Hobbies have been an essential part of one’s life whilst both working and retired. This is especially so once retirement is imminent. It was always felt that if you cannot get out to say the Golf Course or the Garden, an indoor hobby was also essential. This was where my interest in Amateur Radio came to the fore and which I took up and studied for just a couple of years before my retirement was due.
So let me take you through some of those hobbies:
This was a lifelong pastime and one which was found to be most enjoyable to all members of the family. My father taught me a lot in my early days which I was able to expand with knowledge gained whilst studying at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.
I took up the Hobby of Ham Radio a couple of years before my retirement in 1989. Extensive study was required before passing the necessary qualification examinations. But it was all worth it for this most fascinating and interesting hobby.
A great sport which I learned to play whilst at school and continued on whilst studying at the Royal Agricultural College before completing my rugby playing days with Dumfries Rugby Club.
I am not sure if this really qualifies as a hobby since payments were made whilst undergoing service. It took up a lot of my time whilst working with local government and the civil service, but time off was allowed to participate. A great hobby for any young man.
I do hope that this short explanation will give readers a few ideas and some encouragement to try something new. But there are many more not covered here but which would be just as interesting and fruitful.
Do have a go and live life to the full.....
