On Cloudy Nights

[Qualia]

Typically, if it's bad weather during the week, I try to listen to new music, read a little and catch up and reply to threads on SGL. I ought to use some of this bad weather time to plan sessions or check out maps to see what I can observe when it clears, but I guess I'm lazy by nature

It seems that for most of us in Europe the weather is going to be pretty grim this week. So I was wondering what you typically get up to on the evenings when you can't observe?

[RichM63]

That's an easy one. I've recently acquired my first serious DSLR + a couple of lenses, and so during the day weather/time permitting I'm out and about trying different capture settings, then in the evening I work on post capture proccessing techniques using software such as DXO, DPP, etc all gleaned from looking at and reading about the wonderful images posted by the likes of Psychobilly and PhotoKev. 

Maybe one day I'll have something half decent.

[Beulah]

Playing my guitar (currently in composition mode), read guitar building forums and drooling over instrument timber sites for ideas for the next instrument project, general reading....

Currently planning to resurrect painting, as being an 'artist' was what I started out doing before being distracted by everything else, LOL

Knitting is something else to do if I am too tired to do anything else...gotta create some good quality warm-wear for astronomy! 

At the moment I am doing a lot of work on the PC from home; tend to have this forum open so I can pop in when I need a breather.

Boredom doesn't exist in my life...

[LukeSkywatcher]

I work very hard on getting square eyes by watching tv. Its autumn so there is always too much on every night.

[glynnlondon]

Go down the pub and get on it !

[rowan46]

Start arguments. If nobody at home is talking  to me I usually go on the internet and pick a fight  (see Do dept store scopes  put people put people off astronomy) actually a variant of that question has given me hours of fun on a cycling forum this place is far too civilised.

[Nakedgun]

I like to read, but spend too much time doing it in front of this screen, instead of reducing the number of books piled up in my office waiting their turn to find a place on the bookshelf.

On the weekends...

[Astro Imp]

At present spend too much time perusing SGL and listening to the rain batting down.

[nightfisher]

I seem to be watching a lot of "Vampire diaries" as Claire has it on all the time, and its been/is very cloudy/wet/foggy/misty all the time lately

I have a scale model of a space shuttle to build.....if i dont make a start soon its going to take longer than a real one to construct

[Luke]

TV or t'interweb if I am tired, processing some solar or lunar images if not. I hope to put  a bit more effort into learning the guitar. If I play a little on each cloudy night, I should soon master it

[laser_jock99]

Now it's the weekend (an cold plus raining) I shall crack open a beer, sit in front of the woodburner and channel surf on the TV for a bit.

[MattJenko]

Box-sets, internet, and general PC stuff - games, bit of programming, writing, learning. And playing with my dog when he can be bothered. All interspersed between chatting with my wife and fighting over who makes the next brew.