I’m short of other hobbies too when I’m confronted about thinking about it! Your post made me feel a bit better.
Amateur radio has been my major hobby since my late teens, I don’t operate much and never had an operating position, alrhough I’ve had a shack for the last 4 years. My main activity is building QRP rigs.
Due to my own doings and circumstances, I’ve never had much spare money, so I haven’t been able to persue interests that I otherwise might have done. I don’t have regrets though, I don’t feel like I’ve ever ‘blown’ any money, and I suppose I’ve done quite a few things.
In my teens I helped my step father to restore a 1955 Albion lorry and that lorry held my interest constantly until it was sold a few years ago.
I drove the lorry in the 2017 Trans Pennine Run, it was an awesome day, I specially selected that particular event as it was 21 years since the lorry had been put back on the road, it’s 21st (re) birthday!
I’d learnt my driving skills in a 1933 Standard van that I owned in my early 20’s before I had to sell it to raise cash for moving into my own home.
I took over driving a little 1950s green Bedford van until that was sold and was exported to Northern Ireland.
The last vehicle that I was able to show was a 1989 VW Polo.
I’d dearly love to have a classic car, especially something from the 1930s.
I used to follow Formula 1 and I attended several British GPs. These days I’ve drifted away from F1, without the screaming V10s, F1 is not the same.
I watch drag racing on YouTube now, I enjoy learning about the modern tech that they use to get a few thousand horsepower out of a pretty standard V8.
Colin
