So what do you hope to do in life before you 'Do One'? Me, I'd love to learn to play Jimi Hendrix, Little Wing on my guitar, See some of the vast landscapes like Niagra, I really love Big landscapes, they just take my breath away. So....
Niagara Falls, if that’s what you meant? isn’t very big really, or certainly not a big landscape and someone selfishly built a town round it. Standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon is very cool though. That’s a big landscape! Anyway bucket list…probably a British Lions tour to New Zealand
Some of mine are never going to happen! But if I could do anything, money no object etc then these would be mine Go into space ( the one that almost certainly would never happen ) Fly into LA with a rucksack and nothing but a convertible Mustang booked, then drive across the country to New York to fly home, never using an interstate ( motorway ), never staying in a chain hotel, never eating in a chain restaurant and put no time limit on it. Learn to play the piano Learn a new language Be as fit as I was when I was playing football and coaching ( less likely then me going to space haha )
Too right. The town of Niagara on the Canadian side is like Blackpool funfair, without the 'kiss me quick' hats. It's best avoided on the US side, full stop. There's a casino and a town full of crack heads.
'Tis a miserable place for sure these days, yet every visitor insists on paying their dues. Niagara on the Lake, on the other hand, is a lovely place to stay - well it was 45 years ago when the missus & myself spent a 3 day honeymoon there.
My uncle Dave lives in NotL. Cracking place. His house to the Falls is about 10 miles, along the Niagara river with New York state on the other side. We've often driven over the Lewiston bridge to enjoy US hospitality.
I once took a wrong turn in Niagara US. Foot down. Don't glance at anyone FFS. Though not as bad as some parts of Baltimore! That's right scary!!!!
One of my old Leeds mates lived in Niagara Falls (RIP Bill) and every time I went to visit him he insisted we (missus & I) stayed in NotL and he even payed for the room for a couple of nights. Can't remember the hotel's name, but it was excellent. He'd get himself a room too as he liked his beer/wine & food . We shelled out for his dinner to compensate. Happy days.
Famous for the Shaw Festival. I've seen some great stuff there. Oldest public golf course in N.America. The views across lake Ontario to the Toronto skyline (30 miles) visible on a clear day are great ie CN tower and the skycrapers. Toronto goes on forever.
My first on the list was to retire before I reach 60. Just about there, now need to consider the rest of the list. BTW, what a fantastic thread.
1. A long evening with Jimmy McGovern & Robbie Coltrane (Cracker fame) , with Val McDermid (Wire in the Blood fame) - in a fancy restaurant. Would be fascinating. 2. Dinner with David Attenborough. Still has a lot to say, wonderful career. 3. Tag along with Michael Palin on his next intrepid travel journey - ideally to the base camp of Everest in the trail of Mallory & Irvine. Summit would be impossible for an old fart like me. But spectacular it would be. I could see Palin being great company. Edit: The presence of John Cleese would add a bit of spice too - well, if he brought Jamie Lee Curtis with him
You've just reminded me of Firthy {I'm been over familiar cos I cant recall his first name), who remained a member of CI after he emigrated to around there and kept posting even as the hurricane ruined his business, He was forced to return to Hull and died within the last year.
