Unusual British and American hobbies
In England, people have more fun, hobbies and interests outside of the routine of daily affairs than the Americans. Percentage who cares except associated with their business or profession, has a hobby, much higher than in America. The British like to joke on a hobby. And apart from the traditional lifestyle they love unusual hobby: starting with collecting bags with orange juice, finishing construction of oil towers of matches.
The most famous ones :
1. Watching airplanes is a hobby that consists of photographing or recording of registration numbers flying ships. The Guard of the airbases used to people with cameras with powerful lenses, binoculars and radios behind the fence on the perimeter of the field.
2. Drag racing is a motor-racing competition on the sprint distance of 402 meters. The first competition was in England, and therefore gave rise to the English tradition Drag racing. The most common subjects are race cars and motorcycles with piston engines.
3. Trainspotting is one of the most unusual hobbies. This kind of hobby, practiced in the country where the trains run on a regular schedule, and that enthusiasts spend time at the locomotive depot, railway stations or observation posts along the railway track, recording the serial numbers of passing trains and locomotives. Their purpose is to see all locomotives plying in the country. They collect all information about the movement of trains on the railway network and exchange it. This hobby is most popular in the UK and the U.S.
4. Royal Soccer (Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football). This is football, in which takes part the whole city. The task is to bring the ball to the opponent's goal. This competition is held annually in the English town of Ashbourne. The game got the title of «Royal» in the in 1928, when the Prince of Wales personally announced the start of the competition. The match lasts from 14-00 to 22-00. The citizens are divided into two teams, living in the north of the river, are called «northerners», to the south – «southerners». Two mills serve as gates located in different parts of the city, and field is a whole city.
5. Cheese-Rolling. The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester in England. It is traditionally by and for the people who live in the local village of Brockworth, but now people from all over the world take part. Sense of competition is to catch up on a steep hill rolling head double Gloucester cheese.
The winner is the participant who first reached the foot of the hill. The award is head cheese.
6. Lawn mower racing is a form of motorsport in which competitors race modified lawnmowers, usually of the ride-on or self-propelled variety. The original mower engines are retained, but blades are removed for safety. The sport attracts all ages.
7. Retrocomputing. Retrocomputing is the use of older computer hardware and software in modern times. Retrocomputing is usually classed as a hobby and recreation rather than a practical application of technology; enthusiasts often collect rare and valuable hardware and software for sentimental reasons.
Now we speak about unusual hobbies of the USA, but their very little. For examples,
Trainspotting
Bubble Football (soccer mixture with Zorbing) is the brainchild of two Norwegians Henrik Elvestad and Johan Colden. To football would be even more interesting, this couple came up to conclude players in transparent plastic balls - zorbing. Balls have a diameter of 1.8 meters, their weight is about ten pounds
Stone skipping is a pastime which involves throwing a stone with a flattened surface across a lake or other body of water in such a way that it bounces off the surface of the water. The object of the game is to see how many times a stone can be made to bounce before sinking.
The ear pull is a traditional game which tests the competitors' ability to endure pain. In the ear pull, two competitors sit facing each other, their legs straddled and interlocked. A two-foot-long loop of string, similar to a thick, waxed dental floss, is looped behind their ears, connecting right ear to right ear, or left to left.
Geocaching is both ancient and new game. Treasure Seekers create caches in interesting places on the Internet and put their GPS - coordinates on them other adventurers seeking treasure with various souvenirs.
CONCLUSION
Hobbies are a great British and American tradition. A hobby is a special interest or activity that you do in your time off.
A «hobby» is usually something that a person does alone. But American and British families sometimes like to do things together too. Some American families have quite a lot of money to spend on their recreation. They can all enjoy their holiday home or their boat somewhere in the country away from it. Americans love to get out of town into the wild and many go for holidays or long weekends into the thirty-five fabulous national parks.
Some people have animals as hobbies. They keep rabbits or go fishing. They train dogs to do tricks or keep pigeons to race and carry messages. Some are crazy about plants.
Others are mad about their car or their motorbike. They spend their Saturdays and Sundays washing them and painting them. But Americans do not only spend their free time having fun.
Children and teenagers are great collectors. Millions take part-time courses in writing, painting and music and at the weekends the museums, art galleries and concert halls are full. Everyone in these countries is very interested in culture.
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