there is always something more to see/discover in a cemetery, but also somewhere that in many ways remains quite constant, but also so very changeable

personally i find myself spending most of my free time playing guitar, writing songs, hiking, and boxing. great thread!

I was too young to experince BR steam, but used to go bashing in the 80s. By then the trans pennines were Class 45s and 8-coach trains, mostly Mk2s with a declassified Mk1 open first at the eastern end. Sometimes a bunch of us would come down from Glasgow overnight to Crewe, nice bouncy 304 into Manchester, and then spend the day doing insect leaps from Manchester Victoria to Stalybridge and back, to get the imense thrash up Miles Platting bank with each eastbound departure. My lords!

When I had my old Canon DSLR, I went through a little dark phase of trying to capture odd and terrifying things. Old abandoned mental hospitals, Cemeteries, condemned buildings etc. It was a fun little phase that I sometimes revisit on occasion during the fall months. I was planning on doing some film on my Cine rig this year for Halloween but damn work kept getting in the way

West Norwood cemetery is a favourite of mine too. I love the feeling that apart from the ground consuming the departed, the ground is like a living organism very actively doing its best to consume the memorial stones and some of the larger structures too!

I do quite a lot of things with several local community projects - it keeps me in touch with all sorts of people who do good things and is my active resistance/antedote to some of the terrible things that are happening higher up the geopolitical food-chain. The projects really do make a difference.

I'm lucky to have an unending curiosity for visiting places, history, parks, gardens, landscape, architecture etc. and always have a camera on the ready - a couple of snaps from local walks in London on recent days below

Music has a special place - I developed perfect pitch and relate to different notes or keys like different colours or tastes but am a rubbish musician. I have always liked classical as much as contemporary and recently developed a creative streak for pairing tracks, often of differing genres, running them at the same time and coming up with something new. Some snippets are on a YT channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCioa8u2-Q4JPPXDbWRp6vRw/videos

I'm intellectually promiscuous. So I'll learn a lot about a subject, then get distracted by something, learn about that for a while, rinse and repeat.

I'm a tangential gamer. While I don't run out and buy the latest and/or greatest, I like to play certain games, repeatedly, and like to keep up with at least industry gossip. Like the fairly recent fiasco that was The Escapist. Absolutely glory watching execs who don't know what the boots on the ground do, try to think they know more, and inadvertently burn it all to the ground. Oops.

Some topics that I've spend time learning ... and forgetting: Quantum Physics, Astronomy, Psychology, Linguistics, Etymology, English History, Economics, American History, Statistics, Writing, to some extent, and somewhat related to pies, Chemistry, as related to cooking, but not the useful cooking that lets you make tasty foods. The theory of cooking, on a chemical level, that lets you look for substances that can replace others.

I like seeing live music - mostly indie rock and pop. I try to support local bands and venues. (I used to play drums and piano.)

I'm a big fan of pub trivia nights - I used to do this regularly before the pandemic, and then I moved, so now I need to find a new place or team.

I also like gardening - by chance I discovered that this is a relaxing hobby (for me). It doesn't take much to get a few flowers to grow!

I enjoy crafting. Unfortunately I haven't done much in the past few years, but decided to dip my toe back in this week. Not the neatest, but here is a Christmas tree made from an old copper pipe and a verity of joints.

I love this thread.. you are all such interesting people

Just to add to my list, I'm also such a gamer. I love things like Resident Evil the most. I'm a little way into the remake of Resident Evil 4, I've played the original probably 20 times!

I play Minecraft all the time, it's the thing I do to relax. I get so judged though seriously! But it is just such good chill out time for me..

I'm wondering whether to go into geek-level detail about it?
What the hell.. I think I will

In the world I'm playing now I'm in the process of building a mansion made of red terracotta and gold blocks for me and my Minecraft cat "Brad" it's going to be AMAZING

I play Minecraft too. Not recently. I mostly watch it now . People build such amazing things. I love the creativity of it. I like watching it and seeing friends play together and seeing their social interactions.

Just seeing this thread and wanted to get in on it! Also stealing the splatter bullet point format.

World of Warcraft (been playing since its inception in 2004!)
Gardening/taking care of my lawn
Being a WAM producer (hey, it counts!)
NFL
Table top board and card games
Retro gaming
Movies
Music. Always looking for new to me music. Been big on retro Indie and retro Darkwave as of late.

For me, it's...

--gaming (haven't really PLAYED played in a while. I'm usually doing Words With Friends on my phone)
--crossword puzzles (I have a lot of issues of GAMES World Of Puzzles)
--comics
--anime
--Disney stuff (cartoons, Marvel, and Star Wars)
--writing (I'm working on a few books)
--my alma mater (go Cards)
--the Chicago Cubs

Out of curiosity what kind of stuff do you write?

I'm a car enthusiast. Always wrenching or driving. I had my fun with fast cars and racing but now i like a reliable daily driver that's lightly modified and looks cool, but I also really got into offroading/rock crawling, so I built a jeep for that.

Also always enjoyed riding ATVs. Pretty much anything powersports related.

Also really into music. EDM, rock/metal/screamo, hiphop, rap, country.. almost anything

Other than that I love hiking and being outdoors, and many other hobbies.. I have ADHD and my life is like the definition of hobby hopping lol

Come to the UK and record an episode of Mrs Brown's Boys off iPlayer.

I'm ostensibly a professional comics artist for my day job and in my spare time I build Gunpla.

Walking! On my recent Malta holiday, walked up to 4hrs 30 daily.
Felt 15 years younger.
No stiffness, just woke up wanting to go again.
Reading.
Music.
Thanks, Peter

For me the list as follows:

I love playing video games especially call of duty, need for speed, Mario, Marvel and DC.
Watching movies by Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, DC, Paramount, and 20th Century Fox.
I enjoy anime shows like: One Piece, Food Wars, Dragonball.
Favorite Football team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
I like watching TV like WWE Raw, NXT, and Smackdown, The Walking Dead, Cartoons like American Dad, Family Guy, or others.
I go on walks to get some exercise ever morning.
I love to travel around the world to places I have never been to, and I wanna travel to japan in the future.
Finally I like listening to Pop music, and Soundtrack music from movies, video games, and tv shows.

Science fiction/fantasy stuff; there are some mysteries and comedy in the mix of them. They're all in the same universe. Some day, these will be published.

Some day.

I like classic period American cars, 60s and 70s, my favourites are Plymouths and Dodges, Furys, Monacos, the 4 door ones the police used to use

Here's my latest acquisition off Ebay, a 3 rail Hornby Dublo Duchess, I'm making start on converting it to 2 rail shortly

Here is my list:

- Spirituality / Meditation
- I collect crystals
- Gaming/VR (I play a lot a game called Population One on Quest3).
- Snowboarding

Great interests! I'm going to the Leeds Splunge event next month, and have booked my rail tickets, returning to Scotland via the Settle-Carlisle line! Looking forward to that! If I have the chance to take pictures of some historic sites in Leeds, and then download these pictures at home, that will tick off five of your interests!

Peter

Mixed I would hope. I'm trying to get a decent homestead going with a garden and livestock. That would be the big hobby. Also, reading, games, ebikes, cooking.

40k, Touch Football and video games.

Interests range from the fetish lifestyle (non wam) to vanilla. I do like making pancakes at the moment.

My hobbies out side of wam are.
I play guitar in a band I like collecting guitars .
I.have a love for classic cars especially hot rods and classic cars.
I also train in karate. I'm have a blue belt .
I also love sailing and travelling

This is a great thread!!

I've had to sort of adapt mine as I've gotten older.

When I was younger I was hyper into martial arts along with some of my brothers. Jujutsu, Iaido, Taichi, Gung Fu etc. I had thoughts and dreams of doing stunts before I got sick.

Metal and woodworking. I for a very short time worked as an apprentice with a swordsmith / blacksmith and it was heaven. I never felt like I belonged somewhere so much. This was unfortunately around the time I got really sick and had to stop. He's since moved to British Columbia.

I'm a bit of a sci-fi nerd. Star Trek and Star Wars, Babylon 5 to name a few.

I'm a lover of fantasy books, Lord of the Rings etc.

Video games are are also a weakness of mine. RPGs in particular and co op games. Fighters like Street Fighter and Smash from time to time too.

My interests in sports have gotten tame from when I was a teen. I used to be hardcore into hockey in the 90s, and football to a lesser degree.

Drinking coffee in cute cafes
Cats
Quiet places outside when the weather is nice
Foot massages
The occasional fancy glass toy
Good food

I am a driver and track my 911. Of course I have to do my own maintenance or I would go broke in a month!!! Just swapping out the rear brakes, front ones next month. I use a lot of tires and brakes....

Phil