ChowDownBob
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When you're not cooking and eating (or washing the pots, pans and utensils ... ) what do you like to do? What else are you passionate about or interested in?
Bob
Bob
Until you get a DOG!We both keep quite busy. I love classic motorcycles [I admit some of my meals do taste a little of oil ] and I write a little. My wife is a hardcore knitter and has also started writing a novel. One of the good things about being retired is that you have time for everything.
I take beer research seriously. There are thousands of independent breweries, so even the most determined researcher cannot explore every possibility, but I do my best. I find research more comfortable when watching a Serie A or Bundesliga game or a BBC4 documentary.
Other than that, birdwatching, walking (not as much now due to duff right foot), travelling (32 European countries thus far - just 19 to go) and reading (19th-century literature a speciality). I write as well - my first book was published this year and my first novel is out in January.
That lot is more than enough to keep me occupied. The money's rubbish, but the hours are good (not so different from being a student).
Wow! What kind of books? And what type of novel?
The book I had published in March is factual; it's about my two years in Eritrea when I was a VSO volunteer. I've seen the cover for my novel and the publisher has put "Fiction/Humorous" on it. The fiction part is unquestionably true, but the rest is probably subjective. It's set in Edinburgh and the anti-hero (they are a lot easier to create than heroes) is based on a boss I used to have. Try imagining a combination of Walter Mitty, Captain Mainwaring and David Brent and you'll get somewhere near.