I Need A New Hobby

[matthew2riches]

I have come to the conclusion that I need a new hobby but can't think what



Any ideas?

[Jeanied]

What sort of hobby, Matthew ???
crafts
local history
genealogy
science
flower arranging?

[its hilly]

Hang-gliding, parachuting, go-karting, off piste snowboarding, camel trainer..
Go on have some fun

[Jeanied]

Debating, alternative therapies, book clubs, cookery - the world is your lobster!
Ipswich - hmmm - there's always trainspotting!

[Jeanied]

Or you could have winemaking, beekeeping, riding, golf, sailing, dressmaking...

[its hilly]

white water rafting, polo (well it combines riding and golf so two for the price of one) Quilting, archery, falconry (you could always practice with one of the chooks...) jewlery making, dog agility...

[Jeanied]

Why do you need a new hobby, Matthew?

[Bren In Pots]

Is it a indoor or outdoor hobby you're after?

[binley100]

What was your old hobby and why doesn't it cut the mustard anymore?

[matthew2riches]

What was your old hobby and why doesn't it cut the mustard anymore?

Work I have decided to limit myself on the work now as it was over ruling me

I am thinking of blacksmithing, I had a go a while back and it was fun. I am not suited to woodwork... not very accurate

Just been looking at the prices of things and it seems rather reasonable

[binley100]

That's different. Did you watch the Monty Don programme on it.

[matthew2riches]

That's different. Did you watch the Monty Don programme on it.

When was it on? Could be worth a watch! Might be able to get it on one of the catch-up players online.

[HotStuff]

It's available on BBC iPlayer for another 12 days from now, here's the link:

BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Mastercrafts, Blacksmithing

[ohbeary]

An All Round Hobby

How about an indoor outdoor hobby?, one that will have you stretching bending and a little light weight lifting, plenty of fresh air, you can do some of it at night if you are restless, any time during daylight for indoor and outdoor!, it will teach you patience and precision (not mystical eastern practice!), nutritionally advantageous (5 a day), some risk of corpulence!(weight gain).............guessed yet?, it's winemaking, just think of the wonderful excursions to favoured berry sites, the accidental finds of Giant Puffball (fried with bacon fat), field mushrooms(proper ones) wild sorrel, moneywort for salads, and if you are really lucky, Boletus Edulis the "Cep", a word of caution tho!, do not eat the brown berries found lying on short grass!, the bunnies have already digested any goodness they may have once contained.

[organic]

People who know me find it a bit surprising... but last year I started to get into Mixed Martial Arts... cracking fun, physical and gets you very, very fit if you do it properly.

Without knowing you it'd be hard to make a useful suggestion though. Like the early posts it'd be a lot of random suggestions, any of which could be taken as a joke!


A personal favourite of mine is wild camping - even better if it involves taking a canoe to an island and camping on there - even better if it's midweek in summer and all the tourists are at work so the place is deserted - even better if the night is so nice and mild you don't bother putting up the tent, instead rolling out the mats and sleeping bags by the fire and sleeping under the stars - even better STILL if it's in Scotland and all of the above is completely and utterly LEGAL! The company couldn't have been better either!