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I love comping, reading, gardening, baking and scrabble - always plenty to do!

I have been sorting out photographs putting them into albums
and labelling them. I have a lot of my Grandma` s photos and would love to know who they are

I fill my time with knitting, sewing and any crafts I can get my hands on, have just made four dresses, a pair of shorts and two tops in lockdown with several padded coat hangers and matching lavender bags and face masks by the score, so I could say what spare time, but I do like to potter in the garden in the good weather.

Doing competitions and watching a movie especially true stories loved the lion a cat called Bob and rabbit proof fence

I do a couple of things . I cook en masse and I surf the internet

Batch cooking for the freezer in the afternoons, reading later

Reading and gardening

I like to unwind in the bath and put on some music and just relax

I like to go swimming and of course, during lock down I could not do this. Last week I started this again and I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to be back in the pool twice a week! It is invigorating and gives me so much energy. I have really missed it. To compensate for not doing this during lock down, I walked all around my local area. I live in London but we have so many places to walk, green chain walk and Thames path being two of them. Now I am walking AND swimming each week. For the more quiet times I like to read and also like to find competitions on line (you have to be in it to win it!)

I love to get out with my walking group but if at home then I can happily while away a couple of hours online. The correct answer, however, should be that I catch up with my filing!

Entering internet competitions to keep my mind active, reading in local parks to connect with nature, going for long walks and in normal time going to music events and theatre.

I love baking bread, eat some ,freeze some and give lots away. Friends and neighbours have given flour, sausage rolls and plants for my garden in exchange so very lucky.

Read alot of books during lockdown too.

Walking the dogs and baking

Baking (but not eating, trying to be good)

I always try to go for a local walk in my beautiful rural setting which combines exercise, and appreciation of nature, as well as social interaction as usually meet other people along the way.

If I get free time I'll read or do some knitting. I also like to go out for a walk locally if the weather is ok.

I am a member of a walking group and enjoy walking in the Peak District with likeminded companions. I also enjoy being labelled a “Hobby Artist” and have taken up the relatively new hobby of Rock Painting.

Knitting
Doing competitions
Table Tennis

I love the outdoor life. Walking the dog and gardening are two of my favourite pastimes. I also enjoy keeping fit and reading.

Gardening is a joy in my spare time. I love growing plants and flowers from seeds and cuttings when I have time. Friends and family often benefit from my over eagerness in the greenhouse as often have too many to plant in the garden.

Chilling out in the garden

I love doing all sorts of arts and crafts. I'm currently making a quilt

I spend my free time taking my dog Archie out for walks, to play ball which he loves and taking him to the coffee shop, as Nantwich is quite dog friendly
Also love spending time cooking and love the finer things, including nice wines to go with the meals
Like to swim a few times a week, so missed this a lot during lock down. Hopefully get back to it soon.
That’s about me

Genealogy for myself, family and friends I can get so absorbed in my research that I lose track of time and its 2am and I'm talking to somebody in California or Australia.

During lockdown my husband and I started doing exercise videos on YouTube and we're continuing with that any day we do not manage to get out for a long walk in the local park. In previous years we have been bodyboarding but because no-one will categorically say you can't get Covid-19 from sea water we haven't bodyboarded this year (the issue is that you can trace Covid-19 in sewage which sometimes ends up in the sea particularly in times of lots of rain). We also do gardening, catch up with family and friends on Facebook and Skype - and socially distanced meetings, read, watch favourite Sci-Fi series, etc.