Guys I am sure you are getting as fed up as I am of these useless waste of space guys I keep encountering. Ok so they're not all entirely useless but you have to admit it seems to be one damp squib of a man after another. The date yesterday with my 'friend' (who had recently proclaimed he'd like to be more than that) was just that - a date with a friend. Sadly for him, I don't feel any fireworks - there is clearly a reason why the move from friends to something more hasn't been made in the seven years since we met, and so that is how we are going to stay, just friends!

But yesterday, I got thinking. My next free weekend is at the end of February. Before then, I have two birthday weekends planned (one in London, one back home), I have to do my Yachtmaster Theory course, I need to get stuck into my dissertation proposal, etc etc... I don't even have time for a fella right now. But, I'm not sure that I even want one. At the Boat Show this weekend I met so many new people, (the majority of whom are doing a leg of the Round-The-World yacht race with me), and I quite like the fact I can flirt away without worrying if I'm going too far, or that I can go out for spontaneous drinks without thinking to myself I should check in with a lad back home.

I've got Army/Navy rugby matches to look forward to, sailing weekends, nights out with work and friends. It's not that I just don't have time for a man but right now I don't even want one! I've got enough on right now thanks...