Hobbies other than football

[rs3100]

, its a shame it put me of the UK dive scene, maybe i should have thought " sod it, lets just crack on with diving and ignore the politics " hindsight and all that

It is a massive shame. I used to love opening up the world of UK diving to people who had learned abroad, yes it's different, and yes it can be challenging, but a diver is a diver and they will have experienced things that I haven't. To be fair it can take some getting used to, but you help people to adapt, you don't make them feel like they're not worthy.

[jon1959]

Walking. Since early retiring almost 5 years ago we have done Offas Dyke, Hadrian Wall, Anglesey Coast, Coast To Coast, Solcantay Trail in Peru and half a dozen long-distance walks across Europe. Doing half of Cornwall Coast (about 180 miles) in August. All different and all fantastic ways of exploring and keeping fit.

Also deep into the research and early drafts for my Great Yorkshire Novel on the forgotten hero of revolutionary Chartism, Samuel Holberry (1814 - 1842). This is the year to turn a pastime into an obsession and get it done.

[Rjk]

Is arguing with crazy antivax ladies on the internet a hobby?

[life on mars]

Allotment has its rewards

[Rjk]

Allotment has its rewards

All of that sweet allotment pussy right?

[life on mars]

All of that sweet allotment pussy right?

Have to prune one's bush and go see yer hoe

[Divine Wright]

Take up a playing a musical instrument. Really satisfying.

Diving, astronomy or flying are about sitting down ( or floating ) and watching stuff happen. More or less a similar discipline to football.

Get your brain or hands working. Coordination type hobbies are really satisfying. Make new cerebral connections.

Learn a language maybe. Pottery is cool.

Meditation is probably fun.

Climbing.

[rs3100]

Cardiff yeah, done the theory and pool and the weekend it's the Chepstow Dive Centre which is going to be baltic. Looking forward to getting that out of the way tbh.

Thanks for the advice

You’ll be fine, try and keep warm between dives though.
Are you with Rob at Cardiff Scuba?

[delmbox]

You’ll be fine, try and keep warm between dives though.
Are you with Rob at Cardiff Scuba?

Simon. Met Rob though, nice guy

[rs3100]

Simon. Met Rob though, nice guy

I don't know Simon, but I've known Rob since before his Cardiff Scuba days - not that I've seen him for a long while, it's been a few years since I've dived in the UK, though I'm planning to get back in the water this year.

have fun on the weekend, and let me know how it goes.

[rs3100]

Simon. Met Rob though, nice guy

Was it this weekend you were doing your O/W dives?
If so how did it go??

[blue matt]

Was it this weekend you were doing your O/W dives?
If so how did it go??

i remember my first OW dive, went in the sea in Sydney harbour, found a AUS$ 20 note floating at 5 M, grabbed it, stuffed it in my wetsuit and it paid for our ( mine and my dive buddies ) drinks that night result

[Rjk]

i remember my first OW dive, went in the sea in Sydney harbour, found a AUS$ 20 note floating at 5 M, grabbed it, stuffed it in my wetsuit and it paid for our ( mine and my dive buddies ) drinks that night result

That must have been a while ago

[blue matt]

That must have been a while ago

1993

[Rjk]

1993

You'd struggle to get many beers with that these days

[delmbox]

Was it this weekend you were doing your O/W dives?
If so how did it go??

It was, was going fine but my friend that I was with got dangerously cold because her suit was full of water so got pulled out so I stopped as well and we're going to go back and finish another time. Bit gutted but we started together so we have to end together. Loved being underwater with all the vehicles and stuff though!

[WJ99mobile]

It was, was going fine but my friend that I was with got dangerously cold because her suit was full of water so got pulled out so I stopped as well and we're going to go back and finish another time. Bit gutted but we started together so we have to end together. Loved being underwater with all the vehicles and stuff though!

I did my open water in Chepstow. Coldest I’ve ever been

[rs3100]

i remember my first OW dive, went in the sea in Sydney harbour, found a AUS$ 20 note floating at 5 M, grabbed it, stuffed it in my wetsuit and it paid for our ( mine and my dive buddies ) drinks that night result

I did mine in llanishen reservoir in 1991, it was shit and there was fcuk all to see but silt.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Cracking one off, firing one out and listening to guitar heavy music

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Cracking one off, firing one out and listening to guitar heavy music

I thought that the travel bug had gripped you as I heard that you were going to Krakow.....

[rs3100]

It was, was going fine but my friend that I was with got dangerously cold because her suit was full of water so got pulled out so I stopped as well and we're going to go back and finish another time. Bit gutted but we started together so we have to end together. Loved being underwater with all the vehicles and stuff though!

Sounds like a good decision. Water temp wise you can’t get much colder than this time of year, and being out in the cold between dives freezes you in no time.
A number of years ago I was diving out of Plymouth and it was snowing heavily over the sea, that was f’ing cold. I’ve also been night diving in Chepstow and was at about 15m when I saw a torch light fly down past me, and about a minute later it flew up past me, turns out the guy left his pee zip open.

There are some cool vehicles in there, you’ll have to wait before going into some of them though.

[delmbox]

Sounds like a good decision. Water temp wise you can’t get much colder than this time of year, and being out in the cold between dives freezes you in no time.
A number of years ago I was diving out of Plymouth and it was snowing heavily over the sea, that was f’ing cold. I’ve also been night diving in Chepstow and was at about 15m when I saw a torch light fly down past me, and about a minute later it flew up past me, turns out the guy left his pee zip open.

There are some cool vehicles in there, you’ll have to wait before going into some of them though.

Yeah definitely not ready to go in anything yet

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Cracking one off, firing one out and listening to guitar heavy music

I thought the question was about hobbies, not daily activities...