The best things I have discovered are that walking along the Thames never gets boring, and that you can see the camel enclosure at London Zoo from a pathway in Regent's Park.
We discovered a similar path near Port Lympne, saw a bear, ostriches, camels, bison and antelope and apparently sometimes you can see the giraffes.
DIY is the main one, also discovered how much worse it is for my physical fitness to be stuck at home all day instead of at work where I can go and take exercise etc.
DIY is the main one, also discovered how much worse it is for my physical fitness to be stuck at home all day instead of at work where I can go and take exercise etc.
With you on this one. Used to do a min of 10k steps a day just home - station - work and reverse. Now lucky to hit 2k a day.
Walk for a minimum of an hour a day (approx 5km) by the Thames. Got to a point where it’s a big part of my day and will never miss it - even when it was snowing heavily I was out there.
It was a pretty simple thing - but getting an Apple Watch gave me that motivation to do something active every single day, and am pleased to say I’ve not had a single ‘do nothing’ day in about 8 months.
Exploring my own area more. It was quite surprising how many streets and even local parks I'd never visited before
Same - in fact there's a nice trail near us with wooden sculptures in the woods etc that we always used to drive to, now I've realised there's a back way down public footpaths and through the woods that means we could have just walked there the whole time (albeit it would have been a bit far for the kids when they were younger).
Restaurant dine at home boxes. Now getting one a week in place of the Friday takeaway.
Aktar Islam at home is incredible value - very good quality Indian which gives the 3 of us 3 big meals each for £85 Boca di Lupa arriving this Friday - scallops, cuttelfish risotto, duck ragu and fresh pasta and tiramasu
I've been working and home schooling so haven't learnt anything new except for how much free time I used to have in the evenings when I'm now working to make up time missed during 9-5!
Putting a fence trellis up. Last autumn one of my trellis's feel down. Just before Christmas I got a new trellis (yeah took me a while to get round to it) bought some creosote and painted it and put it up.
Each time i went outside and saw this new trellis a great sense of pride came over me. This lasted a week when on Boxing day night a wind of biblical proportions (a light wind really) came through and knocked the trellis off. It came crashing down on the patio beneath and a bit of it broke.
As you can imagine I've been too distraught to get round to putting a new one up yet.
Be interested to know how most of you have got these extra bits done? WFH I seem to work more than when in the office!
Must be a lot of furloughed people on here.
Might be interesting to see the outcome of such a poll?
Have you been furloughed due to Covid-19?
- No. - Yes for < 3 Months - Yes for 3-6 Months - Yes for 6-9 months - Yes for >9 months
I retired when all this Covid lark kicked off, I have worked at home for the last three years doing consultancy work for the company that bought my business back in 2017 however when all the clients I was dealing with were not around due to Covid I decided enough was enough. Best thing I have ever done.
I have set up as a sole trader now meaning I can do a bit of work when I like and invoice for it remaining legit as not everyone wants to pay cash. This is just to keep me active and get out the house.
Yoga, i've always avoided it as I didn't want to turn into a typical Yogi type. But i've been doing a month with Adriene on youtube, my back is better, i'm sleeping better, I feel more relaxed. More importantly, I haven't felt the urge to post myself doing it all over my Facebook showing people my poses!
Yoga, i've always avoided it as I didn't want to turn into a typical Yogi type. But i've been doing a month with Adriene on youtube, my back is better, i'm sleeping better, I feel more relaxed. More importantly, I haven't felt the urge to post myself doing it all over my Facebook showing people my poses!
Been doing the exact same thing, with the exact same Adriene playlist. My shoulder pain has eased a lot. She is a very good looking woman, too. It's distracting at times.
The best things I have discovered are that walking along the Thames never gets boring, and that you can see the camel enclosure at London Zoo from a pathway in Regent's Park.
Started running after doing Couch to 5K - stopped in November with a hip problem and now struggling to get back into it so will have to re-do Couch to 5K in the spring.
The best things I have discovered are that walking along the Thames never gets boring, and that you can see the camel enclosure at London Zoo from a pathway in Regent's Park.
Shouldn't you be looking at the Sharks?
They sit alongside crocodiles and snakes as things that I'm shit-scared of, despite the pseudonym.
I sat an online “dog behaviourist” course something I’ve always taken with a pinch of salt. Mainly because I’ve had behaviourist’s contact me before that have had varying qualifications after finishing extensive college courses, one of which had never had a dog and I don’t believe you can learn everything from a book. Anyhow, the books arrived along with the test paper and like everyone else I disregarded the instructions/books and decided to sit the paper then read the books. After then reading the books I checked my papers and had no reason to change any of my answers and submitted it for marking. It seems I passed with a 100%, so I now have a piece of paper that says “I know something about dog behaviour” 🤷♂️
Long walks in the Kent countryside Painting Increased regular communication with a wider circle of friends and family via watts app
The painting has been a real revelation for somebody who used to find it very hard to just hang around the house during the day. You can lose yourself in it for hours. Did a painting of our wedding photo for valentines day - mounted it in a nice silver frame - now pride of place in the hallway - wife very happy - best valentines present i think i've ever given. Not hard as i was pulled up by the missus a few years back asking why all her presents came from shops within a 50 metre walk of charing cross station!!
Painting is good folks - the power of the brush!!! forget long hair or playing a guitar - become an artist !!!!
Been paying more attention to nature - always liked it but I definitely pay more attention and have improved my knowledge of trees and birds. Realised the other week that the seagulls in my local park that I'd assumed were all black headed gulls were actually a mix of common gulls and black headed gulls. Despite their name, common gulls aren't particularly common. Regular online open mics - though this can be difficult after 9-10 hours at work in front of a screen to then do it again Read more Listened to more music, have made new discoveries as well My latest thing is watching Inspector Montalbano. My late father in law was a fan of all things Italian and he raved about it, but the first time I tried watching it I didn't get it. My son's doing Italian GCSE and is stuck so I am trying to help (I'm the only one in the house with any linguistic ability) and decided to watch some Italian programmes. It's been working - my ear for it is better, but also I've really got into the show and can understand things differently. It's nothing like a British or American detective show, episodes up to 2 hours, slow moving, with things in it that are meant to be funny - one of the characters is effectively the clown. It's been interesting to see something that would be either played fully for laughs or be very serious in English-speaking hands.
Selling my Vinyl LP's & singles on eBay. It's quite an art form to suss the appropriate price, check to ensure they play well, whether to auction or do 'Buy it now' (or both) and then post the discs so they look great when they arrive. Also sold books and other unwanted clobber from my attic, including banjo and electric guitar.
Long walks in the Kent countryside Painting Increased regular communication with a wider circle of friends and family via watts app
The painting has been a real revelation for somebody who used to find it very hard to just hang around the house during the day. You can lose yourself in it for hours. Did a painting of our wedding photo for valentines day - mounted it in a nice silver frame - now pride of place in the hallway - wife very happy - best valentines present i think i've ever given. Not hard as i was pulled up by the missus a few years back asking why all her presents came from shops within a 50 metre walk of charing cross station!!
Painting is good folks - the power of the brush!!! forget long hair or playing a guitar - become an artist !!!!
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I can take it or leave it.
Walk for a minimum of an hour a day (approx 5km) by the Thames. Got to a point where it’s a big part of my day and will never miss it - even when it was snowing heavily I was out there.
It was a pretty simple thing - but getting an Apple Watch gave me that motivation to do something active every single day, and am pleased to say I’ve not had a single ‘do nothing’ day in about 8 months.
Must be a lot of furloughed people on here.
Might be interesting to see the outcome of such a poll?
Have you been furloughed due to Covid-19?
- No.
- Yes for < 3 Months
- Yes for 3-6 Months
- Yes for 6-9 months
- Yes for >9 months
Aktar Islam at home is incredible value - very good quality Indian which gives the 3 of us 3 big meals each for £85
Boca di Lupa arriving this Friday - scallops, cuttelfish risotto, duck ragu and fresh pasta and tiramasu
Each time i went outside and saw this new trellis a great sense of pride came over me. This lasted a week when on Boxing day night a wind of biblical proportions (a light wind really) came through and knocked the trellis off. It came crashing down on the patio beneath and a bit of it broke.
As you can imagine I've been too distraught to get round to putting a new one up yet.
I have set up as a sole trader now meaning I can do a bit of work when I like and invoice for it remaining legit as not everyone wants to pay cash. This is just to keep me active and get out the house.
But i've been doing a month with Adriene on youtube, my back is better, i'm sleeping better, I feel more relaxed.
More importantly, I haven't felt the urge to post myself doing it all over my Facebook showing people my poses!
Started running after doing Couch to 5K - stopped in November with a hip problem and now struggling to get back into it so will have to re-do Couch to 5K in the spring.
Painting
Increased regular communication with a wider circle of friends and family via watts app
The painting has been a real revelation for somebody who used to find it very hard to just hang around the house during the day. You can lose yourself in it for hours. Did a painting of our wedding photo for valentines day - mounted it in a nice silver frame - now pride of place in the hallway - wife very happy - best valentines present i think i've ever given. Not hard as i was pulled up by the missus a few years back asking why all her presents came from shops within a 50 metre walk of charing cross station!!
Painting is good folks - the power of the brush!!! forget long hair or playing a guitar - become an artist !!!!
Regular online open mics - though this can be difficult after 9-10 hours at work in front of a screen to then do it again
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Listened to more music, have made new discoveries as well
My latest thing is watching Inspector Montalbano. My late father in law was a fan of all things Italian and he raved about it, but the first time I tried watching it I didn't get it. My son's doing Italian GCSE and is stuck so I am trying to help (I'm the only one in the house with any linguistic ability) and decided to watch some Italian programmes. It's been working - my ear for it is better, but also I've really got into the show and can understand things differently. It's nothing like a British or American detective show, episodes up to 2 hours, slow moving, with things in it that are meant to be funny - one of the characters is effectively the clown. It's been interesting to see something that would be either played fully for laughs or be very serious in English-speaking hands.