Matt Boorman

On 20th September 2011, I will be attempting 40 tough challenges in my 40th year up to 20th September 2012. The full list of 40 challenges are:- 1. London to Birmingham cycle ride 2. Walking the entire length of Hadrian's Wall 3. Spending the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge 4. Have chlonic irrigation 5. Keep a shaven head for the whole year 6. Go to an Opera 7. Fly in a hot air balloon 8. Skinny dip in a sea/lake 9. Visit 40 villages/towns beginning with each letter of the alphabet 10.Watch the complete Harry Potter saga in one sitting 11.Hold a tarantula 12.Become a member of 40 clubs 13.Get into the Guinness Book of Records 14.Ride a horse 15.Jump out of a plane 16.Eat a sprout a day 17.Paint a self portrait 18.Spend a night in 40 graveyards 19.Catch a fish and eat it that day 20.Snowboarding 21.Spend one hour in 40 different lifts 22.Have my fortune told 23.Keep a diary for the whole year (written and video) 24.Read all of Shakespeare's plays 25.Win 40 awards, trophies or prizes 26.M... more

On 20th September 2011, I will be attempting 40 tough challenges in my 40th year up to 20th September 2012. The full list of 40 challenges are:- 1. London to Birmingham cycle ride 2. Walking the entire length of Hadrian's Wall 3. Spending the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge 4. Have chlonic irrigation 5. Keep a shaven head for the whole year 6. Go to an Opera 7. Fly in a hot air balloon 8. Skinny dip in a sea/lake 9. Visit 40 villages/towns beginning with each letter of the alphabet 10.Watch the complete Harry Potter saga in one sitting 11.Hold a tarantula 12.Become a member of 40 clubs 13.Get into the Guinness Book of Records 14.Ride a horse 15.Jump out of a plane 16.Eat a sprout a day 17.Paint a self portrait 18.Spend a night in 40 graveyards 19.Catch a fish and eat it that day 20.Snowboarding 21.Spend one hour in 40 different lifts 22.Have my fortune told 23.Keep a diary for the whole year (written and video) 24.Read all of Shakespeare's plays 25.Win 40 awards, trophies or prizes 26.Milk a cow 27.Get another tattoo 28.Complete the London Monopoly pub crawl 29.Sit outside through a sunset to sunrise 30.Visit 40 English Football League grounds 31.Throw a dart at a map of the British Isles 40 times and go there that day 32.Buy 40 things at auction 33.Shake hands with 40 of my idols/heroes 34.Compete in the London Marathon 35.Get on TV 36.Kiss my Mother 37.Get 40 poems/short stories published 38.Adopt a bearded monkey 39.Kiss 40 times under a waterfall 40.Cheese rolling in Gloucestershire

All challenges will be filmed (as proof!) and all this is in addition to my day job and parenting three children.