What is on your bucket list

sgx2000

I am 64
Probably retired very shortly.....

Just interested in what others would put on a bucket list (to get a few ideas)

Brie

Northern lights just ticked...

Robin9

Don't be held back by your partner - if you want to travel or whatever do it - and don't put it off, you don't know what is around the corner.

victor2

My bucket list had to cross the Atlantic on the QE2 then return on Concorde. Never did, never will now. Better update my list while I'm still here! 

stuhse

For me its about lots of things that can be done relatively cheaply. Before retirement there was no time. Scotland is absolutely stunning if you can time your trip for good weather.  Once retired i can watch the forecast and jump in the car.

Explore Scotland, especially the West coast..... Arisaig---google images this place...i want to sea kayak here it looks amazing.
The Wainwrights lake district walks
wainwrights coast to coast...it goes past our house and ive never done it !
Walk the Yorkshire 3 peaks
Explore my local footpaths...start from my home and radiate outwards.
More/longer ski holidays- money saved by more considired choosing ...perhaps driving and staying further from the slopes.

More cycling/mountain biking

More swimming...maybe outdoor

 The northern lights

Camper van trip of europe

Bigger trips- funds and health permitting

Norwegein fjords

Iceland

Canada

SouthCoastBoy

Not so much a bucket list but things I want to do in retirement

The big item, is to spend more time in Australia, I plan to spend 2 or 3 winters there before I get too old, living life by the sea, going to the beach and surfing. I always wanted to emigrate, but never did as my wife wanted to stay near her family, so i'm determined to spend some extended time there before i pop off.

Other things I want to do are:-
Swim in every lido in the UK (this project is currently underway)
spend some time in the lakes walking
play a lot more time practicing and playing golf (ambition is to get a single figure handicap)
learn to play bridge

JGB1955

You've reminded me that I need some new targets. My last target was to find a geocache in every county in the United Kingdom.  Ticked that off pre-covid....  Love travel but not fussed about going to Australia.  NZ and Fiji ticked off some time ago.  Canada perhaps?  Not USA.  Dalmatian coast will be ticked off on a holiday booked for 2026.  LOADS of West Coast Scotland islands still to explore... yes, maybe that's where I need to concentrate my thoughts.... Rhum, Eigg, Canna and Muck. Tiree, Harris, Lewis, Uists....  Oh no!  Just realised that St Kilda is a definite on my list... time to get planning...

Organgrinder

1. learn to speak welsh fluently
2. go on a cruise
3. tour of south east asia
4. climb alpe d'huez on a bike
5. rio (specifically christ the redeemer)
6. finally learn guitar properly
7. tour europe by train

And now I'm struggling!

sgx2000

Bloody hell.  There appears to be a lot of very fit people on the forum.......

Unfortunately i cant walk very far (dodgy knee replacement)......
As soon as i retire my very first thing will be to try and build as much knee muscle as i can....

Not bucket list...
But i have to rip out the bathroom and install new.....
Then
Rip out the kitchen and install new one......

Bloody hell i am tired just typing it.....

I really dont know what my bucket list will contain yet..
Hense the post looking for inspiration...

Confusedlad

After 2 knee op's in 2 years - different knees! - most recent in Feb24, I'm looking forward to walking without pain for the first time in 3 years and hope the 3 (Yorkshire) peaks will be viable this summer (not consecutively).  

Then to be able to swim 100 lengths of my local pool again before the end of the year.

Both look a long way off just now, but I have targets to aim for and incentives to keep pushing the daily physio and exercises.

Too much sport in my first 30 years has come back to haunt me big time - whatever you decide to do, don't put it off....

sgx2000

Confusedlad said:

After 2 knee op's in 2 years - different knees! - most recent in Feb24, I'm looking forward to walking without pain for the first time in 3 years and hope the 3 (Yorkshire) peaks will be viable this summer (not consecutively).  

Then to be able to swim 100 lengths of my local pool again before the end of the year.

Both look a long way off just now, but I have targets to aim for and incentives to keep pushing the daily physio and exercises.

Too much sport in my first 30 years has come back to haunt me big time - whatever you decide to do, don't put it off....

The knees is something i totally understand.

I had 3 ops on my knee.  The final one being a full replacement.....
That was 3 years ago....
Still use a stick...
Furthest i can walk is about 1.5 miles.....
The pain is less, but not gone....

This is one of the 1st things i will do in retirement..... trying to build more muscle to xupport the knee more
Probably easier to do when you are not worrying about overdoing it and not being able to work the next day....

Now there is a real bucket list challenge....