To ask for ideas of fun/bizarre/unusual things I could do before I turn 40!

I don’t ask for suggestions…I’m just enjoy nosing into other people’s lives !

Just had a look at my list. Some other good ones I have are📧

Do family tree - started this and it is fascinating
Go to a darkzone in the UK to look at the stars
Go back to the Lake District with my MIL while she is still alive (she has a life limiting illness and has never been and I know she would love it. Also I only spent 24 hours there the one time I went). We are booked for a week this summer.
Couple of restaurants in London I really want to go to
Go to Ultimate Power sing a long
Try paddleboarding
Go snorkelling with turtles

Definitely learn BSL Op. The more people who learn the better IMO.

I really, really want to re-enact the "fight" scene at the end of Bugsy Malone. There are other things on my list, but that is number 1.

I have nothing to add, but this is my favourite bucket list story of all time 😆

news.sky.com/story/woman-104-arrested-at-care-home-by-police-to-fulfil-bucket-list-wish-11671110

Swim in a Lake District lake - I have a vague idea of swimming in every one, but I've done 3 and may not get much further... Wastwater was the most beautiful.

Wastwater is my favourite lake for swimming, especially if you avoid the busier locations. There are some lovely spots at the Nether Wasdale end. No motorised vessels are allowed and water can be so still that the only ripples are the ones you make. Neither of the photos were taken on sunny days - on a sunny day the view is truly spectacular.

Rydal is also good. I've only swum at the east end of Rydal Water. You don't need to be a particularly strong swimmer to swim from island to island and get a feeling of adventure. Plus the Badger Inn is a great place to refuel and warm up again after your swim.

I've also swum in Ullswater, Derwentwater and several Lake District rivers.

I tend to set myself new years ambitions, past ones include;
Fencing lessons
Visit Rome
Cycle hadrians wall

This year I'm running a 5k, cycling London to Brighton and going to Egypt.

Longer term ideas;
Do pompei
Northern lights
Cycle 100 miles
Actually manage my garden (!)

Hot Air Ballon is great
Escape Room
Axe Throwing

Do the swimming last

Hot air balloon ride?
see a tiger in the wild
do a chin up is one of mine 😂

Book yourself a hotel at charmouth and go fossil hunting, I've never failed to find one!

@TheExclusiveSandwich

I recommend Fuerteventura for your wish, stayed at Magic Life which is split between Brits and Germans particularly (actually plenty of other nationalities but the bulk) and I has a nudist pool, separate and fenced off plus the beach is come as you like, most are in costumes but plenty did swim naked, very freeing!

Stargazing, I have a friend with a set up in Yorkshire and looks amazing. I have camped under the stars but never with someone that knows what's what.
Jewellery making....not creative or artistic at all but do love jewellery
A proper hamam in Istanbul...always a favourite
Abseiling down ....somewhere
Water skiing
Study something just because it'd be interesting (just starting a freebie OU course on earthquakes)

Because throwing pots is wonderful fun. Plus you get to keep the pot, and even use it.

Swim in a Lake District lake - I have a vague idea of swimming in every one, but I've done 3 and may not get much further... Wastwater was the most beautiful.

See the Northern Lights
Grow something edible from seed
Write down your best recipe/adaptation
Take Grade 1 in a new musical instrument
Learn a new language and go somewhere to speak it
Read the book you've never managed to read ( I finally read Midnight's Children a couple of years ago and it's as good as its reputation)

Not just watch sunrise on a beach, but do so alone. Swim in the sea alone.

Watch sunrise from a mountain top, or a high hill. Camp there overnight, or hike up in the pre-dawn.

Go skinny-dipping.

Go wild swimming.

Say "No" to a request from someone with the authority to tell you to do so.

Teach someone a skill you have.

Learn a skill you don't have.

Sing in public.

Sing a solo in public.

Get an adult kick-scooter and use it.

Play on the swings and slides.

Do a 'Jonny' and squirt whipped cream straight into your mouth (Friday Night Dinner). Extra points for sitting on the kitchen counter while you do so.

Ask things I have done since I turned 40. Actually, some I had done before, but a very long time before. Some were terrifying, some exhilarating, all wonderfully liberating.

I'm going wing walking!

Why are you on MN if you are not interested in the opinions of random strangers?

Absolutely. Mine isn't a bucket list as such but it is so easy to end up at 70 having just lived your normal day to day life then not have the time or energy to do all the things you fancied but kept putting off as you were 'busy'. Having a list just keeps reminding me to do those fun things I always wanted to do! I think it is sensible not weird. There is always a joy sponge on these threads!

Why are you asking strangers what you should do? If you wanted to do something then you’d already have the answer to your querie.
Some random stranger’s idea of a ‘bucket list’ type thing is a wierd way to enjoy your 40th.
Just go out & get rat arsed…stock upon paracetamol the day before.

Genuinely wondering why you feel you need to throw a pot before you turn 40.

It is not weird, it is fun! why not have a few new goals in life, and a deadline to try and meet them

This thread is so weird. Why do you need to do all those things before you turn 40? I'm sure you can manage a pottery wheel at 41, or even 71, or even 81.