Malcolm Metcalf raising money for Priscilla Bacon Hospice

With just over five months to go before that milestone, Gorleston man Malcolm Metcalf continues to tick off activities from his ‘90 before 90’ bucket list. 

His goal is to raise £10,000 for the Priscilla Bacon Hospice. 

“Things have been going really well,” hesaid, after a weekend of axe-throwing and bell-ringing.

"At first thought, ‘Have I taken too much on?’  

Malcolm Metcalf, 89, from Gorleston, is raising money for the Priscilla Bacon Hospice. (Image: Copyright: Archant 2020)

“It was slow to start with but all of a sudden, people have been emailing and ringing me, ‘Can you do this? Can you do that?’” 

The only things he won’t do, he says, are jump from a plane or get a tattoo. 

To date, Mr Metcalf has completed 58 challenges. Most recently, he visited Edgefield, Saxthorpe and Heydon - three Norfolk villages he had never set foot in before.

At Barnham Broom Church he rung the bell with the Windmill Ringers including Eunice Robertson. 

He enjoyed axe-throwing and clay pigeon shooting at the Mid-Norfolk Shooting Ground on Fakenham Road near Norwich. 

Mr Metcalf also talked on Harbour Radio with Albert Cadmore about his travels to 58 countries which have earned him the nickname the 'Michael Palin of Gorleston'. 

Gorleston man Malcolm Metcalf has enjoyed axe-throwing and bell-ringing as part of his '90 before 90' challenge. (Image: Copyright: Archant 2020)

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On Saturday, June 24, he was to be a judge at a dog show at Centre Paws Cafe in Barnham Farm near Wymondham. 

He was also planning to walk with an alpaca and shear a sheep. 

Previously, he guest-edited the Eastern Daily Press, ridden a horse, walked on Southwold Pier, painted a friend’s shed, took part in a litter pick on Gorleston beach, and visited the Sea Life Centre in Great Yarmouth.