Revellers
Conquer those January Blues
Updated: Jan 13, 2020
✨ MELANIE FULLBROOK
With the evenings still long and dark, half of your friends not drinking and the sparkle of the festive season worn off, I thought it might be a good time to share some inspiration for fun things to do. This is inspired by a poster my boyfriend got me where you scratch off each one of 100 activities as you do them. Any time we have a free evening or weekend day and we're bored, we do an online random number generator and then challenge ourselves to do whatever activity correlates to that number. We can only pick a new number once we've researched the activity and checked it really isn't possible to do that day (normally circumstantial / geographical limitations). If the activity is possible in the near future then we book it in (buy tickets / reserve a place / allocate a day to do it in the diary) and then pick a new number for the day itself. It is amazing to experience the random things you end up doing when you are being spontaneous. These are great as date nights, evenings out with friends or just to do on your own.
I have included my favourites in the list below and numbered them so if anyone wants to play the game they can; just click the generator link above and get going! Let's make these cold winter evenings more fun and get some great stuff booked in for later in the year! And don't forget to share what you get up to with us by tagging @revelsinhand on Twitter or Instagram.
1. Go for afternoon tea (apparently the Savoy does the best in town)
2. Visit an aquarium
3. Play at an arcade
4. Visit a Film Festival / go to the cinema (the BFI's festival is in October this year)
5. Go to a sports event
6. Bake a cake
7. Go to the ballet
8. Be a tourist in your own city (you can get a great view of the city from the Ting bar at the Shangri-La hotel)
9. Go on a boat
10. Go bowling (our favourite in London is All Star Lanes)
11. Go to a brewery
12. Rent a pet (Borrow My Doggy is great for pup-lovers)
13. Go to a cheese tasting (or buy the cheese to do your own)
14. Go paint-balling
15. Go dance in a night club
16. Go to a cocktail making class (or buy the ingredients to make your own from scratch)
17. Read in a coffee shop
18. Go to a comedy show
19. Cook a new dinner or lunch recipe from scratch
20. Go to a Circus or a circus performance
21. Get a massage (Lucy recommends Sabai Leela in Earls' Court)
22. Take a dance class
23. Go to a fancy restaurant (our absolute fave is obviously The Ivy)
24. Do an exercise class
25. Go horse riding
26. Explore a new area (in your own city or beyond)
27. Eat fish and chips and go for a walk on a beach
28. Go fruit picking
29. Go to an ice-cream parlour
30. Go gin tasting (If you're in London, Sipsmith do brilliant ones)
31. Go fishing
32. Visit an exhibition (current London top tip: Wildlife Photography Exhibition)
33. Go trampolining
34. Go on a bike ride
35. Attend a ghost tour
36. Go on a road trip (if you don't drive then get on a train to somewhere new)
37. Go wine tasting (can be easily done at a Vagabond Wines)
38. Book a weekend away
39. Take a cooking class
40. Go to a Jazz Bar
41. Go to a farmer's market
42. Go kayaking
43. Go to a food festival
44. Go to a funfair
45. Go to a live music gig
46. Visit a vintage fair or some vintage shops (there are some wonderful ones around Soho, like Wow Retro!)
47. Go to a water park
48. Visit an outdoor cinema
49. Go to a karaoke bar
50. Play Ping Pong
51. Feed some ducks in a park
52. Go to the races
53. Go on a double date (great if you're single or if you're with someone)
54. Play Lazer-tag
55. Buy and play a new video game
56. Go on a hot air balloon ride
57. Go Ice skating
58. Go to a pottery class or pottery painting session
59. Have your palm read
60. Play mini golf (Putt in the Park is great)
61. Go to the Opera
62. Play Bingo
63. Go skinny dipping (best not to do this one alone probably!)
64. Go to a painting class
65. Have a picnic in the park
66. Go to a musical
67. Go and play pool in a bar (Greenwood in Victoria has some great pool tables, or get out of London and head down to Cornwall!)
68. Organise a fancy dress party
69. Go to a quiz night or do your own at home
70. Rent a pedalo
71. Go for brunch
72. Make a chocolate fountain / fondue
73. Go rock climbing
74. Go to a farm
75. Go roller-skating
76. Go snorkelling / scuba-diving
77. Go to a spa
78. Go star gazing somewhere quiet (Wimbledon Common or Hampstead Heath are pretty great)
79. Go to a theme park 80. Go to the theatre (ideally a Go People or Revels In Hand show)
81. Get in a hot tub
82. Go to a botanical garden
83. Go to a bookshop and buy something for yourself or for the person you're there with (in London we recommend Foyles or Daunt Books, and in NYC we recommend Strand Bookstore)
84. Go to a roof top bar (loads of goodies in East London)
85. Go and explore the countryside
86. Go to an Escape Room
87. Ride a horse and cart
88. Buy a new board game / have a games night (we recommend The Mind or Articulate)
89. Watch a sunset
90. Go camping
91. Ride a segway
92. Go whisky tasting
93. Go on a treasure hunt / make up your own for someone else
94. Go go-karting
95. Go to a music festival
96. Go to the zoo
97. Host a dinner with friends
98. Go for a proper hike
99. Buy an arts and crafts project and do it (think paint by numbers or crochet your own unicorn)
100. Have a candle lit bath and listen to music
Hope you enjoy! And if you'd like to tick off number 80, we can help. Subscribe to our mailing list, subscribe to our blog or follow us on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook.