Do the Edge Walk at CN Tower, CanadaEdgeWalk takes you outside the CN Tower onto a 1.5-metre-wide ledge high above Toronto, attached to an overhead rail by a full-body harness. A guide leads a small group around the…
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Do the Edge Walk at CN Tower, CanadaEdgeWalk takes you outside the CN Tower onto a 1.5-metre-wide ledge high above Toronto, attached to an overhead rail by a full-body harness. A guide leads a small group around the…
Do the herbal chef experience USA CaliforniaSit down to a multi-course tasting menu knowing that one of the ingredients has been measured as carefully as the seasoning. The Herbal Chef specialises in cannabis-infused fine d…
Do the HulaHula is a Hawaiian practice in which movement gives visible form to mele—song or chant—and carries history, place, genealogy and feeling. Learning it is therefore richer than copy…
Do the Morroco three peaks challengeStart in Imlil, climb more than 1,500 metres to the mountain refuge, then wake up knowing the hard work has barely started. The Morocco Three Peaks Challenge packs three 4,000-met…
Do the NC500 route in ScotlandThe North Coast 500 links roughly 516 miles of roads around the northern Highlands, beginning and ending in Inverness. Its appeal lies beyond completing a loop: east-coast castles…
Do the Polar Bear PlungeThe countdown ends and a line of winter swimmers runs into water cold enough to steal the breath. A polar bear plunge is deliberately brief: an organised cold-water dip, often on…
Do the soccer Saturday challengeThe results programme begins, the first goal appears and a town none of you planned to visit becomes the day's destination. The Soccer Saturday challenge turns live football into…
Do the Taunton CiderthonRun a half marathon, stop for cider on the way, then somehow persuade your legs to start moving again. The Ciderthon mixes distance running with tasting stops, costumes, music and…
Do the three peak challengeDawn on Ben Nevis, darkness on Scafell Pike and the final climb of Yr Wyddfa can place three very different mountain days inside one demanding journey. The National Three Peaks Ch…
Do wakeboardingStrap your feet onto a wakeboard, grip the handle and let a boat or cable system pull you across the water. The first challenge is getting upright without being dragged forward or…
Do worlds fastest zip wire in WalesFace down above Penrhyn Quarry, the launch bed lowers and the lake stretches away beneath the line. Velocity at Zip World in Bethesda is promoted as the world's fastest zip line,…
Do yogaThe room narrows to breath, weight and the changing contact between body and mat. Yoga can build strength, mobility and concentration through postures and breathing practices, but…
Dolomites, ItalyThe Dolomites are a broad mountain region of pale limestone towers, valleys, villages and high refuges rather than one viewpoint. A first visit might centre on a valley base with…
Donate 100,000 Grains of Rice to Help End World HungerReaching 100,000 grains on Freerice turns thousands of small quiz answers into a visible contribution to the UN World Food Programme. The counter is deliberately tangible, but the…
Donate BooksSort through the books you no longer need and give them somewhere they can be useful again. That might mean donating to a charity shop, school, prison reading programme, community…
Donate ClothingDonating clothing gives useful garments another wearer and can raise unrestricted funds for a cause at the same time. A thoughtful bag helps; a bag of stains, damp fabric and brok…
Donate PlasmaSettle into the donation chair while a machine separates the pale-gold plasma from your blood and returns the other components to you. Plasma carries proteins used in medicines an…
Donate Toys at the HolidaysA carefully chosen toy can give a child something that is theirs to unwrap, keep and enjoy during a season when family budgets and circumstances may be under strain. Holiday toy a…
Dress in Super Sexy LingerieThe right lingerie can alter posture before anybody else sees it. Lace, silk, mesh, straps or a beautifully cut body can create a version of sexy that feels playful, dramatic, sof…
Drink a Bottle of Expensive ChampagneThe cork releases with a controlled sigh, fine bubbles gather in the glass and an expensive bottle finally becomes something to taste rather than admire on a shelf. Champagne can…
Drink a bottle of wine that’s worth over £50A £50 bottle invites attention to details that disappear when wine is poured automatically. Its value may come from a particular vineyard, limited yield, careful farming, long mat…
Drink a Guinness in IrelandA pint settles from pale turbulence into dark stout beneath a compact cream head, while conversation carries around an Irish pub that has no need to perform for visitors. Drinking…
Drink AbsintheCold water threads into the glass and a clear green spirit turns cloudy as aromatic oils emerge. Tasting absinthe through a traditional water dilution is a lesson in anise, fennel…
Drink at a DistilleryA tasting glass at the place of production carries details that a bar shelf cannot: the warmth of the still room, casks in storage and the guide who can trace a flavour back to gr…
Drink at a Dive BarA dive bar earns its character through use: scuffed furniture, a familiar jukebox, regulars greeted by name and drinks served without theatre. Visiting one can offer a relaxed nig…
Drink at an Ice BarStep through a heavy door and into a bar built to stay below freezing: walls glazed with ice, glasses cut from solid blocks and breath briefly visible above the counter. An ice ba…
Drink at the Guinness Brewery, IrelandDrinking a Guinness at St James’s Gate is best understood through the Guinness Storehouse visitor experience rather than by trying to enter the working brewery. The self-guided ex…
Drink Beer at Oktoberfest in GermanyFind a place at a long shared table, lift a one-litre Maß and let a brass band turn a vast tent into one room. Drinking beer at Munich’s Oktoberfest is a communal ritual wrapped i…
Drink Fresh Milk from the CowDrinking milk at the farm can connect a familiar food to the animals, people and hygiene work behind it. “Fresh from the cow” should not mean putting a cup beneath an animal and d…
Drink Juice from a Fresh CoconutA green coconut opens with a few practised cuts and cool, lightly sweet water replaces the packaged version you recognise at home. Drinking it close to where coconuts grow turns a…
Drink Kölsch Beer in Cologne | GermanyA slim 0.2-litre glass arrives, pale beer beneath a white head, and the server marks the coaster before moving on. In a Cologne brewhouse, Kölsch is not ordered as a giant novelty…
Drink MoonshineMoonshine describes illicitly produced spirits, especially unlicensed whisky associated with rural American history. Its folklore promises secrecy and fire, but an unlabelled jar…
Drink only Water for a WeekDrinking only water for a week can be a useful audit of beverages, provided “only” describes the drinks and not a seven-day fast. Continue eating normal, varied meals: food suppli…
Drink Port in Porto, PortugalPorto gives its namesake wine a setting worthy of the bottle: the Douro moving beneath the Dom Luís I Bridge, tiled streets climbing behind you and the ageing lodges of Vila Nova…
Drink SakeA small pour can carry aromas of rice, fruit, flowers, nuts or savoury fermentation, depending on how it was made and served. Drinking sake becomes more interesting once it is und…
Drink tea at a traditional Asian tea houseSlide open the door, leave your shoes behind where requested and let the preparation of one bowl slow the pace of the visit. Across Asia, tea houses range from Chinese gongfu serv…
Drive a busThe driver's seat places the mirrors far apart, the front wheels somewhere behind your instincts and an entire passenger cabin in every decision. Driving a bus reveals why smooth…
Drive a lorryClimb into the cab of a full-size lorry and experience how different it feels to control something built to carry tonnes rather than passengers. The driving position is much highe…
Drive a Race CarThe pit lane ends, the circuit opens and acceleration that felt theoretical in the briefing presses the body into the seat. Driving a race car on track is an exercise in vision, b…
Drive a SnowmobileSqueeze the throttle and a snowmobile turns a frozen trail into a fast-moving route through country that would take hours to cross on foot. The machine responds differently from a…
Drive a Speed BoatThe bow lifts onto the plane, spray moves aft and small steering inputs begin to cover water quickly. Driving a speedboat can make an open stretch feel vast and then suddenly crow…
Drive a sports carThe seat settles low around you, the controls feel unusually immediate and the engine answers a smaller movement than expected. The memorable part is not simply speed; it is disco…
Drive a tankClimb into the driver’s position of a tracked armoured vehicle and find out how different it feels from anything built for ordinary roads. Tanks and similar military vehicles are…
Drive a TractorA tractor moves with weight and purpose rather than urgency. From the high cab, the field edge, implement and ground all need watching at once, and a slow accurate pass can demand…
Drive a ZamboniThe scratched rink turns dark and glossy in a broad strip behind the machine. Driving an ice resurfacer—often called a Zamboni after the best-known manufacturer—combines slow vehi…
Drive an ATV Off RoadThe track changes under the wheels every few metres: firm ground becomes loose sand, a shallow rut asks for balance, then an open stretch gives you room to breathe. An all-terrain…
Drive on the Other Side of the RoadThe first turn is the strange one. You sit on the unfamiliar side of the car, mirrors feel displaced and every roundabout asks your habits to reverse themselves. Driving on the ot…
Drive the ‘Road to nowhere’ in NorwayOn Norway's Atlantic Road, the tarmac skips from island to island until one bridge rises so sharply that the next section seems to disappear into sea and sky. It is the kind of dr…
Drive the Pacific Coast Highway in California, USACalifornia’s Pacific Coast Highway is best treated as a series of coastal regions rather than one uninterrupted photograph. Highway 1 links beach towns, agricultural valleys, head…
Drive the Road to Hana in HawaiiSet off early from central Maui and let the road dictate the pace. The Road to Hana winds through rainforest, over narrow bridges and around tight bends, with waterfalls, sea view…