This year I will be 50, so I decided to do 50 things to mark my birthday and raise some money for the wonderful Cancer Research to celebrate the vital work they do.  

With 1 in 2 in the UK likely to develop some form of cancer over our life times the work that charity have done in increasing the outcomes for so many is amazing - doubling survival rates for more than 10 years from 24% to 50% we are all likely to know someone who is impacted by this dreadful disease.

I have been truly blessed that both of my parents have fought and survived cancer aided by Cancer Research and the NHS.

My 50 for 50 list is below (in no particular order) - some nice and some tricky!

1 Swim in a lake in the Lake District 
2 Paint a picture 
3 Watch the sun rise
4 Write a poem
5 Sleep out under the stars
6 Walk 50,000 steps in a day
7 Bake a loaf of bread
8 Make my own beer
9 Ride a horse
10  Walk the 3 peaks 
11 Cycle to Paris
12 Catch a fish & cook on the beach
13 Buy items at fetes / car boots & attempt to sell make profit for charity
14 Make a pottery pot
15 Learn a musical instrument 
16 Make & race a go-kart
17 Make my jam
18 Go to a festival
19 Visit the national gallery
20 100 push ups a day in May
21 Raise >£1k for cancer research 
22 Go surfing
23 Go sledging
24 Build a snowman 
25 Travel on a train for pleasure not work!
26 Walk from Lulworth Cove to Weymouth
27 Make & wear an item of clothing
28 Drink a yard of ale
29 walk the Southdowns Way
30 Shower in a waterfall
31 Eat at a Michelin star restaurant
32 Bake a cake
33 Take a hot air balloon ride
34 go metal detecting
35 Make a meal from foraged food
36 Make my own candles
37 Learn a magic trick
38 Make & fly a kite
39 Swim in the sea in winter
40 Walk, Swim, Cycle 50 miles in a day
41 Cycle round Isle of White
42 Paddle Boarding
43 Watch a west end show
44 Hire convertible & go on road trip
45 hold a cocktail party
46 Volunteer for a day
47 Walk across the top of the 02
48 take selfie with a celebrity
49 Grow and eat my own veg
50 take a cookery class

I am making a start on the 1st January 2022 by going for a swim in the sea on new years day!...I will complete all challenges before the end of 2022, no pressure!

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