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After exhausting Netflix, Prime Video and iplayer I turned my attention to Crosswords, Sudoku and other puzzles - However as the weeks of lockdown have turned into months l have discovered some very enjoyable computer games - My particular favourite is Sid Meier's Civilization series of Strategy games - hours of fun and strangely addictive. Here...

Not sure if this will take off, but i have created a spotify playlist for anyone to add interesting French music of any age/decade........

You will need to have spotify installed to be able to add to it and play it, there is a free version that has ads, and also a web version I believe.......

JD

I was thinking the other day about all the hobbies and interests I have enjoyed before coming to France. Many ran their course and fell by the wayside as life went on but those that remained were given up to get on with the long process of renovating two old houses. I always thought I would return to one or two of them once the last house is done...

Well not quite yet, but it is interesting that Arturo di Modica's charging bull no longer seems to represent wall Street and Kirsten Visbal's fearless girl now takes over. ( as the picture of this article demonstrates. And a far better choice in my opinion.

Posted in hobbies where I would expect to find art and hoping for discussion.

This isn't a hobby at the moment but could perhaps become one. We're thinking of buying a couple of e-bikes so we can get out a bit more than we seem to manage at the moment, other than by car. Hopefully, it is something pleasurable to do. We live in a very rural area and would hope to eventually ride the chemins/sentiers we already know (through...

Silver steel - anyone who has been in engineering will know it. Good tool steel, hardens well, accurate ground to size, used for small tools and parts, dowels, pins etc, Walk into any engineering supplier in the UK and they will have it in 13 lengths.
I've been surviving on odd ends of it dredged from the bottom of my tool cabinets but now running...

Not La Grande Vie from 2008/2009, but a film of the same name which came out in 2001.
Touching, tender, and funny at the same time, it's a very simple film that didn't make a big hit but is worth finding and watching all the same. The language is fairly easy to follow, and there are subtitles available.

I need to buy a glass cutter. Prices vary greatly and while I don't mind at the lower end of the scale, I don't want to pay 10 or 12€ if a 5€ model will suffice. At the same time I don't want to waste a fiver on some useless article.
Any tips or recommendations please.

I like to hand sew but struggle to find quality needles here in France. They seem blunt. Does anyone out there sew and, if you do, are there any brand names you would recommend. Thanks in advance.

One of my good friends, also an aircraft engineer, has taken the bold step to take time off work to have a go on youtube....

This guy has always amazed me with what he can build. Radio controlled a/c (from scratch), radio controlled boats ( from scratch), even an electric motored boat...full size that he uses in the sea near Saint Nazaire....

Wasn’t sure where to put this but as it was a hobby (edit corrected spelling :D ) of mine this seems a good place. Came across this video whilst browsing, a beautiful tango.

Hi
My OH doesn't 'do' holidays very well as he says he never had them as a child so gets a bit bored away from his DIY. However, he would like to get into fishing again.
I am looking for some places for a few days break every so often where he can do some good fishing and I can use their nice pool or go for walks or drive into a town.

Any...

Does not have to be exactly there but round about would be nice. I know July is not the perfect month to be asking this but I had no idea we’d be going away for three nights :P . The only criteria is that there has got to be good parking and preferably somewhere that once the car is parked then there is no need to get back in it with cafes etc...

Is there such a thing?

Hi All

Can I purchase a permit to fish for one day from one department to fish in another?

I know we had a thread about possibly rekindling abandoned hobbies, but I was thinking about one particular interest that has developed for me since being here. In the seventies as a young boy, on Sundays I would watch the World at War with my Grandad. The very first epiosde opens at Oradour-sur-Glane. Then in 2005 when on our way down for one of...

Are there any on the forum ?

I really enjoyed this, if I dicovered the elexir of eternal youth and vigour I would apprentice myself as a boatbuilder.

15 minutes from your life but I think you will like it Mike!

He skips over the tempering part but otherwise excellent, shows why a wise man throws nothing away!

The end is especially good

Where in France can you buy some? I dont mean Brico style, in the Uk you have Axminster/Charwood/Rutlands and Scott and Sargent, they can ship to France but its not cheap, and as I said on an earlier thread I may go to three phase so secondhand, but would prefer new, thanks.Ff

Does anyone have any?

Any feedback re what they are like?

I’m guessing listening to music could be considered a hobby? Anyway, I’m wanting to buy some more cd’s, any suggestions of albums others have or would buy recently?

I build 7mm scale models of UK steam and diesel rolling stock back in the UK. Mostly from etched brass and /or whitemetal kits, with some plastic kit wagons.
So far I don't have a layout, or even any track, my locos run on rollers to see if they go and to run them in.
Anyone else?

not really a hobby , but I can't find anywhere else to put this.
Anyone else like walking between 8 and 18k distance?
I know quite a few circuits around where I live now, so if anyone fancies joining in around the Civray/Ruffec area on the border of 16/86 let me know. :D

I didn't know where to post this but as eating and drinking is one of my hobbies here goes.
We are having a trip to Lyon for a few days next week and have been told it is regarded by many as one of the gastronomic centres of France.
We are consequently looking for recommendations for restaurants for an evening meal and also one for a lunchtime...