Reading Roars!

We’ve gone list mad.  Top beaches in South-East Asia, top 50 coffee tables, top actors under 30 - the list goes on (ahem).   These lazy lists very conveniently fill hours of airtime and pages of weekend magazines. 

I’ve lazily (it’s Friday evening) produced a list of my own: the top 20 things to do in Reading before you die.  It’s a bit tongue in cheek.  Send me your ideas and together we can create a top 100 list. 

1. Feed the swans by Caversham Bridge
2. Play a traditional pub game at the Reading Beer and Cider Festival
3. Bop along at the Reading Real Ale and Jazz Festival
4. Reading Festival (need I say more?)
5. Eat a pie at Sweeney’s
6. Have breakfast at Workhouse Coffee
7. Play a ball game in Prospect Park
8. Take in a performance at The Hexagon
9. Order one of the speciality beers at Zerodegrees
10. Get intoxicated at the Purple Turtle
11. Tune in to local radio
12. Eat Ethiopian at the Global Cafe
13. Try a feijoada and caipirinha at Pau Brasil
14. Join the London Irish fans at the Three Guineas
15. Enter The Oracle by kayak
16. Watch Shakespeare at the Abbey Ruins
17. Dine at Chronicles, former home of the Reading Chronicle
18. Visit Reading Museum and learn about Reading’s past
19. Roar on Reading FC at the Madejski
20. Let your hair down at the legendary After Dark