General Chat

Genealogy I mean. I'll kick off by saying I also restore and ride 1950 and 60's mopeds, (yes we do get accused of a little madness!), do a bit of watercolour painting, go fishing and fly radio controlled gliders. No time for working!

latch hook is my other hobby very relaxing too

Andy, I like watercolour painting too, but always find excuses not to do it, getting started is do hard and the fear of failure..oh dear! Sounds awful but I do enjoy it when the outcome is a surprising success. Joan.x.

I like reading, walking the dog and going to the pub, but not in that order lol

I know exactly what you mean Joan! I've just done a painting to request, a picture of my daughters partner riding his motorcycle round the hairpin at Mallory park. I was dreading it, but I've ended up really pleased!

i like cooking,swimming,playing badminton(which i am very good at)decorating and annoying my husband

Tracy, what's latch hook?

That sounds very challenging Andy! but what a great feeling when its framed and somone else really likes it too! I stick to more etheral subjects like tres, mist ,rain and skies, harder for people tp say "thats not right -the window should be on the left " I hate that kind of comment! Joan

hi my other hobby is looking after my horse's, although it was'nt much injoyment for me today, as both my shetlands planned an escape route through the fence, down the lane to the next available grazing plot !!!. along side family history, i have no more time for any more. julie.

andy, latch hook, is making rugs from kits, with lengths of wool, using a pattern. lol

i like knitting but cant find time to do it, cant concentrate, id love to do latch hook, that sounds good, where did you get the kit tracey

Mine is embroidery,,,cooking and making and furnishing a dolls house,, If i go anywhere to do resech i always manage to find a sewing sho or one thats sells miniture stuff for the wee house,,

julie anne, i usually buy mine from John Lewis, they have a good range of designs. they range in price from about £10 to anything upto about £50, depending on what design you want, mine are animals.

id love to make rugs, i did a hairdressing course when i was 18 (sooo long ago) part of the course was wig making, loved doing the knotting also my dads mum used to knit and when he was a kid she knitted a stair carpet , he said it lasted well, must be in me genes

you should give it a try julie anne, start with a small one, and if you enjoy it, then buy bigger. its a great feeling of satisfaction when you see the finished product, knowing you made it.

Marion, I started with photography when I was a teenager in the sixties. I also love walking, last Feb we climbed Helvelyn as far as Red Tarn. Unfortunately my hip has given up the ghost and I'm now waiting for a tin one, but when that's done I hope to get back to walking.

No. I like reading - sometimes about family history! I like listening to all sorts of music. I like walking very much, in the countryside and by the sea. I like learning languages. I like going on holiday and swimming in the warm sunshine. I like watching football. Joy (red 'n' blue)

hi i am trying to learn to play the guitar I think ive just played mull of kintyre

Hi andy. I love Photography, watercolour painting and building things. :-) Neil

Neil, building things? bricks and that? Sounds like work! But I do like getting out in my workshop hacking, bashing and doing things with metal - mostly on the old bikes I restore. I've collected lots of kit over the years, now I can turn, mill, weld, braze, spray paint, almost anything I need I can make!