A Hobby

Hi Blogheads,

Today I'd like you to write about a hobby you have or had. In my case, I'm going to talk about collecting vinyl. I don't actually practice this hobby nowadays but it's something I did passionately when I was younger. I started when I was about 10 years old. I was 8 when I bought my first vinyl. It was a 7" single by Marmalade called "Reflections of my life" and I bought it with my sister and her best friend Mary. We all paid a third. However, at that time I didn't even have a record player.

The first record I acquire when I had a record player was "Jeepster" by T-Rex.

By the time I was 23 I had over 300 singles and about 200 albums. I moved to London and have no way to take my collection so I gave most of them away to my brothers and sisters. The only records I keep were part of my David Bowie collection and a few other records I could bear to lose. I still have 55 Bowie albums and 85 Bowie singles at my sisters house). I lived in London for about 6 years in which time I amassed another Vinyl collection, not as big as the previous one but still quite big. In 1989 I moved to Spain so I sold all my possession including my vinyl collection. However, I took about 50 house records to Spain with because I wanted to get a job as a DJ. When I moved back to Britain in 1994 I left all my music in my ex-girlfriend's house and never got them back.
I stopped collecting vinyl for a few years. Last year a friend gave me a record player and I brought a few vinyls from the UK and bought a few here in Santiago.
I love this hobby but it's very expensive nowadays. It was a lot cheaper when I was younger. I'd like to start it up again but I just don't have the space.

Write about a hobby you have (or had).
Say:
What the hobby was,
What it involved,
When tou started this hobby,
Why you like it.

Write at least 250 words. Leave a comment on my blog and on the blogs of 3 classmates.