What makes you laugh?

I like situation work placed comedy with a twist, like Green Wing, Dinner Ladies and IT Crowd.  I like to have my silly moments, so anything as long as it is not too dark!  I have to confess that a big reason I fell in love with my husband was because he laughed at my jokes!

What are your greatest achievements?

• Cycling in Egypt and raising over £4k for Sir Robert Winston’s Women for Women charity.

• Reaching the peak of Mount Kenya after a three-day climb.

• And, of course, turning RSVP into the best dating agency in the UK!

I love things that touch the soul – The Lark Ascending, Barber’s Adagio for Strings or Song for Athene.

I also like a wider range of pop music: Doobie Brothers; Whispers; James Blunt; ELO.

Whatever it is, I like it when it makes you feel something, sad, happy etc.

What do you like to read?

A bit like my taste in music, I like things that transport you away from the present.  I love it when I have a book on the go that I just can’t put down.  I do particularly enjoy thrillers and detective novels, but I’ll read anything with a good story.  Once I get my teeth into a novelist that I like, I do tend to read everything I can by them. Recent discoveries have included Jacqueline Winspear and Andrew Martin. 

What’s your perfect day?

A warm day – about 22-26 degrees would be perfect but if not it must be sunny, cold and crisp!  I’d get up late, take a long walk, go to the pub for lunch.  Walk back to where we are staying for a cream tea late afternoon.  When the sun goes down the temperature would fall so we need to light the fire and sit and watch an old movie.  Then I’d cook a lovely dinner!  I have to say Christmas Day is my perfect day!

What, only one?  I couldn’t choose one, but my favourite films include: Groundhog Day; Philadelphia Story with Cary Grant; His Girl Friday or Brief Encounter.  I am, at heart, a romantic, but don’t tell anyone.  Although, I do like a good sci-fi too – like Independence Day - I’m a bit of a Trekkie!

Do you like to travel?

I’m pretty well travelled.  I’ve been to Africa – Kenya; Uganda and Rwanda.  I loved exploring Egypt.  I loved seeing the Northern Lights in Iceland.  I’ve also been whale watching in the Azores.  I adore San Francisco and the fantastic coastline to the north.  I’d still like to go to the Galapagos, Antarctic and Canada.  But I have to say I am rather conscious of polluting the atmosphere by flying these days.  But that is okay, because I absolutely love Scotland, so, as long as I can spend some time there, I am pretty happy!