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"Shy elderly guy who needs taking out of himself. "

Widowed 2 years.Mentally alert, fit, and active in reasonably good health. Mainly looking for companionship - at my age a bit shy to think it could lead to anything else, though who knows!. Enjoys walks, good food, reminiscing, reading, current affairs. Researching family history & an incomplete medical history project. Happy to go to theatre, opera, films, concerts etc ..OL

none, but not averse to them

Location

'Beaminster' - Yeovil, Dorset, South West (UK)

Marital Status	Widowed		Orientation	Straight
Has Children	Yes - but not living with me		Heritage	White
Wants Children	No		Education	None Selected
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Hair Colour	Bald		Eye Colour	None Selected
Height	5' 11'' (1.8m)		Body Type	Average
Religion	None Selected		Politics	Centre-Left
Smokes	No		Drinks	Social drinker
Dietary Preferences	No Restrictions		Like Animals	Not bothered
			Star Sign	Libra

Occupation:

retired Surgeon

Education:

Private boarding schools which failed to make me 'posh'. University (medcial school).

Heritage:

Born London, lived many places as young child until from 11 to 18 in NE Essex. Most of rest of my student and working life in London. Retired first to Devon (had a sailing boat on River Dart); now in small town in west Dorset.

Religion:

C of E by upbringing, now a bit 'lapsed' though still go to church on occasions

Politics:

Once an active Lib Dem. Now just watch in horror on the sidelines.

Appearance:

Tallish, bald, whats left of hair white, ugly teeth, a bit paunchy round the middle, but a happy disposition.

Languages Spoken:

French, French, lived after WW2 Austria and Italy as child when couls speak basic German & italina - now mainly forgotten

Musical Instruments played:

none!

Music Enjoyed:

Choral, Classical, Folk, Opera

Sports and exercise:

Athletics, Rugby, Sailing, Skiing, T'ai Chi, Tennis, none actively now. Rugby, sailing and skiing the only ones I ever did seriously

Interests and activities:

Concerts, Countryside, Eating Out, Friends, Gardening, History, Politics, Reading, Theatre, Travel, Walking, Writing

Animals and Pets:

none, but not averse to them

Newspapers and magazines:

The Times, The Oldie,

Books:

Bill Bryson, Charles Dickens, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, George Orwell, Ian Fleming, John Le Carré, Julian Barnes, Martin Amis,, Nick Hornby, Salman Rushdie, Sebastian Faulks, Shakespeare while I have read and enjoyed novels by the above (Shakespeare of course didn't write novels), and belong to a book club, my main reading is non-fiction especially history, biography, medical or science

Favourite Films:

Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Seven Samurai, I've only ticked the one's I remember seeing. I go perhaps 2 or 3 times a year to well reviewed modern films or when dragged by friends

Enjoyable evening out:

Restaurant, Pub, Theatre, opera, concert

Favourite Dishes:

Lemongrass and ginger marinated chicken, Lobster Thermidor, Pate de Foie Gras, Smoked Salmon, Veal Escalope, any good dish tastily cooked, especially fresh fish

Ideal Holiday:

A cruise? perhaps round Australia &/or New Zealand where I have cousins and friends and my parents lived for a while

In another life:

I have no yen to be any of the above - just perhaps a better, kinder, more successful version of the on the whole lovely life I have been lucky enough to live.

Personality:

Affectionate, Adventurous, Aware, Caring, Confident, Considerate, Disorganised, Friendly, Humorous, Imaginative, Independent, Loving, Modest, Practical, Reserved, Romantic, Sentimental, Thoughtful, Tolerant, golly - am I all these things?! - perhaps these are what I would like to think I am or aspire to. My family say I have a celtic short fuse (my irish and scottish blood), but this never lasts.

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