I am a retired guy who was lucky to get early retirement to enjoy life. I love travelling, eating out,meeting people, dancing . I am an outdoor kind of guy and am into fishing and hillwalking and photography. I am curious about other, people's cultures and countries which is partly why I am on here. Only interested in corresponding with folk who may find me ,my interests, my country and my language skills of some value. I am not on the site to find a wife or partner as I am already happily married. May be this is enough to go on with for the moment.
Oh! I should say that if I call past your profile I am not stalking you, I kind of see this site as a portrait gallery and I treat it as I would a beautiful exhibition in an art gallery. Take it as a compliment if I stop to view.

Spent most of my working life in education helping teach children with special educational needs.  I have a graduate education and I am a native English speaker so enjoy speaking or more accurately messaging people from all over the world who may want to practice English. Sorry, but teaching it here is too time consuming. Would love to chat with people of all ages with a good sense of humour and a bit of fun about them.

Where do I begin? Outdoor pursuits, hillwalking, fishing, photography, gardening, DIY, making nice picture frames, driving nice cars, reading, cinema, eating out in nice restaurants, drinking fine wine,meeting and socialising with people of a like mind and those who have an interesting side to them!! Oh! I like travelling very much.

General, popular, folk, celtic, country etc. Usually pieces I can play on my guitar, if I try hard enough!! Still trying very hard but my fingers seem to have a mind of their own!! lol

Dances with Wolves, Zulu, Taken, Ronin, Leon,Saving Private Ryan,and the feminine side of me likes, The Wedding Singer, The Holiday, Bridget Jones== honest I do watch them occasionally. Just watched an amazing funny film. 'What We Did on Our Holidays' An absolute beauty.

Spiral, Virgin River, 24, Homeland, and lots more.

Historical fiction. Non fiction related to modern history, well at least the past two centuries!! Presently into Bernard Cornwell stuff.

'A place for everything and everything in its place'

Why do things today when you can put them off until tomorrow!!!

"I have always been impressed by the fact that there are a surprising number of individuals who never use their minds if they can avoid it, and an equal number who do use their minds, but in an amazingly stupid way."-Carl Jung

Not everything that appears obvious to you is obvious to everyone.