Hi there!
My name is Louis. I live on a small Island in the Orkney Isles, a small group of Islands situated off the north coast of Scotland. I'm married and we have one child together.

I was born and brought up at the Lighthouse on the Island, as my dad was a Lighthouse keeper.

The nearest town, Kirkwall is about 30 miles away and you need to take either a boat or a plane to there. There's only one small shop on the Island, so we get most of our supplies from Kirkwall.

I studied at College for 4 years before leaving in 2009.

Like many people on the Island i have several part time and seasonal jobs. My main work however is currently is at the local school. I also am part of a few local groups where i volunteer my time towards meetings to help and support with organising events and celebrations. I also have recently got a new job working at the local airfield. 

I do love travelling and have a great interest in the natural world. Anything related to working with animals and/or the environment while travelling at the same time would be an ideal job for me!

I joined Interpals for the reason to get to know people from around the world, to learn and share all about each others different cultures and everyday life. I And maybe even to meet a few more penpals!

I would describe myself as being down to earth and sensible. I can come across as being rather quiet, shy and socially awkward to begin with when I first meet new people. But once you get to know me I can be quite talkative. I'm open minded in general and also a deep thinker.

Towards others I would say I'm friendly, respectful, sensitive, caring and kind.

Please bare with me if I'm not replying back that quickly. I have more work than ever and a son who's a toddler so my time spent online here is more limited.

I'm open to exchanging possible short letters with postcards, photos, interesting articles, brochure, leaflets or newspaper clippings, souvenirs and other little things related to you and your interests and about where you live. I welcome messages from anyone, from any part of the world. Your age, race, gender doesn't matter to me. Just as long as your nice, friendly and genuine!

So don't be shy in sending me a message! I prefer private messages but wall posts are o.k as well. I'll do my best to reply to everyone. However if I don't manage to reply back to you please don't take it as an offence. I may just be busy and not have time.

Not much time for hobbies these days. Most of my free time I'm playing with my son and teaching him about the world around. But I have a wide range of interests! Here are just a few of them:

Gardening I'm very interested in anything to do with nature, animals and plants. We have a small garden here at home which we grow mainly vegetables, but other things as well including a few small trees.

Baking and cooking
Cycling
Jigsaws
Going for long walks and beachcombing
Geography and anything to do with maps
Astronomy
Board Games and Card Games
Human Body
Taking photos and videos of the natural world
Steam Trains
Some History
Vintage vehicles

Making models. Mainly aeroplanes but also boats, cars and more! Wood carving

And travelling of course! It's a huge passion of mine being what I believe a great education!

I like various song artists and various types of music.
This includes:
The Byrds
Nelly Furtado
Pink
Bryan Adams
Sarah Mclachlan
Katy Perry
Avril Lavigne
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Sheryl Crow
The Corrs
Tift Merritt
Tom Petty
Fleetwood Mac
Linda Ronstadt
Speedway
Bruce Springsteen
Neil Young
Alanis Moressette
Taylor Swift
Sandra McCracken
John Cougar Mellencamp
I didn't really get interested in music till my mid teens when my dad got me into it! Now I find music means a lot to me in my life.

I like Comedy's, adventure, warfilms and true stories mainly. But also some Romantic comedies and family movies.

Film titles include: Big Daddy, Meet the Parents, The Dam Busters, 633 Squadron, Alive, The Island on Bird Street, Titanic, The Pianist, Memphis Belle, The Buttercream Gang, The Terminal, The World's Fastest Indian, Black Beauty, Wallace and Gromit movies, Secondhand Lions, The Closing of the Ring, Witness, Heidi, The Railway Children, Castaway, Leap Year, Jane Eyre (2006 version), The Courageous Heart of Irene Sandler, What lies beneath, Halflight, Big, The Turn of the Screw, Harry Potter films, The Imitation Game and likely many more!

Mainly documentaries, survival and nature programmes. But a few other types of programs occasionally as well.
This includes Bear Gryllis, Natural World, Timewatch, Horizon, Big cat diaries, Ray Mears, Springwatch, Autumnwatch, the old Simpsons, Stargate SG1, Air Crash Investigations, Great British Bake off, Strictly Come Dancing, Grimm and more!

I don't have the time so much nowadays to read but I did like a mixture of books especially adventure, true stories and fantasy. Book titles include:
Harry Potter, Northern Lights Trilogy, Treasure Island, Kidnapped, As far as my feet will carry me, The Breadwinner and various true stories by Paul Dowswell. Some of the authors I like include Philip Pullman, JK Rowling and  Robert Louis Stevenson. I also like reading non fiction books about countries from around the world, books related to Science, some history and more!

"Do not fear mistakes -  There are none." Miles Davis

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all" Dale Carneige

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." Nelson Mandela

"Treasure your relationships, not your possessions"

"Most people walk in and out of your life but only friends leave footprints in your heart"

"Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of the heart"

"It's not what lies in the outside that counts, but what lies in the inside"

"Friendship is the golden ribbon that ties the world together"

"In the end we only regret the chances we didn't take. The relationships we were scared to have and the decisions we waited too long to make. There comes a time in your life when you realise who matters, who doesn't, who never did and who always will. So don't worry about the people from your past there's a reason they didn't make it to your future."