[Cuddles]

Isn't that what men are for though, Annie?

There you go - online profile sorted! 
Wanted: man for life in the great outdoors!  Must be willing to get mucky in the barn and naughty in the hay loft.
PS your main job will be to do all the heavy lifting!

[waterbuffalofarmer]

Maybe rather than having a 'dating' sub-board, perhaps we could have a 'local networking' sub-board where we set up little TAS friendship, networking and support groups?  If romance develops from those groups too well all well and good, and if not then at least the individual has a wider circle of friends.

I'm not interested in dating, but I am interested in meeting others with similar interests in my area with a view to the odd night out, sharing equipment and experience, and helping one another out at busy times (lambing, shearing, illness or holiday cover etc).

I've met some brilliant people through the local RBST group and Goat Club, but most are just that bit too far away for me to ask them to 'pop in and check on the animals twice a day' if I'm away for the weekend or have an overnight away for work.  I do have one person in the locality that can do this for me, and I return the favour for her horses and dogs, but it would be nice to have a wider circle in the area with experience of different livestock.

I think that is a brilliant idea [member=132794]Scarlet.Dragon[/member]  It would certainly be very good and you would of course have been chatting to the people in question, instead of it being a total stranger.

[Penninehillbilly]

Like the idea Scarlett Dragon, there was talk of a meet-up in Yorkshire,  but we haven't found the time yet :-).