Swashbuckler (40) from North Yorkshire

Romance is not dead.

It's just been really poorly.

Well, when I say really poorly I mean it's a bloke, and it had a sniffle, and has been tucked up under a duvet playing on the xbox and making whimpering noises.

I you are looking for a manly man who does manly things then prepare to be disappointed. I don't like lager or football, and I have no idea how my car works. I also kinda suck at DIY, but I am more than happy to try(scared yet?). Black tape can fix almost anything. I don't do a bad job of flat packs though.

I work in a school which is fab because there is always something new to learn. Whether I learn it in a lesson or off one of the kids, there's nothing better than a question you don't know the answer to. Made nylon the other day, and we made ice cream for Christmas. Hoping to get onto biodiesel next.


I like to think I have a good sense of humour (I drive a skoda)(No longer true as my lovely silly truck has now died. This saddens me)
I'm fairly bright and can hold a conversation with your face, unless you are wearing a particularly pretty top.
I can sing and dance badly, but with enthusiam

The last three DVDs I bought were: Bagpuss, Doctor Who, and Red Beard by Akira Kurosawa. Can you see a connection? Been shopping since then. Got Hero, Robots, and Equilibrium. And Lily Allen's album. Got some cheese and veg as well but that really doesn't make for good reading.

Spend my spare (Ha!) time flying big kites, playing with swords (although hopefully not in a "He was a quiet bloke who kept himself to himself" sort of way), and studying for my degree.

I also love to use my son as an excuse to get paint everywhere and get grass stains on my clothes.




Observations and Ramblings

I'm a bit worried by the fact that all the ladies are saying they don't want "no strings sex". Does that mean the alternative has strings attached? I'm not sure which is worse.


Bit confused by the body types listed. You can be average, or Cuddly. I thought a Cuddly WAS average

My god don't blokes talk some twaddle? "Hi, I'm really hard and muscley and I like kittens and flowers and poetry and babies. I play rugby for the Klingons and love to go to the ballet. What I'm really looking for is a shag and I'll say anything if I think it'll help. Now here are the lyrics to a song I downloaded off the net."

Whilst living in Germany I was the proud owner of a stick deodorant with the instructions printed on the side "Remove Cap, Push up bottom"

I start the day being annoyingly cheerful, and calm down to relatively chipper in the evenings. After drinking I just get silly, never grumpy. I'm a tad theatrical in pretty much everything I do so you need to have a sense of humour, and a lot of patience.

What am I looking for?
I find the following things particularly attractive in a woman.
1) A pulse
2) A brain
3) A clue
4) An opinion
5) A smile
6) My cooking

What are you looking for?

Oh, and the smoking bit.
It's once in a blue moon, never indoors, never in sight of kids, never in the car, and usually with a pint in one hand.