So recently (ok a month ago, but who’s counting), I completed my thirtieth rotation around the sun and I thought I should write something to recognise the occasion. However, life got in the way and it’s now a couple of weeks down the line and I’m only just sitting down to write.
It seems like a fairly appropriate time to write up an update on my Epic Quest, so here it is…
Completed Quests
Travel
- Climb the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France - 05/04/2013 (there is a blog post coming…honest)
- Visit the Louvre in France - 06/04/2013
- Visit Notre Dame Cathedral in France - 05/04/2013
Active
- Do 10 one-arm push ups with each arm (May 2014)
- Learn how to do a frontflip & a backflip (Backflip 26/04/2013, Frontflip 10/01/2014) (video to follow
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In Progress Quests
Travel
- Visit all 7 continents
- Europe (Well I live here so that doesn’t count)
- North America (Canada, Christmas 1990-91)
- Africa (The Gambia, Summer 2001)
- Asia (The Maldives, Christmas 2005)
- Visit all the Disney Parks across the world
- Hong Kong Disneyland (09/09/2009)
- Disneyland Paris (01/04/2013)
Jason Bourne/James Bond
- Become conversational in a second language (Mandarin)
- Learn to say basic phrases in 50 languages
- Welsh
- French
- German
- Mandarin
Whilst I’m at it, I may as well reflect on some of my other achievements to date.
Other Achievements in my Life
- Got bitten by the travel bug in Scouts, and made a pretty good start on travelling the world
- Canada, Spain, Germany, France, Holland, The Gambia, Maldives, Serbia, Hungary, Abu Dhabi, South Africa, Botswana, Switzerland, China, Mongolia, Tibet, Morocco, Iceland, Vietnam
- Completed my Explorer Belt in The Gambia in 2001
- Bought a house in 2006
- Descended the highest Commercial Abseil in the World in South Africa in 2007
- Completed a degree in Quantity Surveying & Commercial Management in 2007
- Completed my Queen’s Scout Award on the Brecon Beacons in 2009
- Completed my professional qualifications to become MRICS in 2009
- Slept overnight on the Great Wall of China in 2009
- Got married to an amazing girl in 2010
- I now have a son as of 07/02/2012
- Completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Leadership in 2013
- Completed 3 half marathons
- Cardiff Half Marathon (16/10/2011 - 2:05:47)
- Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon (06/10/2013 - 1:48:10)
- Severn Bridge Half Marathon (24/08/2014 - 1:40:01)
So now what? Where do I go from here?
A nice picture from my birthday