Passing The hours

dianadors

Go to London on Megabus - Take a camera and your dinner and just do the sights. Costs £1 each way
Make your own booze - I am currently brewing Elderflower Champagne in my kitchen! Costs 2 bags sugar and 4 lemons to make 24 wine bottles!

Apply for freebie cinema tickets on the freebies forum - we get to go twice a week for nothing usually.

Picnics - have a look whats happening in your local parks. During the summer, you can often find a free film airing in your local park.

Long walks exploring area's locally that you have not vsited. Its amazing what is on your doorstep. Act as if you were a tourist and find out what you are missing. You will be amazed!!

Bibbitybob

Me and my now ex used to go to the station with a set amount of money (never more than £10) and see how far it would take us. We'd take lunch with us and just spend a day exploring a new place, and the best bit was that we never knew where we'd end up.

fannyadams

MeAllOver wrote: »

- Feed the ducks (free if it's stale bread you weren't going to eat anyway)

sorry to rain on your parade but can I just ask that you please don't feed waterfowl with bread it gives them "Angel Wing"... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Wing

why not grate/process the bread for breadcrumbs (and store in freezer) then use to coat fish or chicken or toppings for desserts...

jacand

If its raining, enter competitions online. No cost and sometimes you win. Plus my husband knows all the answers, i'm rubbish.

stefejb

If you're in and around london then check out londonisfree.com - some great ideas there

Lesley_Gaye

thanks for all these ideas guys.

Had a look at the freebie cinema tickets, but there weren't any near me, will keep an eye out tho

The Megabus sounds good, had a look at the site but I don't think I could use it as there is nothing near me. But might be able to use it once I had got to London to go further afield, and maybe use the free stuff in london

LameWolf

Design your own birthday/Yule/other celebration cards on the PC.

I did all our wedding stationery usinf Microsoft Publisher.

You can be as creative as your imagination allows, you get stuff you'd not find in the shops, and you can personalise it if you want.

I also do our annual kitchen calendars on Publisher, using holiday photos taken with the digital camera for the pictures.

Lesley_Gaye

LameWolf wrote: »

Design your own birthday/Yule/other celebration cards on the PC.

I did all our wedding stationery usinf Microsoft Publisher.

You can be as creative as your imagination allows, you get stuff you'd not find in the shops, and you can personalise it if you want.

I also do our annual kitchen calendars on Publisher, using holiday photos taken with the digital camera for the pictures.

I like the idea of the calendar. I do greetings cards (when I don't use ecards!), but I could do calendars etc with the photo's, they would look lovely. I'm sure my Mum would like one of those with her great grandchildren on.

LameWolf

I originally started doing the calendars because I wanted one showing Pagan festivals, and the only ones I could find in the shops cost an arm and a leg! So pretty MS really!:j

kal25

If it's raining why not try online bingo? There are plenty that give u free start up money - so u can play for free and if ur lucky u could make some money too.:D
u could look through here

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=896559&highlight=free+bingo

could keep u entertained for a good few hours/days/weeks.
kal25