Need help with Christmas gift for DF

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Really need help with what to get DFather for Christmas. I've bought him some of his fav alcohol but need something to go with it. Also already got him stuff from my DS. He's retired (now early 60s). Went to gym pre-covid. Likes watching football and horse racing. Is fairly well off so doesn't 'need' anything. I asked him what he wanted but he couldn't suggest anything. Subject to covid I should be seeing him around Christmas so it wouldn't need posting. He doesn't read, cook etc. He does quite like gardening although it seems to becoming a chore lately. He's recently lost his mum (my DGM) so really want something to help put a smile on his face...

What does he drink? If it’s whisky could you get him some whisky stones and Gelncairn glasses. Could you get pictures of your kids made into a calendar for him? Do you have a nice photo of his mum to put in a frame?

Would he like a nice fire pit/garden light?

He drinks gin, maybe some stones/garnishes? I wouldn't dare actually buy something for his garden, it's perfectly manicured and probably wouldn't be welcomed!

Nice jumper from M&S or Next?

Fancy tonics?

Is that you DSis?

So things I have bought my difficult DF over the years;

Gadgets

• iPhone speaker
• Wireless phone charger
• Amazon Echo show
• Digital photo frame

Food/drink

• Cheese club subscription
• Whiskey subscription
• Himalayan pink salt serving platters
• Knives
• Tagine kit
• Spices subscription

Eating out

• Voucher for Michelan star meal
• Voucher for meal up The Shard
• Voucher for Mrs at dine in the dark restaurant London

Random

• Charity subscriptions
• Calendar of pics of GCs

This year I am getting him a WiFi enabled bird box so he can watch chicks hatch

He's a bloody nightmare.

*meal at dine in the dark

I’m getting mine one of those birdhouses with the cameras in that you can link to a tablet or the tv. We’ll have to set it up for him, but I reckon him and my mum will live it. My cousin is also getting one for her parents. God help us of one lot gets a family and one doesn’t 🙈😳😆

Thanks everyone, I didn't know a camera in a birdhouse was a thing but he loves his pigeons so you might've just solved it for me!!

Please can you link to the birdhouse cameras? 🙂

Green Feathers Complete DIY Timber Bird Nest Box with Wireless SD 700TVL Video Camera Kit, Includes Power Extension Cable and RCA to HDMI Adapter www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D599D1N/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_siEOFbG1VPSZH?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

There are other too though, just one example