big sleep.'
23rd March, 2015 'The spy who came in from the cold.'
29th March, 2015 'Under the net.'
4th April, 2015 'The bridge of San Louis Rey.'
7th April, 2015 'Rabbit Run.'
9th April, 2015 'A handful of dust.'
12th April, 2015 'Neuromancer,' and 'The prime of Miss Jean Brodie.'
15th April, 2015 'Wide Sargasso Sea.'
27th April, 2015 'Revolution Road.
3rd May, 2015 'Light in August.'
5th May, 2015 'Their eyes were watching God.'
10th May, 2015 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest.'
27th May, 2015 'Catch 22.'
10th June, 2015? 'Lucky Jim.'
21st June, 2015 'White Teeth.'
24th June, 2015 'Atonement.'
26th June, 2015 'The day of the locust.'
11th July, 2015 'American Pastoral.'
14th July, 2015 'I, Claudius.'
17th July, 2015 'The heart of the matter.'
20th July, 2015 'The crying of Lot 49.'
25th July, 2015 'The French Lieutenant's Woman.'
1st September, 2015 'Housekeeping.'
20th September, 2015 'Death in the family.'
22nd September, 2015 'Deliverance.'
4th October, 2015 'Appointment in Samarra.'
24th November, 2015 'Brideshead Revisited.'
27th November, 2015 'Lolita.'
30th November, 2015 'Lord of the flies.'
5th December, 2015 'The Power and the Glory.'
8th December, 2015 'White noise.'
24th December, 2015 'A Clockwork Orange.'
24th January, 2016 'Mrs Dalloway.'
17th March, 2016 'Money.'
12th November, 2016 'Confessions of Nat Turner.'
4th February, 2017 'Things Fall Apart.'
7th May, 2017 'Portnoy's Complaint.'
44/40 books
One other motivating factor is that as I've read each book on my reading list I've been regularly updating my profile on the listchallenges.com website and have been steadily moving up the list. Currently, I'm ranked no.194 of 27,749 readers that have also filled in their own completed books on the All-TIME 100 Best Novels (TIME Magazine) page, which now puts me in the top 1%.
1st March, 2015 'Death comes for the Archbishop.'
5th March, 2015 'The heart is a lonely hunter.'
9th March, 2015 'To kill a mockingbird.'
10th March, 2015 'Are you there God? It's me Margaret.'
14th March, 2015 'Fiesta: The sun also rises.'
15th March, 2015 'Watchmen.'
17th March, 2015 'The big sleep.'
23rd March, 2015 'The spy who came in from the cold.'
29th March, 2015 'Under the net.'
4th April, 2015 'The bridge of San Louis Rey.'
7th April, 2015 'Rabbit Run.'
9th April, 2015 'A handful of dust.'
12th April, 2015 'Neuromancer,' and 'The prime of Miss Jean Brodie.'
15th April, 2015 'Wide Sargasso Sea.'
27th April, 2015 'Revolution Road.
3rd May, 2015 'Light in August.'
5th May, 2015 'Their eyes were watching God.'
10th May, 2015 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest.'
27th May, 2015 'Catch 22.'
10th June, 2015? 'Lucky Jim.'
21st June, 2015 'White Teeth.'
24th June, 2015 'Atonement.'
26th June, 2015 'The day of the locust.'
11th July, 2015 'American Pastoral.'
14th July, 2015 'I, Claudius.'
17th July, 2015 'The heart of the matter.'
20th July, 2015 'The crying of Lot 49.'
25th July, 2015 'The French Lieutenant's Woman.'
1st September, 2015 'Housekeeping.'
20th September, 2015 'Death in the family.'
22nd September, 2015 'Deliverance.'
4th October, 2015 'Appointment in Samarra.'
24th November, 2015 'Brideshead Revisited.'
27th November, 2015 'Lolita.'
30th November, 2015 'Lord of the flies.'
5th December, 2015 'The Power and the Glory.'
8th December, 2015 'White noise.'
24th December, 2015 'A Clockwork Orange.'
24th January, 2016 'Mrs Dalloway.'
17th March, 2016 'Money.'
12th November, 2016 'Confessions of Nat Turner.'
4th February, 2017 'Things Fall Apart.'
7th May, 2017 'Portnoy's Complaint.'
44/40 books
A Raccoon from the Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park. I was half expecting some 'Jurassic Park' from the title! Instead, as you can probably guess, the zoo contained a large selection of animatronic dinosaurs, as well as a fair mixture of animals. Don't go if you're unfit, it's built on the side of a VERY steep hill! 3/5
Places that I've been to since the start of my dayzero project. The rules are, that they have to be outside of my county and, they have to be places I've actually visited-not merely passed through.
A Abingdon, Avebury, Alderly, Alston. Appleford, Ashton Keynes & Aston.
B Bablock Hythe, Banham, Barns, Barnstaple, Basildon, Bath, Battersea, Berkhamsted, Bermondsey, Bideford, Bisham, Boveney, Bray, Brampton, Brentford, Bulbourne & Burcott.
C Carlisle, Cassington, Caversham, Charlton, Chelsea, Chertsey Bridge, Chippenham, Chiswick, Church Fenton, Clifton Hampden, Cold Ashton, Combe Martin, Cookham, Coomb's End, Cow Roast, Cricklade, Croyde & Culham.
D Dorchester-On-Thames, Dudswell & Dyrham.
E East Molesey, Egham, Eton, Eton Wick & Ewen.
F Fairford, Farmoor, Foxhill & Fulham.
G Gateshead, Goring, Great Yarmouth, Greenwich, Grove & Grinsdale.
H Ham, Hammersmith, Hampton, Hampton Wick, Hannington Wick, Hastoe, Hawkesbury, Hele Bay, Hillesley, Horton, Hurley & Hexham.
I Iffley, Ilfracombe & Inglesham.
J
K Kemble, Kessingland, Kennington, Kingston upon Thames & Kew.
L Laleham, Lambeth, Lechlade, Lee, Leigh Delamere, Little Sodbury, Lower Kilcott, Lower Radley, Lower Shiplake, Lower Wolvercote, Lowestoft, & Lynton.
M Maidenhead, Marlborough, Marylebone, Mill End, Moreton, Mortlake, & Moulsford.
N Newbridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northchurch, Northmoor, & North Stoke.
O Ogbourne St George, Old Sodbury, Old Warden, Old Windsor & Oxford.
P Pangbourne, Pennsylvania, Port Meadow, Pimlico, Pinton, Purley-on-Thames & Putney.
Q Quantock Hills
R Radley, Reading, Remenham, Richmond, Rotherhithe & Runnymede.
S Sandford-on-Thames, Shepperton, Shillingford, Shiplake, Slapton, Somerford Keyes, Sonning, Southend, Sparsholt Firs, Staines, Streatley, Swinford, & Swindon.
T Taplow, Teddington, Tormarton, Tring & Twickenham.
U Uffington, Upper Inglesham, Upper Kilcott & Upper Weston.
V
W Wallingford, Walton-on-Thames, Wandsworth, Wapping, Watermouth, West Isley, West Kennet, Westminster, West Molesey, Wiitchurch-On-Thames, Wigginton, Windsor, Winterbrook, Woolacombe, Wortley & Wotton-Under-Edge.
X
Y
Z
A Abingdon, Avebury, Alderly, Alston. Appleford, Ashton Keynes & Aston.
B Bablock Hythe, Banham, Barns, Barnstaple, Basildon, Bath, Battersea, Berkhamsted, Bermondsey, Bideford, Bisham, Boveney, Bray, Brampton, Brentford, Bulbourne & Burcott.
C Carlisle, Cassington, Caversham, Charlton, Chelsea, Chertsey Bridge, Chippenham, Chiswick, Church Fenton, Clifton Hampden, Cold Ashton, Combe Martin, Cookham, Coomb's End, Cow Roast, Cricklade, Croyde & Culham.
D Dorchester-On-Thames, Dudswell & Dyrham.
E East Molesey, Egham, Eton, Eton Wick & Ewen.
F Fairford, Farmoor, Foxhill & Fulham.
G Gateshead, Goring, Great Yarmouth, Greenwich, Grove & Grinsdale.
H Ham, Hammersmith, Hampton, Hampton Wick, Hannington Wick, Hastoe, Hawkesbury, Hele Bay, Hillesley, Horton, Hurley & Hexham.
I Iffley, Ilfracombe & Inglesham.
J
K Kemble, Kessingland, Kennington, Kingston upon Thames & Kew.
L Laleham, Lambeth, Lechlade, Lee, Leigh Delamere, Little Sodbury, Lower Kilcott, Lower Radley, Lower Shiplake, Lower Wolvercote, Lowestoft, & Lynton.
M Maidenhead, Marlborough, Marylebone, Mill End, Moreton, Mortlake, & Moulsford.
N Newbridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northchurch, Northmoor, & North Stoke.
O Ogbourne St George, Old Sodbury, Old Warden, Old Windsor & Oxford.
P Pangbourne, Pennsylvania, Port Meadow, Pimlico, Pinton, Purley-on-Thames & Putney.
Q Quantock Hills
R Radley, Reading, Remenham, Richmond, Rotherhithe & Runnymede.
S Sandford-on-Thames, Shepperton, Shillingford, Shiplake, Slapton, Somerford Keyes, Sonning, Southend, Sparsholt Firs, Staines, Streatley, Swinford, & Swindon.
T Taplow, Teddington, Tormarton, Tring & Twickenham.
U Uffington, Upper Inglesham, Upper Kilcott & Upper Weston.
V
W Wallingford, Walton-on-Thames, Wandsworth, Wapping, Watermouth, West Isley, West Kennet, Westminster, West Molesey, Wiitchurch-On-Thames, Wigginton, Windsor, Winterbrook, Woolacombe, Wortley & Wotton-Under-Edge.
X
Y
Z
1. Bull Point Lighthouse, near the village of Mortehoe, on the northern coast of Devon.
2. Old Lighthouse, on the Isle of Lundy.
2. Old Lighthouse, on the Isle of Lundy.
The Tindale Monument is located at North Nibley in Gloucestershire and was built in honour of William Tyndale-a translator of the New Testament, who was born nearby at Melksham Court, Stinchcombe. It was built in 1866 and is 111 ft tall, with a spiral staircase containing 121 steps. Fantastic views from the top!
Starting this challenge in January 2016, I have already watched 282 films on the list and will add new titles as and when I watch them.
283; 'Double indemnity' in January.
284; 'Some like it hot.' in January.
285; 'Cool hand Luke,' in February.
286; 'The Killer,' in February.
287; 'Paths of glory in May
288; 'The Addiction,' in May.
289; 'The long Goodbye,' in September.
290; 'Enduring Love,' in November.
291; 'Kind Hearts & Coronets,' in November.
292; 'A Woman under the Influence.'
293; 'Electra Glide in Blue.'
294;. 'Brief Encounter.'
295; 'Lords of Dogtown.'
296; 'Andrei Rublev.'
297; 'Bad Taste.'
297/500 New global rank of 16,909 out of 211,374 users (top 9%) on the List Challenges website.
283; 'Double indemnity' in January.
284; 'Some like it hot.' in January.
285; 'Cool hand Luke,' in February.
286; 'The Killer,' in February.
287; 'Paths of glory in May
288; 'The Addiction,' in May.
289; 'The long Goodbye,' in September.
290; 'Enduring Love,' in November.
291; 'Kind Hearts & Coronets,' in November.
292; 'A Woman under the Influence.'
293; 'Electra Glide in Blue.'
294;. 'Brief Encounter.'
295; 'Lords of Dogtown.'
296; 'Andrei Rublev.'
297; 'Bad Taste.'
297/500 New global rank of 16,909 out of 211,374 users (top 9%) on the List Challenges website.
Visited the Segedunum in Newcastle on the 18th May, 2015.
Visited the Shuttleworth Collection on the 9th September, 2015.
Visited the Bond in Motion Exhibition in London in November, 2016.
Visited the Wellcome Collection in London in November, 2016.
Visited the London Jewish Museum on the 30th January, 2017.
Visited the Science Museum on the 20th February, 2017
Visited the Shuttleworth Collection on the 9th September, 2015.
Visited the Bond in Motion Exhibition in London in November, 2016.
Visited the Wellcome Collection in London in November, 2016.
Visited the London Jewish Museum on the 30th January, 2017.
Visited the Science Museum on the 20th February, 2017
Listened to over 17 hours of the Pulitzer prize winning novel, 'All the light we cannot see,' by Anthony Doerr, which was awarded the 2015 Audie for Fiction.
4. Red Velvet Mini Cupcakes
Initially, I thought this would be a really interesting challenge. It IS, but it's also near impossible!
The system has 270 stations and contains 250 miles (400 km) of track, so to actually physically visit every single one by disembarking and have a walk around would probably take years!! And since I don't often go into London, I'm modifying the challenge to also include stations that I just pass through on the same track....that way I might even complete it!
So the following list contains every underground station I've visited to date. The stations with an asterix preceding them are ones I've physically walked onto the platform of;
*Amersham, *Arnos Grove, Arsenal, *Baker Street, Boston Manor, Bounds Green, Caledonian Road, *Camden Town, *Canada Water, Chalfont & Latimer, Charing Cross, Chorley Wood, *Convent Garden, *Elephant & Castle, Embankment, *Euston Square, Finsbury Park, Goodge Street, Great Portland Street, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Hatton Cross, Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3, *Heathrow Terminal 4, Holloway Road, Hounslow Central, Hounslow East, Hounslow West, *Kings Cross St.Pancras, Lambeth North, *Leicester Square, Manor House, *Marylebone, Moor Park, Mornington Crescent, North Fields, North Harrow, Northwood, Northwood Hills, Osterley, *Oxford Circus, *Piccadilly Circus, Pinner, *Regents Park, Rickmansworth, South Ealing, *St Paul's, Tottenham Court Road, *Tower Hill, Turnpike Lane, Warren Street, *Waterloo, *Wembley Park, Wood Green
53 / 270
The system has 270 stations and contains 250 miles (400 km) of track, so to actually physically visit every single one by disembarking and have a walk around would probably take years!! And since I don't often go into London, I'm modifying the challenge to also include stations that I just pass through on the same track....that way I might even complete it!
So the following list contains every underground station I've visited to date. The stations with an asterix preceding them are ones I've physically walked onto the platform of;
*Amersham, *Arnos Grove, Arsenal, *Baker Street, Boston Manor, Bounds Green, Caledonian Road, *Camden Town, *Canada Water, Chalfont & Latimer, Charing Cross, Chorley Wood, *Convent Garden, *Elephant & Castle, Embankment, *Euston Square, Finsbury Park, Goodge Street, Great Portland Street, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Hatton Cross, Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3, *Heathrow Terminal 4, Holloway Road, Hounslow Central, Hounslow East, Hounslow West, *Kings Cross St.Pancras, Lambeth North, *Leicester Square, Manor House, *Marylebone, Moor Park, Mornington Crescent, North Fields, North Harrow, Northwood, Northwood Hills, Osterley, *Oxford Circus, *Piccadilly Circus, Pinner, *Regents Park, Rickmansworth, South Ealing, *St Paul's, Tottenham Court Road, *Tower Hill, Turnpike Lane, Warren Street, *Waterloo, *Wembley Park, Wood Green
53 / 270
1. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
2. Disgrace
3. The English Patient
4. The Remains of the Day
5. Schindler;s Ark
2. Disgrace
3. The English Patient
4. The Remains of the Day
5. Schindler;s Ark
I went to see the Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet performing 'Swan Lake.' And I have to confess that was one the most beautiful things I have EVER seen on stage. Absolutely amazing! The choreography, the costume, the dancers, the orchestra...everything!
1. Metropolis (1927).
2. Casablanca (1942).
3. Schindler's List (1993).
4. On the Waterfront (1954).
5. 12 Angry Men (1957).
6. Raging Bull (1980).
7.The epic of Everest (1924).
8. Dr Strangelove (1964)
9. Some Like It Hot (1959)
10. Seven Samarai (1954)
11. The Third Man (1949)
12. All about Eve (1950)
13. Paths of Glory (1957)
14. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
15. Kind Hearts & Coronets (1949).
16. Double Indemnity (1944).
17. Brief Encounter.(1945)
2. Casablanca (1942).
3. Schindler's List (1993).
4. On the Waterfront (1954).
5. 12 Angry Men (1957).
6. Raging Bull (1980).
7.The epic of Everest (1924).
8. Dr Strangelove (1964)
9. Some Like It Hot (1959)
10. Seven Samarai (1954)
11. The Third Man (1949)
12. All about Eve (1950)
13. Paths of Glory (1957)
14. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
15. Kind Hearts & Coronets (1949).
16. Double Indemnity (1944).
17. Brief Encounter.(1945)
1. Wolf Hall (6/6 episodes)
2. The Night Manager (6/6 episodes)
3. The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story ( 10/10 episodes)
4. Fair stood the wind for France (4/4 episodes)
5. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norris (7/7 episodes)
2. The Night Manager (6/6 episodes)
3. The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story ( 10/10 episodes)
4. Fair stood the wind for France (4/4 episodes)
5. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norris (7/7 episodes)
Visited the London Jewish Museum, which had an exhibition on the holocaust.
Note added to goal Watch every BAFTA award for best film since the year I was born
The films I have left to watch are;
Day for Night
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Lacombe Luciene
Alice doesn't live here anymore
Julia (1978)
Manhatton (1979)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
A Room with a View (1986)
The Commitments (1991)
Howards End (1992)
The Full Monty (1997)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
The Queen (2006)
Boyhood (2014)
Day for Night
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Lacombe Luciene
Alice doesn't live here anymore
Julia (1978)
Manhatton (1979)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
A Room with a View (1986)
The Commitments (1991)
Howards End (1992)
The Full Monty (1997)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
The Queen (2006)
Boyhood (2014)
Booked to see 'Swan Lake.'
3. Fisherman's Pie
Read 3/4 so far...
The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), and The War of the Worlds.
Still to read The Invisible Man (1897).
The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), and The War of the Worlds.
Still to read The Invisible Man (1897).
2. Tuna Chowder
1. Mushroom & Potato Curry
Went to see Dr Strange, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The sound and 3d were definitely better then non-IMAX cinemas that's for sure...not sure, however, the enhanced viewing justifies a whopping £18.50 per ticket though!
Midge Ure
I'm only going to include separate planned distances over 1 mile to each monthly total-measured on my GPS, to ensure absolute accuracy. Some of the walks completed to make up this total have included; The Ridgeway (twice), Hadrian's Wall, the entire length of the Thames Path, parts of the Cotswold Way, the South West Coastal Path, & the Pembrokeshire Coast Path.
2015
January 114.91 miles
February 114 miles.
March 136.82.
April 114.98 miles.
May 167 miles - New monthly record!
June 105 miles.
July 100 miles.
August 115 miles.
September 141.8 miles.
October 138.5 miles.
November 96.1 miles.
December 145.82 miles
2016
January 112.65 miles
February 141.46 miles
March 192.58 miles - New Monthly Record!
April 138.62 miles
May 140.47 miles
June 181.39 miles
July 186.92 miles
August 145.86 miles
September 120.17 miles
October 165.26 miles
Completed on the 30th October, 2016 with 343 days to spare! Total distance walked so far: 3,015.31 miles. To put that into some kind of perspective, that is all the way to the town of Truro, in Nova Scotia, Canada as the crow flies from London, England!
2015
January 114.91 miles
February 114 miles.
March 136.82.
April 114.98 miles.
May 167 miles - New monthly record!
June 105 miles.
July 100 miles.
August 115 miles.
September 141.8 miles.
October 138.5 miles.
November 96.1 miles.
December 145.82 miles
2016
January 112.65 miles
February 141.46 miles
March 192.58 miles - New Monthly Record!
April 138.62 miles
May 140.47 miles
June 181.39 miles
July 186.92 miles
August 145.86 miles
September 120.17 miles
October 165.26 miles
Completed on the 30th October, 2016 with 343 days to spare! Total distance walked so far: 3,015.31 miles. To put that into some kind of perspective, that is all the way to the town of Truro, in Nova Scotia, Canada as the crow flies from London, England!
1) Walked from Bourne End to Windsor Castle in October, 2015.
2) Walked from Bourne End to Henley on Thames in October, 2015.
3) Walked from Culham to Wallingford in November 2015.
4) Walked from Wallingford to Pangbourne in November, 2015.
5) Walked from Culham to Lower Radley in December, 2015.
6) Walked from the Thames Barrier to the South Dock Marina in December 2015.
7) Walked from the South Dock Marina to the Royal Festival Hall in January, 2016.
8) Walked from the Royal Festival Hall to Kew Gardens in March, 2016.
9) Walked from Kew Gardens to Hampton Court Palace in March, 2016.
10) Walked from Pangbourne to Henley on Thames in March, 2016.
11) Walked from Bablock Hythe to Lower Wolvercote in March, 2016.
12. Walked from Lower Wolvercote to Lower Radley in March, 2016.
13) Walked from Bablock Hythe to Newbridge in March, 2016.
14) Walked 23 miles from Thames Head to Cricklade & back in July, 2016.
15) Walked 19 miles from Cricklade to Lechlade in August, 2016.
16) Walked 20.81 miles from Walton on Thames to Windsor in August, 2016.
17) Walked 17.41 miles from Lechlade to the Old Man Bridge in Radcot and back in September, 2016.
18) Walked 14.4 miles from Old Man Bridge in Radcott to Chimney Nature Reserve and back in October, 2016.
19) Walked 8.3 miles from Chimney Nature Reserve to Newbridge and back, also in October 2016.
All 184 Miles of the Thames' torturously winding river completed, from the Thames Barrier in Greenwich to the Thames Head in the Cotswolds. With an average of 9.7 miles walked each time, it took me just over a year to complete, broken up into 19 separate trips.
2) Walked from Bourne End to Henley on Thames in October, 2015.
3) Walked from Culham to Wallingford in November 2015.
4) Walked from Wallingford to Pangbourne in November, 2015.
5) Walked from Culham to Lower Radley in December, 2015.
6) Walked from the Thames Barrier to the South Dock Marina in December 2015.
7) Walked from the South Dock Marina to the Royal Festival Hall in January, 2016.
8) Walked from the Royal Festival Hall to Kew Gardens in March, 2016.
9) Walked from Kew Gardens to Hampton Court Palace in March, 2016.
10) Walked from Pangbourne to Henley on Thames in March, 2016.
11) Walked from Bablock Hythe to Lower Wolvercote in March, 2016.
12. Walked from Lower Wolvercote to Lower Radley in March, 2016.
13) Walked from Bablock Hythe to Newbridge in March, 2016.
14) Walked 23 miles from Thames Head to Cricklade & back in July, 2016.
15) Walked 19 miles from Cricklade to Lechlade in August, 2016.
16) Walked 20.81 miles from Walton on Thames to Windsor in August, 2016.
17) Walked 17.41 miles from Lechlade to the Old Man Bridge in Radcot and back in September, 2016.
18) Walked 14.4 miles from Old Man Bridge in Radcott to Chimney Nature Reserve and back in October, 2016.
19) Walked 8.3 miles from Chimney Nature Reserve to Newbridge and back, also in October 2016.
All 184 Miles of the Thames' torturously winding river completed, from the Thames Barrier in Greenwich to the Thames Head in the Cotswolds. With an average of 9.7 miles walked each time, it took me just over a year to complete, broken up into 19 separate trips.
16 months so far. To be honest, I found it surprisingly easy
I have currently seen 173 films on this list. This gives me a global rank of
40,919 out of 1,166,507 users (top 4%) on the list challenges website. The following 77 films I still need to watch!
3 Idiots (2009)
8½ (1963)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Apartment (1960)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Finding Nemo (2003)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
139. The General (1926)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Gone Girl (2014)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
High Noon (1952)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
The Hunt (2012)
Ikiru (1952)
Inside Out (2015)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Ip Man (2008)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Judgement at Nuremberg (1961)
The Kid (1921)
The Killing (1956)
La Haine (1995)
Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)
La Strada (1954)
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Life of Brian (1979)
M (1931)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Modern Times (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Network (1976)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Notorious (1946)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Prisoners (2013)
Ran (1985)
Rashomon (1950)
Rebecca (1940)
Roman Holiday (1953)
A Separation (2011)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Sholay (1975)
Spirited Away (2001)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Underground (1995)
Untouchable
The Wages of Fear (1953)
WALL·E (2008)
Warrior (2011)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Yojimbo (1961)
40,919 out of 1,166,507 users (top 4%) on the list challenges website. The following 77 films I still need to watch!
3 Idiots (2009)
8½ (1963)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Apartment (1960)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Finding Nemo (2003)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
139. The General (1926)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Gone Girl (2014)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
High Noon (1952)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
The Hunt (2012)
Ikiru (1952)
Inside Out (2015)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Ip Man (2008)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Judgement at Nuremberg (1961)
The Kid (1921)
The Killing (1956)
La Haine (1995)
Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)
La Strada (1954)
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Life of Brian (1979)
M (1931)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Modern Times (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Network (1976)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Notorious (1946)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Prisoners (2013)
Ran (1985)
Rashomon (1950)
Rebecca (1940)
Roman Holiday (1953)
A Separation (2011)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Sholay (1975)
Spirited Away (2001)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Underground (1995)
Untouchable
The Wages of Fear (1953)
WALL·E (2008)
Warrior (2011)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Yojimbo (1961)
Midge Ure at the 52nd Towersey Festival.
By no means a complete list, but the surnames of the following authors have been read since Jan 11th, 2015
A Martin Amis, Kingsley Amis, Douglis Adams, James Agee
B H.E Bates, John Berendt, Anthony Burgess, Bill Bryson, Vincent Bugliosi, Ray Bradbury, Raymond Briggs
C James M. Cain, John Le Carre, Humprey Cobb, J.M Coetzee, Paulo Coelho, Raymond Chandler
D Phillip K.Dick, Don DeLillo, Roddy Doyle
E Robert Eastaway
F Sinead Fitzgibbon, John Fowles
G Archibald Gracie, John Green, Graham Green, Robert Graves, Arthur Golden, William Golding
H John Hersey, Zora Neale Hurston, Earnest Hemingway
I Kazuo Ishiguro
J
K Thomas Kineally, Ken Kesey, Jon Krakauer
L Walter Lord, Harper Lee
M Scott Mariani, Carson McCullers, Ian McEwen, McGovern, Larry McMurtry, Iris Murdoch, Yukio Mishima
N Vladimir Nabokov
O Michael Ondaatje, Victor Ostrovsky
P Chuck Palahniuk, Sylvia Plath
Q
R Phillip Roth, Marilynn Robinson, Jon Ronson
S Robert Louis Stephenson, Zadie Smith, John Steinbeck, Oliver Sacks, Alan Sillitoe
T Gordon Thomas, Nat Turner, Anne Tyler
U John Updike
V Jules Verne, Voltaire
W Adrian J.Walker, Evelyn Waugh
X
Y Richard Yates
Z
A Martin Amis, Kingsley Amis, Douglis Adams, James Agee
B H.E Bates, John Berendt, Anthony Burgess, Bill Bryson, Vincent Bugliosi, Ray Bradbury, Raymond Briggs
C James M. Cain, John Le Carre, Humprey Cobb, J.M Coetzee, Paulo Coelho, Raymond Chandler
D Phillip K.Dick, Don DeLillo, Roddy Doyle
E Robert Eastaway
F Sinead Fitzgibbon, John Fowles
G Archibald Gracie, John Green, Graham Green, Robert Graves, Arthur Golden, William Golding
H John Hersey, Zora Neale Hurston, Earnest Hemingway
I Kazuo Ishiguro
J
K Thomas Kineally, Ken Kesey, Jon Krakauer
L Walter Lord, Harper Lee
M Scott Mariani, Carson McCullers, Ian McEwen, McGovern, Larry McMurtry, Iris Murdoch, Yukio Mishima
N Vladimir Nabokov
O Michael Ondaatje, Victor Ostrovsky
P Chuck Palahniuk, Sylvia Plath
Q
R Phillip Roth, Marilynn Robinson, Jon Ronson
S Robert Louis Stephenson, Zadie Smith, John Steinbeck, Oliver Sacks, Alan Sillitoe
T Gordon Thomas, Nat Turner, Anne Tyler
U John Updike
V Jules Verne, Voltaire
W Adrian J.Walker, Evelyn Waugh
X
Y Richard Yates
Z
Completed the Cotswold Way Mighty Hike, along with nearly 500 other competitors over an extremely challenging course in the Cotswold's, ending in Bath in front of the Royal Crescent.
Unfortunately, developed heat stroke 3 miles from the finish so had to be treated for that before finishing. It was absolutely exhausting, but managed to raise £332.50 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Unfortunately, developed heat stroke 3 miles from the finish so had to be treated for that before finishing. It was absolutely exhausting, but managed to raise £332.50 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
One of the many pictures taken along the route.
My medal! One of the hardest physical things I've ever done in my life, but a massive sense of achievement...
Well, I booked to see them, but they cancelled their show last week! Will have to try and find another date and venue where I can see them...
England beat Portugal 1-0 at Wembley Stadium yesterday on the 2nd June, 2016. This was the view from my seat.
Note added to goal Walk the Eventbrite 874 mile virtual Lands End to John O'Groats charity walk
If you're curious as to how this 'virtual' charity walk works, then I shall tell you! Each week I record the actual mileage I've walked during the course of the week, then log that mileage onto a charity's website, who will then tell me exactly where I would be on the real route. During the course of the walk, I get sent various handwritten postcards showing me where I am, and at the completion of the walk I get a medal! Great fun.
1st Week - 31.38 miles walked. Reached Dunbeath in Caithness.
2nd Week - 34.94 miles walked. Reached the beach at Lothbeg.
3rd Week - 33 miles walked. Reached the Fyrish monument at Evanton.
4th Week - 31.35 miles walked. Reached the Findhorn Bridge just outside Tomatin,
5th Week - 42.62 miles walked. Reached Dalwhinnie-one of the coldest villages in the UK.
6th Week - 30.55 miles walked. Reached Pitlochry.
7th Week - 25.25 miles walked. Reached the village of Bankfoot,
8th Week - 28.79 miles walked. Reached Dunfermline.
9th Week - 27.91 miles walked. Reached West Linton.
10th Week - 30.30 miles walked. Reached Elvanfoot.
11th Week - 26.70 miles walked. Reached Burnswalk Hill, near Middlebie.
12th Week - 34.01 miles walked. Reached Bassenthwaite in the Lake District.
13th week - 39.71 miles walked. Reached Ambleside in the Lake District.
14th Week - 33.95 miles walked. Reached Blackpool - Over half way now!
15th Week - 34.14 miles walked. Reached Prices Dock in Liverpool.
16th Week - 63.52 miles walked. Reached Tregynon in Wales.
17th Week - 50.64 miles walked. Reached Capel-y-Ffin in Wales.
18th Week - 26.76 miles walked. Reached Chepstow Castle in Wales.
19th Week - 30.41 miles walked. Reached Weston Super Mare in Somerset.
20th Week - 35.56 miles walked. Reached West Quantocks Head Beach.
21st Week - 35.39 miles walked. Reached Clovelly in Devon.
22nd Week - 38.29 miles walked. Reached path to Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall.
24th Week - 61.38 miles walked. Reached Portreath in Cornwall.
25th Week - 34.24 miles walked. Reached Porthnanven Beach, St Just, Cornwall.
26th Week - 15.24 miles walked, which takes me past the finish the line.
All 874 miles completed in 153 days, which is an average of 39.98 miles a week, and 5.71 miles a day.
1st Week - 31.38 miles walked. Reached Dunbeath in Caithness.
2nd Week - 34.94 miles walked. Reached the beach at Lothbeg.
3rd Week - 33 miles walked. Reached the Fyrish monument at Evanton.
4th Week - 31.35 miles walked. Reached the Findhorn Bridge just outside Tomatin,
5th Week - 42.62 miles walked. Reached Dalwhinnie-one of the coldest villages in the UK.
6th Week - 30.55 miles walked. Reached Pitlochry.
7th Week - 25.25 miles walked. Reached the village of Bankfoot,
8th Week - 28.79 miles walked. Reached Dunfermline.
9th Week - 27.91 miles walked. Reached West Linton.
10th Week - 30.30 miles walked. Reached Elvanfoot.
11th Week - 26.70 miles walked. Reached Burnswalk Hill, near Middlebie.
12th Week - 34.01 miles walked. Reached Bassenthwaite in the Lake District.
13th week - 39.71 miles walked. Reached Ambleside in the Lake District.
14th Week - 33.95 miles walked. Reached Blackpool - Over half way now!
15th Week - 34.14 miles walked. Reached Prices Dock in Liverpool.
16th Week - 63.52 miles walked. Reached Tregynon in Wales.
17th Week - 50.64 miles walked. Reached Capel-y-Ffin in Wales.
18th Week - 26.76 miles walked. Reached Chepstow Castle in Wales.
19th Week - 30.41 miles walked. Reached Weston Super Mare in Somerset.
20th Week - 35.56 miles walked. Reached West Quantocks Head Beach.
21st Week - 35.39 miles walked. Reached Clovelly in Devon.
22nd Week - 38.29 miles walked. Reached path to Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall.
24th Week - 61.38 miles walked. Reached Portreath in Cornwall.
25th Week - 34.24 miles walked. Reached Porthnanven Beach, St Just, Cornwall.
26th Week - 15.24 miles walked, which takes me past the finish the line.
All 874 miles completed in 153 days, which is an average of 39.98 miles a week, and 5.71 miles a day.
It was fairly clear, with at least 2 bands visible, & 3 moons. Really wish I could have taken a picture of it. Ordered an adapter so I can attach my camera for future sightings.
Just started a Foundation in Digital Photography Course...
Photo added to goal Take a picture of at least 30 different birds native to the UK
1.Pied Wagtail
2.Blackbird
3.Bullfinch
4.Barn Owl
5.Blue Tit
6.Common Buzzard
7.Robin
8.Red Kite
9.Swan
10 Arctic Tern
10 / 30
2.Blackbird
3.Bullfinch
4.Barn Owl
5.Blue Tit
6.Common Buzzard
7.Robin
8.Red Kite
9.Swan
10 Arctic Tern
10 / 30
‘Notes from a small Island.’ 24mm
‘Lost at sea-The Jon Ronson mysteries.’53mm
‘Stardust.’ 67mmu
‘I think, therefore I am-All the philosophy you need to know.’ 80mm
‘The hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy.’ 96mm
‘A spy among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal.’129mm
‘The man without a face: The unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin.' 150mm
'Death comes for the Archbishop.' 167mm
'The heart is a lonely hunter.'189mm
'To kill a mockingbird.' 209mm
'Are you there God? It's me Margaret.' 220mm
'Fiesta: The sun also rises.' 235mm
'Watchmen.'254mm
'The big sleep.' 271mm
'The spy who came in from the cold.' 287mm
‘In Cold Blood’’ 307mm
'Under the net.' 326mm
'The bridge of San Louis Rey.' 334mm
'Rabbit Run.' 352mm
'A handful of dust.' 364mm
'Neuromancer,' 383mm
'The prime of Miss Jean Brodie.' 393mm
'Wide Sargasso Sea.' 404mm
‘Helter Skelter.' 441mm
'Revolution Road.' 461mm
'Light in August.' 484mm
'Their eyes were watching God.' 504mm
'One flew over the cuckoo's nest.' 523mm
'Catch 22.' 559mm
'White Teeth.' 594mm
'Atonement.' 621mm
'The day of the locust.' 636mm
‘The Temple of the Golden Pavillion.' 656mm
‘Brave New World.’ 673mm
‘Ubik.' 687mm
'American pastoral' 714mm
'I, Claudius.' 733mm
'The heart of the matter.' 751mm
'Crying of lot 49' 759mm
'The French Lieutenant's Woman.' 788mm
'Five on a Treasure Island.' 800mm
'Disgrace' 813mm
'What is a googlie?' 823mm
'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha' 842mm
'Suite Francaise' 867mm
'Fahrenheit 451' 882mm
'The English Patient' 902mm
'Housekeeping.' 917mm
'The fault in our stars.' 937mm
'Shakespeare: The World as a Stage.' 953mm
'The Remains of the Day.' 970mm.
'All quiet on the Western Front.' 985 mm
'Into the Wild.' 999 mm
'A death in the family.' 1019mm
'Lucky Jim.' 1036mm
'Deliverance.' 1052mm
'The man who mistook his wife for a hat.' 1069mm
'So you've been publicly shamed.' 1095mm
'Appointment in Samarra.' 1113mm
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being.' 1133mm
'Icons of England.' 1160mm
'The wind in the willows.' 1169mm
'The Bell Jar.' 1185mm
'The time machine.' 1195mm
'Charlotte's Web.' 1212mm
'The World according to Garp' 1248mm
'Nausea.' 1264mm
'The Alchemist.' 1280mm
'Brideshead Revisited.' 1295mm
'Walking on Sunshine.' 1314mm
'Lolita.' 1329mm
'Lord of the flies.' 1345mm
'The Power and the Glory.' 1360mm
'White noise.' 1385mm
'Of mice and men.'1398mm
'The War of the Worlds.' 1409mm
'The old man and the sea.' 1416mm
'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.' 1429mm
'A clockwork orange.' 1449mm
'When the wind blows.' 1474mm
'Candide' 1487mm
'The hound of the baskervilles.' 1502mm
'Diary of a nobody.' 1515mm
'Depressive illness-the curse of the strong.' 1522mm
'Perfume the story of a murderer.' 1539mm
'Mrs Dalloway' 1553mm
'The day of the Triffids.' 1570mm
'The Prestige.' 1595mm
'Do androids dream of electric sheep?' 1612mm
'The adventures of Tom Sawyer.'1633mm
'The castle of Otranto.' 1646mm
'The Princess Bride.' 1668mm
'The Reader.' 1686mm
'Breakfast at Tiffany's.' 1697mm
'A month in the country.' 1705mm
'Just William.' 1721mm
'The darling buds of May.' 1729mm
'Money' 1754
'Schindler's Ark.' 1782mm
'The truth about the Titanic.' 1804mm
'A night to remember.' 1820mm
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99 Books read so far since January 11th, 2015-which if stacked up on top of each other, makes up a height of 182cm
My height: 182 cm
‘Lost at sea-The Jon Ronson mysteries.’53mm
‘Stardust.’ 67mmu
‘I think, therefore I am-All the philosophy you need to know.’ 80mm
‘The hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy.’ 96mm
‘A spy among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal.’129mm
‘The man without a face: The unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin.' 150mm
'Death comes for the Archbishop.' 167mm
'The heart is a lonely hunter.'189mm
'To kill a mockingbird.' 209mm
'Are you there God? It's me Margaret.' 220mm
'Fiesta: The sun also rises.' 235mm
'Watchmen.'254mm
'The big sleep.' 271mm
'The spy who came in from the cold.' 287mm
‘In Cold Blood’’ 307mm
'Under the net.' 326mm
'The bridge of San Louis Rey.' 334mm
'Rabbit Run.' 352mm
'A handful of dust.' 364mm
'Neuromancer,' 383mm
'The prime of Miss Jean Brodie.' 393mm
'Wide Sargasso Sea.' 404mm
‘Helter Skelter.' 441mm
'Revolution Road.' 461mm
'Light in August.' 484mm
'Their eyes were watching God.' 504mm
'One flew over the cuckoo's nest.' 523mm
'Catch 22.' 559mm
'White Teeth.' 594mm
'Atonement.' 621mm
'The day of the locust.' 636mm
‘The Temple of the Golden Pavillion.' 656mm
‘Brave New World.’ 673mm
‘Ubik.' 687mm
'American pastoral' 714mm
'I, Claudius.' 733mm
'The heart of the matter.' 751mm
'Crying of lot 49' 759mm
'The French Lieutenant's Woman.' 788mm
'Five on a Treasure Island.' 800mm
'Disgrace' 813mm
'What is a googlie?' 823mm
'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha' 842mm
'Suite Francaise' 867mm
'Fahrenheit 451' 882mm
'The English Patient' 902mm
'Housekeeping.' 917mm
'The fault in our stars.' 937mm
'Shakespeare: The World as a Stage.' 953mm
'The Remains of the Day.' 970mm.
'All quiet on the Western Front.' 985 mm
'Into the Wild.' 999 mm
'A death in the family.' 1019mm
'Lucky Jim.' 1036mm
'Deliverance.' 1052mm
'The man who mistook his wife for a hat.' 1069mm
'So you've been publicly shamed.' 1095mm
'Appointment in Samarra.' 1113mm
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being.' 1133mm
'Icons of England.' 1160mm
'The wind in the willows.' 1169mm
'The Bell Jar.' 1185mm
'The time machine.' 1195mm
'Charlotte's Web.' 1212mm
'The World according to Garp' 1248mm
'Nausea.' 1264mm
'The Alchemist.' 1280mm
'Brideshead Revisited.' 1295mm
'Walking on Sunshine.' 1314mm
'Lolita.' 1329mm
'Lord of the flies.' 1345mm
'The Power and the Glory.' 1360mm
'White noise.' 1385mm
'Of mice and men.'1398mm
'The War of the Worlds.' 1409mm
'The old man and the sea.' 1416mm
'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.' 1429mm
'A clockwork orange.' 1449mm
'When the wind blows.' 1474mm
'Candide' 1487mm
'The hound of the baskervilles.' 1502mm
'Diary of a nobody.' 1515mm
'Depressive illness-the curse of the strong.' 1522mm
'Perfume the story of a murderer.' 1539mm
'Mrs Dalloway' 1553mm
'The day of the Triffids.' 1570mm
'The Prestige.' 1595mm
'Do androids dream of electric sheep?' 1612mm
'The adventures of Tom Sawyer.'1633mm
'The castle of Otranto.' 1646mm
'The Princess Bride.' 1668mm
'The Reader.' 1686mm
'Breakfast at Tiffany's.' 1697mm
'A month in the country.' 1705mm
'Just William.' 1721mm
'The darling buds of May.' 1729mm
'Money' 1754
'Schindler's Ark.' 1782mm
'The truth about the Titanic.' 1804mm
'A night to remember.' 1820mm
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99 Books read so far since January 11th, 2015-which if stacked up on top of each other, makes up a height of 182cm
My height: 182 cm
1) Finished reading J.M Coetzee's, 'Disgrace,' the 1999 winner of the booker prize on the 5th August 2015.
2) Finished reading Roddy Doyle's, 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha,' the 1993 winner of the Booker prize on the 17th August 2015.
3) Finished reading Michael Ondaatje's,, 'The English Patient,' the 1992 winner of the Booker prize on the 26th August, 2015.
4) Finished reading Kazuo Ishiguro's, 'The Remains of the Day,' the 1989 winner of the Booker prize on the 10th September, 2015.
5) Finished reading Thomas Keneally's, 'Schindler's Ark,' the 1982 winner of the Booker prize on the 5th April, 2016.
2) Finished reading Roddy Doyle's, 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha,' the 1993 winner of the Booker prize on the 17th August 2015.
3) Finished reading Michael Ondaatje's,, 'The English Patient,' the 1992 winner of the Booker prize on the 26th August, 2015.
4) Finished reading Kazuo Ishiguro's, 'The Remains of the Day,' the 1989 winner of the Booker prize on the 10th September, 2015.
5) Finished reading Thomas Keneally's, 'Schindler's Ark,' the 1982 winner of the Booker prize on the 5th April, 2016.
Photo added to goal Take a picture of at least 30 different birds native to the UK
1. Pied Wagtail
A list of novels beginning with a different letter of the alphabet read since the start of my dayzero project;
A All quiet on the Western front by Louis Wolheim.
B The big sleep by Raymond Chandler.
C Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.
D Deliverance by James Dickey.
E The English patient by Michael Ondaatje.
F The fault in our stars by John Green.
G
H Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson.
I I, Claudius by Robert Graves.
J Just William by Richmal Crompton
K
L Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
M Money by Martin Amis
N Neuromancer by William Gibson.
O One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Ken Kesey.
P Paddy Clarke ha ha ha by Roddy Doyle.
Q
R The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro.
S Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky.
T The temple of the golden pavilion by Yukio Mishima.
U The unbearable lightness of being by Milan Kundera.
V
W White teeth by Zadie Smith.
X
Y
Z
A All quiet on the Western front by Louis Wolheim.
B The big sleep by Raymond Chandler.
C Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.
D Deliverance by James Dickey.
E The English patient by Michael Ondaatje.
F The fault in our stars by John Green.
G
H Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson.
I I, Claudius by Robert Graves.
J Just William by Richmal Crompton
K
L Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
M Money by Martin Amis
N Neuromancer by William Gibson.
O One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Ken Kesey.
P Paddy Clarke ha ha ha by Roddy Doyle.
Q
R The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro.
S Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky.
T The temple of the golden pavilion by Yukio Mishima.
U The unbearable lightness of being by Milan Kundera.
V
W White teeth by Zadie Smith.
X
Y
Z
6. Raging Bull (1980).
7.The epic of Everest (1924).
8.Dr Strangelove (1964)
9. Some Like It Hot (1959)
10. Seven Samarai (1954)
7.The epic of Everest (1924).
8.Dr Strangelove (1964)
9. Some Like It Hot (1959)
10. Seven Samarai (1954)
I quite enjoyed it!
One of the many pictures taken during my Thames Path walk....
All films DVD unless otherwise stated, and watched since January, 2015.
A American sniper. 12 angry men.
B Black sea.
C Continuum, Catch-22.
D Dawn of the planet of the apes. Driving Miss Daisy. Deliverance.
E Exodus: God's and kings. The equalizer. The English patient.
F The fault in our stars. Frank. Fury. The French connection.
G The Grand Budapest hotel. The guest.
H The Hobbit: The battle of the five armies & The desolation of Smaug.
I In order of disappearance - subtitled. The imitation game. I, Frankenstein. I believe in miracles.
J Jupiter ascending. Jack Ryan: shadow recruit.
K Keeping Rosie.
L The Longest Day ( TV).
M The Martian ( Cinema ). Million dollar baby.
N Nightcrawler.
O On the waterfront. Out of Africa. One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
P Predestination. Patton.
Q Quartermass and the Pit ( TV ).
R Raging Bull ( TV )
S Spooks, Stardust. Sky blue. Spectre ( Cinema ). Star Wars: The force awakens ( Cinema).
T Taken 3. Taxi driver. The theory of everything. Transcendence.
U Unbearable lightness of being.
V Vendetta.
W What's left of us - subtitled. A walk among the tombstones.
X X-Men: Days of future past
Y 12 years a slave.
Z Zero dark thirty.
26/26
A American sniper. 12 angry men.
B Black sea.
C Continuum, Catch-22.
D Dawn of the planet of the apes. Driving Miss Daisy. Deliverance.
E Exodus: God's and kings. The equalizer. The English patient.
F The fault in our stars. Frank. Fury. The French connection.
G The Grand Budapest hotel. The guest.
H The Hobbit: The battle of the five armies & The desolation of Smaug.
I In order of disappearance - subtitled. The imitation game. I, Frankenstein. I believe in miracles.
J Jupiter ascending. Jack Ryan: shadow recruit.
K Keeping Rosie.
L The Longest Day ( TV).
M The Martian ( Cinema ). Million dollar baby.
N Nightcrawler.
O On the waterfront. Out of Africa. One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
P Predestination. Patton.
Q Quartermass and the Pit ( TV ).
R Raging Bull ( TV )
S Spooks, Stardust. Sky blue. Spectre ( Cinema ). Star Wars: The force awakens ( Cinema).
T Taken 3. Taxi driver. The theory of everything. Transcendence.
U Unbearable lightness of being.
V Vendetta.
W What's left of us - subtitled. A walk among the tombstones.
X X-Men: Days of future past
Y 12 years a slave.
Z Zero dark thirty.
26/26
Not only the opening night, but the first possible showing across the country, at the crazy time of one minute past midnight. Went to see, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens.' Several in the audience had their own light sabre's and one person was even dressed up as a storm trooper!
Went to see, 'The Martian,' on the 5th October, 2015.
Went to see, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' on the 17th December, 2015.
Went to see, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' on the 17th December, 2015.
1) Horizon: Are Health Tests Really a Good Idea? November, 2015.
Basically, most of them are not a good idea. They're often wildly inaccurate, and as such needlessly create anxiety,
2) Every breath we take: Understanding our atmosphere. November, 2015.
This documentary looked at the discovery of air and its constituent properties, along with a description of individuals like Scheele, Priestley, & Lavoisier who were all involved in our greater understanding of air. Once the constituent parts of air were separated, and a use was found for them, it changed the World we live in. For instance, the industrial revolution was made possible when the smelting of iron ore into steel could be achieved through an injection of oxygen to remove the impurities. Nitrogen is used as a fertilizer to rapidly increase plant growth and carbon dioxide is used in the manufacturer of all plastics including packaging to keep food fresh.
The one issue I had with the programme was that it dealt with one particular theory as fact, which was that; all our energy comes from oxygen reacting with the food inside us. However the cost of burning that energy results in the creation of free radicals which slowly kill us. Every breath we take, they argued, literally rips to pieces the cells inside us to extract all the required energy we need. Is that a fact? Really? Hmmm....
3) The second episode of the BBC Nature series called, 'The hunt,' which takes a look at the different strategies involved in animals hunting for their prey. November, 2015. Fantastic photography. Not so nice seeing little animals being eaten by much bigger animals!
4) 'The most dangerous man in Tudor England.' The story of William Tyndale's achievement of translating the Bible into English in defiance of the Pope and the Catholic Church-an achievement which of course led ultimately to his martyrdom. I learnt in the documentary that 82% of the King James Bible's New Testament was written by Tyndale despite Henry VIII ensuring that Tyndale received no credit for this epic scholarly work. Tyndale's translation is responsible for so many idioms we still use today such as; 'lick the dust' , 'under the sun”, “signs of the times”, “let there be light”, “fall flat on his face”, “the land of the living”, “pour out one’s heart”, “the apple of his eye”, “go the extra mile,' and many others. He wrote these phrases 500 years ago! Think about that. When we discuss the lasting impact on everyday culture-other then Shakespeare, is there anyone else we could say had a bigger impact on the English language?
5) Panorama: Terror in Paris. Tragic and heartbreaking details of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.
6) Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Episode 1, Inside the RAF.Oh, to be a Red Arrow Pilot!
7) The ecstasy of Wilko Johnson. I always loved Wilko Johnson, for me, one of the best guitarists who ever lived. This documentary told the story of his recent encounter with pancreatic cancer. Instead of going through the accepted process people go through when told such news; denial-anger-bargaining-depression-acceptance, Wilko said that he felt more alive then he'd ever felt before. He experienced life as the miracle it really is. Ten months after diagnosis when he should have been dead, he was given a life saving operation, where there was little chance of survival because the tumour in his stomach involved so many other vital organs. He survived. Watching the documentary and listening to his experience, really makes me want to go and see him perform now. An amazing man.
8) Guy Martin: Last flight of the Vulcan Bomber.
9) Edward VIII's murderous Mistress
10. Building Hitler's supergun.
Basically, most of them are not a good idea. They're often wildly inaccurate, and as such needlessly create anxiety,
2) Every breath we take: Understanding our atmosphere. November, 2015.
This documentary looked at the discovery of air and its constituent properties, along with a description of individuals like Scheele, Priestley, & Lavoisier who were all involved in our greater understanding of air. Once the constituent parts of air were separated, and a use was found for them, it changed the World we live in. For instance, the industrial revolution was made possible when the smelting of iron ore into steel could be achieved through an injection of oxygen to remove the impurities. Nitrogen is used as a fertilizer to rapidly increase plant growth and carbon dioxide is used in the manufacturer of all plastics including packaging to keep food fresh.
The one issue I had with the programme was that it dealt with one particular theory as fact, which was that; all our energy comes from oxygen reacting with the food inside us. However the cost of burning that energy results in the creation of free radicals which slowly kill us. Every breath we take, they argued, literally rips to pieces the cells inside us to extract all the required energy we need. Is that a fact? Really? Hmmm....
3) The second episode of the BBC Nature series called, 'The hunt,' which takes a look at the different strategies involved in animals hunting for their prey. November, 2015. Fantastic photography. Not so nice seeing little animals being eaten by much bigger animals!
4) 'The most dangerous man in Tudor England.' The story of William Tyndale's achievement of translating the Bible into English in defiance of the Pope and the Catholic Church-an achievement which of course led ultimately to his martyrdom. I learnt in the documentary that 82% of the King James Bible's New Testament was written by Tyndale despite Henry VIII ensuring that Tyndale received no credit for this epic scholarly work. Tyndale's translation is responsible for so many idioms we still use today such as; 'lick the dust' , 'under the sun”, “signs of the times”, “let there be light”, “fall flat on his face”, “the land of the living”, “pour out one’s heart”, “the apple of his eye”, “go the extra mile,' and many others. He wrote these phrases 500 years ago! Think about that. When we discuss the lasting impact on everyday culture-other then Shakespeare, is there anyone else we could say had a bigger impact on the English language?
5) Panorama: Terror in Paris. Tragic and heartbreaking details of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.
6) Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Episode 1, Inside the RAF.Oh, to be a Red Arrow Pilot!
7) The ecstasy of Wilko Johnson. I always loved Wilko Johnson, for me, one of the best guitarists who ever lived. This documentary told the story of his recent encounter with pancreatic cancer. Instead of going through the accepted process people go through when told such news; denial-anger-bargaining-depression-acceptance, Wilko said that he felt more alive then he'd ever felt before. He experienced life as the miracle it really is. Ten months after diagnosis when he should have been dead, he was given a life saving operation, where there was little chance of survival because the tumour in his stomach involved so many other vital organs. He survived. Watching the documentary and listening to his experience, really makes me want to go and see him perform now. An amazing man.
8) Guy Martin: Last flight of the Vulcan Bomber.
9) Edward VIII's murderous Mistress
10. Building Hitler's supergun.
Here's a tip. If you visit the Amazon site and type in the name of the title of the book you're reading, it will have the exact size in mm's, listed in the product description. It saves a whole lot of time.
18th November
At the moment, busy compiling photographs from the last year. No easy task, given that I must have taken over 15,000 pictures.
20th November
I'm in an advanced state of editing now. Despite the vast number of photographs taken during the year, somehow I've whittled them down to about 160, which I've provisionally arranged into a 124 page photo book. I should be ready to put in an order for it soon.
21st November
My book was ordered today, and when it's printed out will comprise of 134 pages.
23rd November
Received email from suppliers to say the book is already finished and bound, and it's on its way!
At the moment, busy compiling photographs from the last year. No easy task, given that I must have taken over 15,000 pictures.
20th November
I'm in an advanced state of editing now. Despite the vast number of photographs taken during the year, somehow I've whittled them down to about 160, which I've provisionally arranged into a 124 page photo book. I should be ready to put in an order for it soon.
21st November
My book was ordered today, and when it's printed out will comprise of 134 pages.
23rd November
Received email from suppliers to say the book is already finished and bound, and it's on its way!
Okay, I realise this is quite a low daily word count, especially when you consider Jack London used to write 1,000 words every day-however bad his health was, but it's proving a lot more difficult then I iimagined when you've fallen out of practice, so for me, this exercise is about building up a routine...
5th October-278 words.
6th October-324 words.
7th October-338 words.
8th October-182 words.
9th October-343 words.
10th October-249 words.
11th October-360 words.
12th October-218 words.
13th October-535 words.
14th October-211 words.
15th October-451 words.
16th October-150 words.
17th October-118 words.
18th October-286 words.
19th October-453 words. Over half way!
20th October-799 words.
21st October-154 words.
22nd October-1,062 words. First 1,000 word+ day!
23rd October-435 words.
24th October-367 words.
25th October-348 words.
26th October-142 words.
27th October-184 words.
28th October-503 words.
29th October-495 words.
30th October-1,269 words. Highest daily word count so far.
31st October-202 words.
1st November-341 words.
2nd Novemberr-259 words.
3rd November-311 words.
4th November-266 words.
5th October-278 words.
6th October-324 words.
7th October-338 words.
8th October-182 words.
9th October-343 words.
10th October-249 words.
11th October-360 words.
12th October-218 words.
13th October-535 words.
14th October-211 words.
15th October-451 words.
16th October-150 words.
17th October-118 words.
18th October-286 words.
19th October-453 words. Over half way!
20th October-799 words.
21st October-154 words.
22nd October-1,062 words. First 1,000 word+ day!
23rd October-435 words.
24th October-367 words.
25th October-348 words.
26th October-142 words.
27th October-184 words.
28th October-503 words.
29th October-495 words.
30th October-1,269 words. Highest daily word count so far.
31st October-202 words.
1st November-341 words.
2nd Novemberr-259 words.
3rd November-311 words.
4th November-266 words.
Day 1. Taken along the Thames Path.
1. Jon Ronson: Strange answers to the psychopath test.
Watched on the 11th October, 2015.
2.John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!!
Watched on the 11th October, 2015.
3.BJ Miller: What really matters at the end of life
Watched on the 17th October, 2015
4.Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend
Watched on the 18th October, 2015.
5.Stephen Hawking: Questioning the universe
Watched on the 27th October, 2015.
6.Susan Cain: The power of introverts
Watched on the 27th October, 2015.
Watched on the 11th October, 2015.
2.John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!!
Watched on the 11th October, 2015.
3.BJ Miller: What really matters at the end of life
Watched on the 17th October, 2015
4.Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend
Watched on the 18th October, 2015.
5.Stephen Hawking: Questioning the universe
Watched on the 27th October, 2015.
6.Susan Cain: The power of introverts
Watched on the 27th October, 2015.
1. Visited the Two Brewers in Marlow on the 21st October, 2015 where Jerome. K. Jerome supposedly wrote 'Three men and a boat' ( He lived next door ).
2. Visited the Red Lion Hotel in Henley on Thames on the 21st October, 2015 . Famous visitors were Charles I, Boswell and Johnson, George III, George IV, the Duke of Marlborough & Winston Churchill.
2. Visited the Red Lion Hotel in Henley on Thames on the 21st October, 2015 . Famous visitors were Charles I, Boswell and Johnson, George III, George IV, the Duke of Marlborough & Winston Churchill.
Note added to goal Eat fish and chips on the lovely town of Whitby's harbour wall in Yorkshire
Watch out for the seagulls!
‘Notes from a small Island.’
'Shakespeare: The World as a Stage.'
'Icons of England.'
3/5
'Shakespeare: The World as a Stage.'
'Icons of England.'
3/5
The Thames near Bourne End.
Is there a Sherwood Forest in Germany? There's one in Nottingham, England. Is that the one you mean? http://sherwoodforest.org.uk/
That's an unusual goal
October 6th -Created Back up file.
From my back garden. I took a picture every 5 minutes, for over an hour. Eventually settling on a shutter speed of 4 seconds, a 100 ISO setting and by using manual focus. This was the best picture.