Trying to find a hobby!

niamh4626

Hi all,


I'm 27 and am looking for a hobby! Bored of doing the same old this every weekend I'd like to get out there and meet some new people.

I've gone through the sports forum and outdoor pursuits interests me most, I'm not a fan of water, I'm not really good at team sports, my coordination is fairly brutal and I get bored and give up easily if I'm doing things on my own!

I remember really liking orienteering and archery when I ran youth clubs a few years ago. I did a skydive a couple of years ago in Edenderry but its a bloody expensive hobby! I think I'd like hill walking also and a friend in the UK was telling me about Geocaching which sounds right up my street! I'd like to join a club with a young enough clientèle to meet people - God I sound like a loner - I'm not, I swear!!!

Looking forward to hearing your suggestions!
Niamh

Pplsgod

niamh4626 wrote: »

Hi all,


I'm 27 and am looking for a hobby! Bored of doing the same old this every weekend I'd like to get out there and meet some new people.

I've gone through the sports forum and outdoor pursuits interests me most, I'm not a fan of water, I'm not really good at team sports, my coordination is fairly brutal and I get bored and give up easily if I'm doing things on my own!

I remember really liking orienteering and archery when I ran youth clubs a few years ago. I did a skydive a couple of years ago in Edenderry but its a bloody expensive hobby! I think I'd like hill walking also and a friend in the UK was telling me about Geocaching which sounds right up my street! I'd like to join a club with a young enough clientèle to meet people - God I sound like a loner - I'm not, I swear!!!

Looking forward to hearing your suggestions!
Niamh

Hi Niamh,

You could do a lot worse than joining a mountaineering club. If you look at http://www.mountaineering.ie/ and find your nearest club you could always contact them and get some more info. I would imagine not many clubs actively participate in Geocaching but there are often individuals within clubs (myself included) who do it as a little side adventure to the hillwalking.

If you want any more info you can pm me.

James

niamh4626

Hi James, thank you for the info. I'll check out that website and see how I go. If I need anything else i'll be sure to PM you - thanks again!

feck sake lads

Niamh have you tried cycling.

Gerry Hat Trick

Hi Niamh

for orienteering check out www.orienteering.ie - the season restarts in Dublin with a series of Tuesday night events in the Phoenix park in August. Very cheap and with 3km and 6km courses aimed at beginners. After that there will be a series of Sunday events in Fingal before the focus moves towards Wicklow.

The next few Irish "Mountain" Running Association www.imra.ie events should also be fairly manageable and sociable - particularly the events on Sugar Loaf / Glen of the Downs / Djouce Trail all of which will be 6-8km. The Sugar Loaf event this Wednesday ends with a barbeque while each race finishes up with an enjoyable prizegiving back at the pub.

Both activities are great if you want to bring along a gang of friends, but you won't be long making new ones either. Enjoy!!!

osgleaf

If you have done skydiving than I assume you are not afraid of hight and you pursue some sort of adrenalin rush. I reckon you try out rock climbing which is a team sport where you can meet loads of people with the same interest

eth0

Amateur radio? there is probably a club near enough to you

dodderangler

Falconry!!!
No better outdoor sport

Diesel

Hi Niamh
My own pastime is hillwalking and Photography, it combines a lot of time outdoors taking images of sports and landscapes then indoors processing them, and if I wanted (not presently) camera clubs and walking clubs are all over the place - seriously good for regular meeting up and getting out.

If you were interested in a second item - Video/Art/Creative writing/sport - then use it to join a group that gets you outdoors - you can use one to feed the other.

rgds