VikkiFord

O. M. G! I fell out of my chair! No, seriously, I have a balance prob.... no I don't - I was, erm, laughing too hard.

Nail. Head. Bang on, LOL!

That's a neat idea, I hadn't thought of that. Thank you :)

Hysterical! It's all there.

I've had two other expensive hobbies. One lasted a year (learning to fly RC helicopters - at £30+ per crash to repair). That was also a weather dependant hobby (wind is not an RC heli's friend and it is windy down on the coast). I got bored with it in the end. Not something you can do in the garden and with no car it was a pain to cycle it all to a flying site (weather permitting of course).

Second is music. I like to compose and create orchestral-synth pieces and that is one hobby that has stuck with me. I tend to burn myself out producing 90 minutes of solid stuff in a year than gap myself for two years. That gear did, indeed, cost thousands. That is my one, none weather dependant hobby. Shame there's two bikes resting up in my studio, grrrrr. Need a bike shed.