25 Things Most People Don't Know About Me

1. My Myres-Briggs profile is ISTP... quick thinking & cool head.
2. A typical Gemini - like a liquor chocolate. Hard outside with a centre to take your breath away.
3. I Love change.
4. My favourite drink is red wine, a Malbec from Argentina or a Shiraz from Australia.
5. I want to tango passionately in Argentina with my gorgeous woman before I die.
6. In my youth I’ve skinny-dipped in the Atlantic and in the Mediterranean.
7. A couple of years ago I fractured my shoulder when I fell off my mountain board doing flips.
8. I have been driven round Silverstone at over 200 mph. Frightening.
9. I only drink real coffee, never instant. Am I a snob?
10. In 1996 I appeared in a TV documentary called “Between Heaven and Hell”.
11. My Enneagram is Type One - Reformer.
12. Although I’m scared of heights, I've climbed a telegraph pole to join three others standing on the top.
13. I’m too spontaneous.
14. I’ve taxied in a Lancaster bomber & hugged a 80-year-old who was a rear-gunner in his teens.
15. Thirty years ago I taught myself how to work in stained glass, I haven't done any ages.
16. I like to cook creatively.
17. I’m a meat eater, but I love interesting and unusual soups.
18. I have a list of all the nice things people say about me. Makes me feel good when I’m down.
19. I have seven wrist watches and one pocket watch.
20. Shopping for shirts is one of my vices, I have 37.
21. I lay hedges for a hobby and sometimes pin-money.
22. I love driving my Lotus… a “real” fun car.
23. I look good in autumn colours - browns, greys and bottle greens.
24. On a Friday evening I go fencing for fun… epee and sabre.
25. I do interviews and phone-ins on BBC Local Radio as the Dating Doctor.