Phitoness (47) from Hampshire

Hi, I'm Mark, I'm a young 45 (yeh - Part of me still hasn't grown up) but still mature and responsible, most of the time anyway. I'm kind, caring, fun, enjoy laughing, I am relaxed and sensitive. A man in touch with both his masculine and feminine sides. I'm generally outgoing, but can be rediculously shy if I particularly like someone. I have enjoyed playing squash and badminton but do not have any opponents at the moment. I enjoy evenings in, cooking and long baths, cinema and theatre, I enjoy Kayaking on rivers and sea and have enjoyed ski-ing (would like to get back into it), I enjoy travelling and the great outdoors but am equally happy at home with my music, reading and dvds. I am divorced (my fault primarily), the slim side of average and reasonably fit, though could do with playing more squash.

I have not given up on life and am seeking new adventures to which end I have taken the step of quiting work (long term local government) to spend a year in the Caribean to explore my passion for diving. Currently I am a Scuba Diving Instructor. I have recently been in Tobago for 5 months working for a marine survey charity called coral cay conservation. I am now on the Island of Utila off Honduras where I have just become a Scuba Instructor and hope to be out there for another two months. Then I am hoping to travel america and the caribean until the end of September 2010 when I will be returning to the UK.

The travelling has made me a little rough around the edges but I clean up pretty well when I have the time, facilities and inclination.

I have friends who are important to me, some are female and I love them dearly as friends. A recent relationship went sour because of the ladies jealousy of my female friends. I do not deal well with jealous people! I consider myself to be honest, reliable and trustworthy and do my best to live up to these ideals but I am not perfect and would never claim to be. I have made mistakes in the past and hope that I have learned from them.

I am looking for friends and possibly that special person, but am not in a great hurry, I'd rather take my time and meet the miss rights rather than, well I'm sure you get my drift. I very much appreciate a beautiful smile and sparkling eyes or is that sparkling smile and beautiful eyes, and my preference is for the slight rather than the not so slight. I hope you will forgive the frankness of that last sentence!