Mark (59) from Wiltshire

If you're still smiling by the time you get to the end of my list then send me a message.

Ambition - to still have most of my marbles when I'm old
Animals - Burmese cat (deceased)

Birthplace - Doncaster, Yorkshire
Bottom - pertness decreasing
Bicycle - yes
Binoculars - 25 x 100

Car - yes
Clothes - as occasion demands

Dependants - none
Disappointments - finding out what pop tarts were

Ears - independently wiggleable
Eyes - hazel

Fears - unsightly nose hair, quantitative easing, ear hair becoming more of a concern too
Feet - size 10

Hands - slender, inquisitive
Health - good
Hobbies - hedonism (strictly amateur), gilding lilies
Housing - Victorian terraced cottage in a small village

Imagination - A flighty beast given to soaring off into the stratosphere at the slightest provocation
Interests (some) - art, astronomy, cake, cinema, dancing, haiku, people, philosophy, politics, reading, R4, theatre, walking, wild flowers

Lips - very kissable
Looks - aesthetically challenged

Marital status - single
Music - Eclectic, not much country

Personality - up-front shell obscuring a deeper shyness
Politics - leftish, greenish
Profession - freelance electronics design engineer

Qualifications - Bsc (Hons) Physics/Electronics

Religion - devout atheist
Relationships - over 19 years with one person (not recently)
Romantic - yes

Sense of humour - yes
Sex - male (mostly)
Sexuality - adventurous
Smoke - no

Teeth - own
Telescope - 406 mm Newtonian reflector on Dobsonian mount
Turn-off - jealousy, pop-sox
Turn-on - elegance, reciprocal desire, taut elastic

Underwear - black and lacy

Weight - 15.5 st - approximately
Willy - average

All I'm looking for are intelligent, independent, imaginative women with a sense of adventure - this doesn't necessarily mean jumping off tall structures etc.

Most of us are here because we've failed at monogamy, probably more than once. What I'm trying to do is have a go at an alternative approach to see if it's any more sustainable. I have some experience of polyamory but not as much as I'd like and certainly not enough to come to any conclusions.

I'm definitely not trying to set myself up as some sort of uber-stud or build a harem. I already have quite a few female friends but they are for the most part platonic relationships and there aren't any plans to change that fact. Quite what I am trying to do is somewhat less well defined, something more considered and respectful than swinging or dogging, not that I've anything against those fine traditions. I'm open for discussions on polyamory or anything else you feel like raising.

Very few of us will end our time on this planet wishing we had spent more time at work. On the other hand quite a few of us will wish we'd more fully explored what we are capable of while our bits were still in reasonable working order.

I'm not very interested in one-night stands or women below their mid 40's. Although knowing me I probably wouldn't put up too much resistance if we both felt the chemistry was there.

If you are into soaps, big brother or sleb' culture generally then please feel free to ignore me. If the thought of going to the Edinburgh Festival, Minack, ICA, Hay Festival, Portmeirion, V&A, Luxor, Tate Modern/Britain etc or live music from blues to classical is more your thing then do the opposite.

Please form an orderly queue - this is called irony, it's a bit like brassy but not as shiny.

No smokers please.