Too many hobbies!
High end audio - based in both digital and analogue, I still have a main system, an electrostatic speaker based system, a system made up of some of my old gear I can't bring myself to get rid of, and even a system in my library albeit a modest one. Server drive with c. 3500 digital albums ripped by me, and a bit more than that number of vinyl LPs.
Wine - wide ranging dedicated cellar with almost as many bottles as LPs.
Cars - raced them for 30 years (still have my old race car, a 58 MG) plus a couple of other period MGs, a Jensen, and a couple of modern sports cars (Solstice, BMW Z4MC), Sold another Jensen and an old Lamborghini when I downsized. Used to build and restore them, but not so much over the last decade.
Gardening - c. 300 species Rhododendrons (down from 800 at the old place) plus many Magnolias, Acers etc.
Cooking - a natural meld with the wine interest
Clocks and watches - keep and restore a wide range from late 1600s on.
Fountain pens - used to use a different pen or two every day when working, less often now retired.
Antiques - furniture etc.
Photography - both botanically related and otherwise. Still have my first underwater camera (60s vintage) so tend to hang onto gear but did acquire a DSLR recently to replace a couple of fixed lens digitals.
Enough to keep me out of trouble.
High end audio - based in both digital and analogue, I still have a main system, an electrostatic speaker based system, a system made up of some of my old gear I can't bring myself to get rid of, and even a system in my library albeit a modest one. Server drive with c. 3500 digital albums ripped by me, and a bit more than that number of vinyl LPs.
Wine - wide ranging dedicated cellar with almost as many bottles as LPs.
Cars - raced them for 30 years (still have my old race car, a 58 MG) plus a couple of other period MGs, a Jensen, and a couple of modern sports cars (Solstice, BMW Z4MC), Sold another Jensen and an old Lamborghini when I downsized. Used to build and restore them, but not so much over the last decade.
Gardening - c. 300 species Rhododendrons (down from 800 at the old place) plus many Magnolias, Acers etc.
Cooking - a natural meld with the wine interest
Clocks and watches - keep and restore a wide range from late 1600s on.
Fountain pens - used to use a different pen or two every day when working, less often now retired.
Antiques - furniture etc.
Photography - both botanically related and otherwise. Still have my first underwater camera (60s vintage) so tend to hang onto gear but did acquire a DSLR recently to replace a couple of fixed lens digitals.
Enough to keep me out of trouble.