Here goes then - a little bit about me. Retired for a few years now (early retirement I might add) and enjoying every minute of it. But who said retirement was easy - I wonder how there was time to go to work!

It gives me time to get out in the garden (fair weather gardening for the most part) and spend a lot of time with Stephen indoors too. It's just as well we like similar things and enjoy each others company (we've not thrown anything (or should that be much) at each other yet!) My tastes in music are just as diverse as Stephen's, including anything from classical, through golden oldies up to trance and chillout, a bit too old to go out clubbing with the twinks but there's plenty of places for us to go and enjoy a night out with friends.




I enjoy the Internet to a point (i.e. want to fall asleep when someone gets technical). I also enjoy watching TV (when there's anything decent on) or relaxing to watch a DVD with a G&T or a cup of tea, depending on the mood, the type of DVD and on whether we have company. It's nice to have friends visit, but it's also nice to have time to relax on our own.

Holidays I love too, it's not only the being away from the British weather for two (or more) weeks at a time, but we enjoy meeting new friends we've spoken to through the Internet and exploring other countries
. As will become apparent as you go through the site we love California - been across seven times now on vacation and can honestly say we never tire of it - we have some great friends over there, one in particular who we love to bits - the only problem is we have to come back to the UK after our trip.

One thing that is very important to me is friendship and loyalty in that friendship - sometimes people take advantage of it and of my good nature, but those people always get found out.

It doesn't matter where you are from, but please be prepared to send a photo with your e.mail (or a link to a website with one on). It's always much better to be able to put a face to the messages (and no, we don't respond to "msn" or "cam?" e.mails either).





Image1: San Jacinto Mountain, Palm Springs.
Image2: Pool at Desert Bear, Palm Springs..
Image3: Embarcadero, San Francisco.
Image4: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco.
Image5: Lloret de Mar, Spain..