This is the rough list which will be whittled down into the one hundred things on 1st August 2010. Valid suggestions will all go on here, not in any particular order. They’re all things I’ve not done before and suggestions will be taken through blog comments, Twitter (@nickjeffery) and from my friends on Facebook. If you need the back story, have a look at the About page.
So, here we go:
- Go on the Waterloo & City line
- Visit Madame Tussaud’s
- Swim in the Serpentine
- Watch darts at Alexandra Palace
- Drive around the M25
- Have a drink at Vertigo 42
- Watch Prime Minister’s Questions from the public gallery at the House of Commons
- See someone get sent down at the Old Bailey (hat tip to Callum May; original was RCJ)
- Visit the Bank of England museum
- Enjoy a refreshing pint, at 6am, in Smithfield’s market
- Go on the Fuller’s brewery tour
- Eat at an Angus Steak House
- Watch Mayor’s Question Time at the Greater London Assembly building
- Visit the HMS Belfast
- Visit the Tower of London; witness the Ceremony of the Keys
- Go to the London Dungeons
- Do some wine tasting at Vinopolis
- Have afternoon tea somewhere you have to dress smartly
- Soak up some culture by attending a BBC Prom at the Royal Albert Hall
- Go ice skating at Somerset House
- Orchestrate a Monopoly board pub crawl
- Mooch around Kew Gardens
- Monkey about at London Zoo
- See a film at the Imax Cinema
- Partake in a Circle line pub crawl
- Present a programme on a London radio station
- Be a foot passenger on the Woolwich Ferry
- Hire a boat on the Thames (or canal)
- Have a helicopter tour of the city
- Attend the Lord Mayor’s Show
- Pay homage to Top Minder Locations
- Behave regally in Buckingham Palace
- Be an extra in EastEnders
- Be involved in a pub quiz in each London postal town (E, EC, N, NW, SE, SW, W, WC)
- Eat at Konstam, where most ingredients are sourced from within the M25
- Watch an edition of London Tonight
- Visit Kenwood House
- Have a look at Karl Marx’s grave
- Visit the Pumping Station
- Have a shisha on the Edgware Road
- See Chas & Dave live
- Mutter things in the Whispering Gallery at St. Paul’s Cathederal
- Eat a picnic in Temple Gardens
- Phone in to the Robert Elms programme on BBC London 94.9
- Go for a curry in Tooting
- Rock out to a gig at The Roundhouse
- Nod approvingly at Changing the Guard
- Visit the newly interactive Museum of London
- Fail to be interested by paintings at Tate Britain
- Get the DLR down to the Museum of London Docklands
- Clamber up Monument
- Get excited by engineery things in the Tower Bridge Exhibition and attend an event on the walkways
- See a funny person tell jokes at the Hammersmith Apollo
- Form a joke band; get a photo on Abbey Road zebra crossing; perform once; disband
- Do an open mic spot
- Pass through all Underground stations in one day of operation
- Go to all of Fancy A Pint‘s five pint London pubs
- Speak at Speakers’ Corner
- A night out at Ronnie Scott’s
- Get into the Long Room at Lord’s
- Go to a Richard Herring gig with people mentioned in his book (now with 50% off at Amazon)
- Take a trip to Eel Pie Island. Don’t try to annexe it (like Danny Wallace did)
- Attend a football match at Wembley
- Attend a rugby game at Twickenham
- Lounge in all Royal Parks
- Make an investment on the London Stock Exchange
- Assess the decor in Doctor Johnson’s house
- See what Stringfellow’s is all about
- Stand up at The Globe (short play preferred)
- Have a letter printed in the Evening Standard
- Successfully pretend, for one day, to be a foreign tourist
- Make it to the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park
- Attend a fundraising function for each of the three major political parties
- Walk around Hogarth’s House
- Drink port in a St. James’s club
- Watch butch men sell flowers at Covent Garden Flower Market
- Escape the maze, and look at dinosaurs, in Crystal Palace Park
- Celebrate the Chinese New Year in Leicester Square
- Cocktails at The Savoy
- Cycle the Regent’s Canal towpath
- Buy something seafood-y at Billingsgate, then cook it
- Sir John Soanes’ Museum in Lincoln’s Inn Fields
- Old Operating Theatre in Southwark
- Ride on London’s only steam railway
- Try to find the Big Breakfast house
- Dine at The Ivy
- Find a way out of the Hampton Court Palace maze
- Lord it at the Notting Hill Carnival
- Attend a choral service at Westminster Abbey
- Snap a decent wildlife photo at the London Wetland Centre
- Banger racing at Wimbledon Stadium
- Cigar and champagne at The Terrace Garden
- Window shop at London Silver Vaults
- Eat meat from The Meat Wagon
- Explore Dennis Severs’ house
- Visit The Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe; keep an eye out for Thames Tunnel tours
- Visit a disused Tube station
- Ride on old Tube stock
- Visit Neasden Temple
- Be a rampant commercialist at Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
- Bee excited at the Chelsea Physic Garden
- Cover my head at the Bevis Marks Synagogue
- Go on an east London museum crawl
- Tour the Clock Tower
- Jeer at a York Hall fight
- Get around to visiting the Wellcome Collection
- Enter a Shoot London photography competition
- Do a length, and back, of Tooting Bec Lido (180m; best swimming certificate I have is 100m)
- Partake in an Alternative Tube Challenges day
- Join in the Chap Olympiad
- Race someone on a Boris Bike
- A tour of London’s sewers (@paulwebster says: elusive but reportedly possible)
If you’re reading this, and have some ideas, be a star and pop them in a comment. Ta. If you fancy joining me on one of these Things, get in touch.
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