Hobbies?

[Oresai]

I was wondering what, if any, hobbies the good folks here have?
I have a few...reenactment (Viking Age living history exhibition.)
Archery (my passion! )
Writing.
and..well..almost embarrassed to say this...
belly dancing....
I took it up as an alternative form of exercise when the weights and crunches reached a plateau (and got boring!) and I wanted some fun form of exercise. So looked at various forms of dance. The likes of salsa is a little too frantic for me, so someone suggested belly dance, and have to say, it works fantastic wonders on your core, the spine, hips, belly, thighs. It can be aerobic as well as gentle and stretching. Well, anyways, I like it, and am just returning to it after some time out over the festive season.
Poaching..not strictly a `hobby`, but it`s in my blood, and I do miss mainland Scotland, for the red and roe deer, bigger game than this island where all there is are rabbits..not exactly challenging. And no, you can`t rustle sheep or cows here, because if any go missing I`m the first door the farmers knock on!
Camping. To me, there`s no more beautiful place than the highlands of Scotland for wild camping. Not a fan of campsites, despite the amenities, as they tend to also contain screaming children and suchlike.
Anyone else got any other hobbies?
Part and parcel of the reenactment are also hobbies like sprang (a kind of Viking knitting) and weaving on a viking warp weighted loom (proudly hand made from old ships oars )
I did try tablet weaving but got in such a mess with it, I gave it up.

[Sigurd]

Posting on fora. Have no time for anything else. What'd you think?

[Pino]

keeping fit and general learning about anything!

[Revenant]

Cars/V8s.

[Treffie]

Travel, it's an expensive hobby, but I love it.

[Loddfafner]

I collect hobbies.



Incidentally, is this thread number legal:

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1488

[Ulf]

Ferrets and being a curmudgeon.

[Oresai]

I love ferrets! Still got a scar on one of my fingers from where one latched on and could only be got off by squeezing behind the jaws. Um..the ferret`s, not mine....

[Ulf]

I love ferrets! Still got a scar on one of my fingers from where one latched on and could only be got off by squeezing behind the jaws. Um..the ferret`s, not mine....

I had one bite my thumb and his fang went straight through my thumbnail and cracked it. Was worth it though cause he was attacking my sweet little Rika.

[YggsVinr]

Well, my number one hobby was reading about pre-Christian Germanic history and religion but I guess it doesn't count as a hobby anymore, heh.

Other than reading, in my spare time I enjoy weight training, martial arts, hiking and backpacking or just wandering the woods on my family's land, camping, listening to metal (a lifelong obsession, heh) and collecting CDs (mostly black, death, thrash, and some folk/viking). Used to like playing it as well, but since I've been in university I haven't had time to play. At least I can still listen, though.

@Oresai, what kind of bow do you use? English longbow? My mum uses an English longbow (40 lbs pull, if I remember correctly) and she's a pretty good shot, too