Among family hobbies belong mushrooming, skiing, hiking, travelling or camping and having the barbecues. Families mostly take up these hobbies when children get interested in it or parents want to fill their free time and have a fun together.

We all consider some hobbies as beneficial ones. These hobbies help us in different ways and are closely linked with our health. These hobbies keep us fit and healthy and hold us away from bad habits. I think that there’s nothing wrong with skiing, swimming, cycling, gardening or mushrooming. These activities bring us relax and satisfaction and good condition, too.

3. The hobbies you consider ...

I find most of the hobbies very useful. Many technical wonders have been found accidentally as the side effects of a certain activity. But for everyday people I consider gardening, needlework or saving money, mushrooming as useful hobbies. People can make a profit from these activities and most of the time it’s healthy as well.

People pick up hobby because they want to relax and do something for their health. I can say that all kind of sports, listening to music are good for health. Some hobbies like hunting, travelling, golf, paragliding or collecting antiques are extremely expensive because when we pick up such a hobby we need special equipment which is not cheap at all. For example when you want to be hunter you need a scattergun, small-bore rifle, ammunition, special clothes, boots, special permission to shoot the animal and a lot of money for the other things.

One big group of hobbies is collecting one. People can collect everything from small things like model cars or boats, stamps, beer mats through bigger things like chiming clocks, teddy bears and porcelain up to proper cars, guns and army equipment. People who have started collecting are mainly obsessed with this activity. They have their special swap meetings they often visit jumble sales or they just ask their friends to look for these things in the shops. This hobby doesn’t have to be expensive when you know where to look for the nice pieces for your collection. But sometimes people are able to give a lot of money just to have what they want. Many people like watching television or sitting in the pubs or gambling or playing computer games. I find these activities as the waste of time hobbies because you don’t do anything for your health and you don’t create things or meet people. You only waste your time because you don’t know what to do or you are addicted to your PC and games.