50 things to do before you are 11 ¾ meme

[wellinghall]

I haven't seen many memes on LJ recently, so let's try this ...

Embolden the ones you did before you were 11 ¾ (as far as you can remember!)
Italicise the ones you have done since then.

1. Climb a tree

2. Roll down a really big hill

3. Camp out in the wild

4. Build a den

5. Skim a stone

6. Run around in the rain

7. Fly a kite

8. Catch a fish with a net

9. Eat an apple straight from a tree

10. Play conkers

11. Throw some snow

12. Hunt for treasure on the beach

13. Make a mud pie

14. Dam a stream

15. Go sledging

16. Bury someone in the sand

17. Set up a snail race

18. Balance on a fallen tree

19. Swing on a rope swing

20. Make a mud slide

21. Eat blackberries growing in the wild

22. Take a look inside a tree

23. Visit an island

24. Feel like you're flying in the wind

25. Make a grass trumpet

26. Hunt for fossils and bones

27. Watch the sun wake up

28. Climb a huge hill

29. Get behind a waterfall

30. Feed a bird from your hand

31. Hunt for bugs

32. Find some frogspawn

33. Catch a butterfly in a net

34. Track wild animals

35. Discover what's in a pond

36. Call an owl

37. Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool

38. Bring up a butterfly

39. Catch a crab

40. Go on a nature walk at night

41. Plant it, grow it, eat it

42. Go wild swimming

43. Go rafting

44. Light a fire without matches

45. Find your way with a map and compass

46. Try bouldering

47. Cook on a campfire

48. Try abseiling

49. Find a geocache

50. Canoe down a river

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9201607/National-Trust-50-things-to-do-before-you-are-12.html

Comments

[muuranker.livejournal.com]

Were all the bold ones only before you were 12?

I seem to have done most of these before I was 12, and most of them after.

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

That's a great list and I'm quite sure I still haven't done all of them!

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Query: when did swimming outdoors, not in managed pools, become "wild swimming"? It's just one of those phrases that really annoys me, making something ordinary somehow pretentious. I've never been wild swimming, but I've swum in the sea, lakes, and rivers around the UK. I suppose that "we went to Filey/Bolton Abbey/Llandudno, parked the car, and got out the rubber dinghy" sounds less glam. Though I imagine that wherever and however you go it is absolutely freezing.

I seem to be a bit grumpy tonight.