What do you do at weekends?
What do you do at weekends?
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Leicesterdave

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2,288 posts

209 months

Saturday 15th February 2020
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Just intrigued. We are a small family, and don't really know what to do with ourselves sometimes- interested to ask a percent of the population what they do!!

GOATever

2,651 posts

96 months

Saturday 15th February 2020
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My weekends are usually taken up with riding lots of miles on a bike.

Newky Brown

1,752 posts

257 months

Saturday 15th February 2020
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Depends, mainly gym, food shop, dog walk, a few odd jobs followed by a bottle of wine or two.

Turn7

25,720 posts

250 months

Saturday 15th February 2020
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This time of year, with the weather as its been is hard,

As long as its dry and frosty/sunny, then the Caterham will be out, and if not then Im off fishing,,,,,

abzmike

11,991 posts

135 months

Saturday 15th February 2020
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Today painting the downstairs hall... 60m or masking tape and two coats of French Grey.
Tomorrow daughter arriving up from England for a couple of days, Dennis permitting.

Turn7

25,720 posts

250 months

Saturday 15th February 2020
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Locally, we are lucky to have the Rothschild Natural History museum, which ois FREE....it gets very busy this time of year.....

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/tring.html

hondafanatic

4,969 posts

230 months

Saturday 15th February 2020
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Watching my 11yo daughter play fortnite, thinking I can do that, then handing the controller back because I suddenly realised I’m 41 and unless it’s a driving game I’m pants.

Family stuff = Dog walking, doing a jigsaw, cooking/baking, films, card games...usual stuff that is cheap. smile

Dr Murdoch

3,950 posts

164 months

Saturday 15th February 2020
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Leicesterdave said:
We are a small family,
More info required...

I have two small boys, 8 and 7.

Sat mornings are football matches and sunday mornings are rugby training or matches, this afternoon we watched Harlequins vs L Irish (rugby) but it could of been QPRvs someone else. If there is time maybe the odd cycle ride or tennis, but during the summer its often a 'treat' to the local beer gardendrink


AJB88

15,794 posts

200 months

Saturday 15th February 2020
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Work

Doofus

34,383 posts

202 months

Saturday 15th February 2020
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Cup of coffee.
Read all the stuff I bookmarked during the week.
Cooking breakfast.
Arsing about in the garage.

I don't even work Monday to Friday, and yet weekends are different.



CubanPete

3,805 posts

217 months

Saturday 15th February 2020
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I'm the preferred parent of a Young family, so surviving mainly. We also have a large doer upper house with a large garden so any free moments are spent doing DIY or the garden.

Hopefully in the next year or two I can start sailing and cycling again.

And I have loads ideas for projects if I ever get chance.

SlidingSideways

1,345 posts

261 months

Saturday 15th February 2020
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Saturdays are mostly kids clubs. The wife and I will usually try and fit in the gym/bike ride/run in around/amongst those.
Evenings we tend to cook (teach em young) and do a games or movie night.
Unless of course we have sitters, in which case it’s dinner, cocktails and swinging from the chandeliers...

Sunday’s usually are more chilled, either family time together (park, walk, bike ride, NT trip somewhere, visit friends).
Or “jobs”, so one holds fort while the other works or sorts one of the many jobs from the household backlog.
Maybe Sunday dinner if we’re around the house.

sparks_190e

12,738 posts

242 months

Sunday 16th February 2020
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Walk the dogs. Watch films, play Xbox and drive the car. Occasionally go shopping with the wife.

Preferably like to be sitting down as much as possible.

CX53

3,025 posts

139 months

Sunday 16th February 2020
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It does vary, but the regular stuff is;

Saturday, Get up late, walk in to town if weather is okay, drive if not, go for coffee and either breakfast or brunch/lunch depending on how late It is, wander round for a bit and waste money on stuff we don't need, visit my mum, go for another coffee somewhere, get ingredients for dinner or decide on somewhere to eat in the evening/get takeaway from, clean the house, eat..

Sunday, visit my mrs parents, go for a walk if the weather is okay and usually stop in a pub, try not to think about work as I usually work Sunday nights. Look at cars to buy online hoping buying one will cheer myself up from working too much. Then I go to work.

It always goes far too quickly.

Johnnytheboy

24,499 posts

215 months

Sunday 16th February 2020
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CX53 said:
It always goes far too quickly.
yes

Sat AM -go to my dad's and keep him out of mischief.
Sat PM - clean the house
Sun AM - play Civilization VI and eat chocolate
Sun PM do some gardening

CaptainSlow

13,179 posts

241 months

Sunday 16th February 2020
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Leicesterdave said:
We are a small family,
Potholing?
Panto rehearsal...Snow White?

Stuart70

4,163 posts

212 months

Sunday 16th February 2020
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CaptainSlow said:
Leicesterdave said:
We are a small family,
Potholing?
Panto rehearsal...Snow White?
smilesmilesmile

Bill

58,658 posts

284 months

Sunday 16th February 2020
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Dr Murdoch said:
More info required...

I have two small boys, 8 and 7.

Sat mornings are football matches and sunday mornings are rugby training or matches, this afternoon we watched Harlequins vs L Irish (rugby) but it could of been QPRvs someone else. If there is time maybe the odd cycle ride or tennis, but during the summer its often a 'treat' to the local beer gardendrink
yes Similar here, boys are 12&9, girl is 9. This time of year is trickier but in among doing a couple of clubs we often go to the climbing wall, go for a walk (sometimes a cycle if it's really dry) play some board games, do some baking. Summer is a lot more active walking, cycling, kayaking (kids less keen), body boarding, BBQs etc.

We're lucky to live somewhere with great outdoors opportunities, but the flip side is a lack of indoor stuff if the weather's st.

Caddyshack

14,834 posts

235 months

Sunday 16th February 2020
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If I am not ferrying my 11 yr old daughter to swimming comps, horse riding or triathlons then I mess about about with cars in the garage and my workshop.

Thales

619 posts

86 months

Sunday 16th February 2020
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Go to the gym
Sleep
Watch movies
Play video games
Maybe be sociable
Eat