- and probably have been for a long time really!!
Thus, I designed 1997 to cover, solo, a wide range of interests, NOTHING being left
out, - and nothing having TOO MUCH time devoted to it!! It ensured that everything was
catered for, not forgotten, and with respect for all other interests.
Then, having made the 'plan', the object was to keep to it as close as possible! As time
moves on, the plan has changed in minor ways to keep me in line with my own developing
thoughts on life and enjoyment. After all, this plan is "for even greater enjoyment"!!
Originally, the plan was computerised but now is 'freestyle' for even greater
enjoyment.
I can now begin to answer the questions about "what I do"!
I'll say a few words about each activity or topic.
SECTOR ACTIVITY SUB-DIVISIONS
A Travel Actual Travel & Explorations(now using PUBLIC TRANSPORT!)
Fitness Training and Walking trips
Planning, admin & Fixing of trips (now with the help
of computer CDs!)
Amount of trips now decreasing - due to sheer amount of the
planet covered!
B TV & Video Live TV programmes
Watching own TV recordings
Watching pre-recorded material
Watching interesting TRAVEL, and fabulous NATURE, documentaries
Watching programmes on Information Technology
C Computing Offline planning, finance & research
Online INTERNET research & investigations
Offline INTERNET investigations
Updating computer, hardware & software
Database maintenance of own possessions
Letter writing on computer (Wordprocessors or EMails)
Maintaining electronic diaries, organisers & calendars.
File management of all disks/diskettes
Route measuring by 'autoroute' programme
Miscellaneous games
Miscellaneous simulations
[Current favourites are:
FLIGHT Unlimited II
POWERBOAT racing
Network Q (RAC) Rallying
Grandprix 3
SimCity2000
Moon Tycoon
AIRPORT Inc]
Internet publishing of 'writings'/'Travelogues'
Maintaining own WEBSITE
An INTEREST (ran nearly THREE years ) was called:
"CYBERWORLD"
which was an accounting SPREADSHEET dealing with
all my revenues/expenses with my GP motor-racing, Rally Driving, other simulators and
business-games. The WHOLE of my activities in Cyberspace had their accounts
on one Lotus Spreadsheet - covering all my computers from the Spectrum, through
the 486 and on to the Pentium. "Good Game!" Gave the whole set of activities a
cohesive binding!!
D Writing Actual writing, editing of 'travelogues' & website
Dealing with publisher, later his Liquidator and replacement
by phone & mail (E- & snail-)
Solicitor re comments on contract
Writing direct travelogues onto Internet
E D.I.Y On home (very little, now)
On Garden (very little, now)
On home-filing-system maintenance
F Finance & Plans For Travels
For all aspects of living
Planning short, medium & long-term details
G Music Listening to Country Music(less 'Live' now, records, tapes, TV, Radio)
Listening to Folk Music (and other easy-listening items)
H Friendships Maintaining new and longterm friendships (non-loner mode!)
I Charities Maintaining financial support of 2-dozen charities(was 3 dozen!)
Admin (spreadsheet!) records of support of this finance.
J Technical Scientific studies, programmes, research
New technologies from TV etc
Reading books, papers, computer CDs & Internet
K Politics Support for Liberal Democrats, locally & nationally
Support for Electoral Reform
Keeping up with World & National events
Election participation (less now!)
L Humanism Support for BHA (British Humanist Assn)
Support for WHO (Worcestershire Humanists)
(Was past chairman & secretary of WHO [over 20years ago])
(These supports LOWER now with the sale of my car!)
M Motor Sport Visiting events, - before I sold my car on 17 Feb 2001,-
mainly Hill Climbs, for example:-
('The Ronart Special' - a water-colour by R.S.Peters)
Click for Copy of Roy's watercolour
All paintings accessed from this page may need sliding about - they are
quite big - generally 50K to 110KBytes!
Keeping up-to-date with all forms of motorsport
Virtually ALL forms now done ONLY on Simulators!!
Writing-up & studying on WLSR (World Landspeed Records)
N Games Playing Board Games(not much now)
(A marvellous link was sent to me by one of my readers -and it
contains MORE board-games (etc) than I've ever imagined.
It is to Paul Richard's impressive site at:-
Paul's list )
Playing Card Games(not much now)
Playing Computer Games
Using Computer Simulators (See Sector C's sub-divisions)
Inventing and modifying games
O Genealogy Originally, a few years ago, my planned 'scope' was quite modest.
I planned to go from my generation and cover 'plus & minus'
TWO generations. (i.e from grandparents to grandchildren!)
It extended from that modest beginning - with info from my
father - and more recently by the family's current 'master
genealogist', my brother John.
By integrating these two sources of information (they worked
closely together while my father was alive) different 'branches'
of the TREE go back to the 1700s and 1400s!!
P New Pursuits Anything interesting not covered above
e.g. Cooking, Palaeontology & Ornithological studies
Developing & extending my various hobby 'collections'
Own Watercolour Paintings (here's some photos of them)