I enjoy reading - usually crime thrillers or mysteries set in historic periods. I prefer country life to city life and grow vegetables and fruit on a small allotment.I crochet simple things from time to time. I am learning Catalan to enhance my first trip to the Pyrenees in Spring. Hoping a pen pal can help me!I have spent much of my life on the moors of Scotland and on farms. I often House-sit - looking after dogs and horses while their owners take a holiday.I live in a very beautiful part of England surrounded daily by nature and wildlife but just a short bus-ride into an historic city.