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Listening to Music:

I would imagine that most people like listening to some kind of music. Some like to listen in the comfort of their own homes while others like to go to concerts. In the summer we have open air concerts in the UK. The most famous is probably The Glastonbury Festival in the county of Somerset. Every year thousands (150.000) of people descend on this festival and every year it seems to rain and people get soaked and covered in mud. However this does not get in the way of people having a good time. I have never been to this festival but I wish I had. The trouble is I like my home comforts too much. My favourite way of listening to music is through headphones. I turn the music up nice and loud and give my mind a good clear out. Of course I don’t recommend that anyone else does this but it works for me.

Making Jewellery:

It seems throughout the world more and more people are enjoying making their own jewellery and the UK is no exception to this. Many colleges in the UK now run evening classes, which cover several aspects of jewellery making. The nice thing about making your own jewellery is that it is a very good way of expressing your individuality, plus you end up with something quite unique to wear. Making jewellery is now big business in the UK. There are people making jewellery for a living and there is no end of business’s small and large supplying the materials needed for making jewellery.

Photography:

The digital age as produced whole nations of people taking pictures. So it would be fair to say that most people now have some interest in photography in one way or another. But of course there are those that like to do a bit more than just point and shoot. Photography is another subject that can be studied at college in the UK and the sorts of courses offered are many and varied, for example: Digital Photography, Photography for beginners, Portrait Photography and Landscape Photography. Every year competitions are arranged for amateur photographers, giving the prize winner’s the opportunity of showing their photographs to thousands of people.

Yoga:

This pastime has been popular in the UK for a long time now. Just about every big city and town in the UK will have a yoga club. I have always thought of yoga as exercise for the body and mind but I suspect it is a lot more than that. I know it is generally thought that yoga brings inner peace and a healthy flexible body. I know a few people that have gone to yoga classes and they all told me that they really enjoyed it. I think that anything that can take the stress out of modern living can’t be a bad thing.