No 6 - Go to a lovely place for a beautiful sunset (38)

This challenge happened by accident! I was taken for an early Birthday treat by my son George. He kept it a surprise until the last minute. What an amazing evening, we were at Blenheim Palace with Ludovico Einaudi!!  As the sun started to set there was a silence amongst crowd; the stunning location in the Great Courtyard, the beautiful sky with the setting sun. The only sounds we could hear were the birds singing whilst swooping low over us to the magical melodies of the piano and glorious strings.  A lot of people sit and watch a lovely sunset and put Einaudi on in the background - I HAD HIM WITH ME for my sunset - how much more amazing can you get!! Thanks George!

No. 5 - Become an NLP Practitioner (43)

Well I passed my certification in March and have been accepted by the ANLP which is the governing body in UK. I am working towards my advanced practitioner so watch this space for a No 43 update in a few months!

No. 4 - Drink some expensive champagne! (13)

Woo hoo! Another challenge and a tasty one at that. Unexpectedly at my granddaughter's christening my folks turned up with an expensive bottle of champagne they had been saving for a special occasion!  A magnum no less! So of course I was the first one to down my glass completing a challenge and wetting the baby's head at the same time - what a fantastic day!

The wall collage

This weekend I will be preparing the bathroom for the wall collage. Collected some amazing pictures from all my back copies of #lonelyplanet. It will be awesome!

No 3 - Do an April Fool's Joke (8)

This is the post I made in the committee page on April 1st!

"I have just arrived in Argentina but could not wait to tell you all the amazing news of our new sponsor for head judge jackets at WPSC - Butlins are famous for their designer jackets and are providing each head judge with a special jacket and all the judges in their category will have ties to match the jacket. Butlins are against stereotypes so currently Davide will be in pink, Cindy in blue, Florenza in yellow, Petra in Green and the fifth judge in Red. All with matching ties! How awesome is that! Actually can someone tell Petra she is not on this committee page. See you soon folks!"

I know this made some people question whether this was true or not right up until today April 9th I have had messages asking if it is true as they are not happy with their colours!!

I admit - I WAS JOKING!!  For this to last for 9 days is definitely a good April Fools Joke and another one off the list, ha ha ha!

This is the picture posted by a committee member who thought he would be dressed like one of his heroes!

No 2 - Adopt an animal (9)

Well I have adopted Dolo the lion from the Born Free Foundation. I loved Born Free the programme each week and especially the lions. I am a Leo the lion and I love cats so it makes sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHAbssSAlfE

There won't be a picture of me with him sadly. I hope he continues to improve.

No. 1 - Crocodile World ((15)

So exciting.....!  I did my first challenge of the year - Do something involving a dangerous animal.  I got the amazing opportunity to be a keeper at Crocodile World.  I learnt so much from Terry our Head Keeper as he took us round, told us so much about the Crocodilia and got me weighing, measuring and feeding crocodiles and alligators.  They are amazing creatures and it was fascinating.  I also got to feed the huge tortoises, hold the baby tortoises and hold lots of baby alligators.  What an amazing day and how amazing for the first challenge!
The  first of my 50 favourite songs to go with the challenge, reminds me of when my son was younger; he loved it so much!

In I go..... what will happen?

His head is bigger than mine, what on earth am I doing?

First up Albert the Beast - he his huuuuge!

A tour round to see the alligators.

My what big teeth you have Grandma!

I am just chillin', and waiting', come take a swim!!

Definitely don't want to fall in with this lot - all ladies by the way.

Time to weigh the babies; 3 months old....aww!

2 years old and needs his lunch.

Now to feed this lovely snappy lady!

Time for the baby tortoises.... so very cute!

Growing up into a very big tortoise - this is Toby.

Yey.. Terry said I passed!

Definitely a good start to the year with challenge 1 done............. Only 49 to go!!