I have been out of the 'dating' game for many a long year now.

I met my squeeze on the internet, our mutual love of Doctor Who was the conversation opener.

I get out to see friends in Edinburgh every once and a while and I frequently meet up and chat to my lovely neighbours (the once that cooked roast dinners and dug out my better half over Christmas).

I wish I could see and speak more to my friends down south but it takes an age and costs a bomb to get there and most of them aren't on the internet because they are too scared of the technology or financial strapped to afford it so it's mostly the telephone with them.

There are lots of interesting places to go and see around here, when the weather and my energy levels permit.