You know, about 18 months ago I could safely say I had no hobbies, and hadnt had any for several years. As a kid I was very arty and was always making or drawing stuff, but that died after GCSE art pumped all the inspiration out of me.

Anyhow, last year I was doing a placement at Motorola, and I booked time off to go sailing on a tall ship for a week in Feb in the Canaries (with the Tall Ships Youth Trust, www.tallships.org). I came back totally addicted and booked another 16 days off in May/June, have been another time since, helped the charity out at a couple of boat shows, and hope to join them again this summer as a volunteer Deckhand.

Also got into dinghy sailing (from the biggest to the smallest, hehe), have completed Royal Yachting Assocs Start Sailing levels 1 and 2 (capsizing was fun, wheee).

And I got some amazing but not-good-enough photos from the first two voyages, which prompted me to get a new digital camera which could do it all justice, so Im well into my photography now with a Fuji S5500 (though not taken it out for a while).

What else - oh yeah, after not being bothered for a while, Ive jumped head-first straight back into web-design and stuff - just developing my own site but Im learning

Finally, I moved to a place which was 2 miles or so from uni, so Ive been cycling almost daily for about 9 months now. Its fun Once the weather clears Ill do it on weekends too - Aug Bank holiday last year was great - bikes, beer, Bristol. Brilliant.

Phew. All of that within a year. I was so boring not so long ago...

Only *nix, programming and photography are my active hobbies atm.

I used to do a bit of skydiving and I tumbled/polished rocks and I definately did more reading than I do now.

cycling, both single speeding and utility, cooking--big time, house restoration, and gardening.

tonights bbq:

I aint really got any hobbies at the mo other than using computers, couldnt say Im even playing that many games at the mo either.  I really should start looking for some to get me out the house more.  Wouldnt mind getting into photography a bit more but would need a better camera and I aint got £400 at the mo to get even a cheapo SLR camera.

Get yourself a superzoom such as one of the Konica-Minoltas. Output is entirely adequate for 99% of needs. I have no idea why peeps automatically assume they need an SLR when there are other options.

Rock climbing, indoor climbing, kayaking, skiing, snowboarding, abseiling, freeseiling.... dont do them all as regulaly as id like to tho

Rock climbing, indoor climbing, kayaking, skiing, snowboarding, abseiling, freeseiling.... dont do them all as regulaly as id like to tho

Doing that sort of thing would be fun but am unsure of local places that might do it to start, really should look.  Plus I aint got the upper body strength for most of them especially climbing and knowing me Id end up being too lazy too do them anyway :whoops:

Nice list of hobbies there brummie!