What kind of hobbies do you like
Hello Craig, welcome to the forum. Do tell us about your self and your connection to France.
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Funniest reply to @stella I’ve read forever 
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I somehow never spotted this thread, it seems to have been pretty exciting at the start 
Now Malmstone est entrain de draguer Stella.
À l’eau, c’est l’heure @Craig_Malmstone 
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Get yer coat, yer pulled.
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Oh young man - if I were younger !! - and not just recently widowed.. I’d be very keen to meet - but only because of the motorbike and the 4 berth campervan - yum, yum, yum. !!! (And yes, come from a motor-bike family and rode pillion when I was just 5 years old) - and can remember the days with no helmets, no leathers - just sheer freedom !!
I’m sorry you seemed to have caught a few people on their bad days - shame when it happens to quite a few at the same time !!
I’d suggest - and even if you are fluent in french - try to meet and join some of the english ex-pat groups - they’re not all ‘oldies’, often are a mine of information about everything french - and the social scene can be quite fun. And then you’ll find your circle of friends widening. Although in an older age group than yourself my late husband and I never found ourselves doing ‘bridge’ or the knitting - good grief, not likely. Just before my husband died I had been aqua-biking, done go-karting, and tried zip-wiring - which I wanted to repeat….
Enjoy your new adventure - another chapter in your life. Remember - if you’re looking for a partner or ‘special’ female friend in your age group, chances are if they’re a widow they’ll feel exactly the same way about meeting someone new, and they’ll have similar outlook on life (ie tolerant, broad-minded, same sense of humour and life experience).
Good luck. enjoy your new life - and new friendships, both male and female….. !!!
Steady on there, Concorde.
A bit early to reveal such previous exploits, no ?
Oh KarenLot - not really, just remembering my younger days - when life was free and fun !! Some of us oldies do have interesting life experiences - and I just love the smell of hot oil and the sound of a powerful motor bike !!
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Looks like a two stroke Yamaha to me 
Hum. You could be making it worse now
It’s your imagination young lady !! Could go on and mention the ‘throb’ of an engine’ and the hot exhaust pipe - or maybe I should stop right now !!!
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Nah, the tingle of a big Japanese sports bike is what the ladies like.
I miss my old Suzuki 1100, but the rural roads and my taking months to heal the smallest scratch these days told me four wheels is better than two out here.
You bring back fond memories of riding from Bonar Bridge to Thurso in Scotland along the A9 with a young lady on the back of my Honda 550… Lots of bends on that road requiring clenched thighs from Madame. 
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I’ve been very tempted to try a Quad bike; or one of those american 3 wheeler jobs - 1 wheel at the front, long wheelbase - and 2 back wheels - don’t know official term but I’m sure you know the type of bike I mean. Isn’t horrible when we are forced to make practical decisions !!
(Think this is what is termed ‘topic drift !!!)
I have never been a biker but back in the 80’s I had a motorbike mad apprentice. I often think of him and hope he is still around and realised his biking insanity before it was too late.
I remember one weekend he announced he was going to try and become a member of the end to end club.
One Friday evening he left Sheffield and rode to John-O-Groats in Scotland, arriving there by midnight so allowing himself enough time to get to Lands End in Cornwall on the same day, end to end.
He did it and turned up for work on the Monday morning having rode back to Sheffield on the Sunday.
The madness of youth.
Near us was a notorious S bend where the road ran along the side of a railway cutting before it crossed on a bridge to continue on the opposite side of the cutting.
His group of friends would dare each other to navigate the S at 60mph. There were more spills than thrills!
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It’s getting like True Confessions on this thread
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A friend of mine has the informal (and highly illegal) motocycle speed record for that journey, from the days before ubiquitous speed cameras, doing it in 11 hours 14 minutes on a GPZ750 Turbo.
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The problem with off-road vehicles is that when you crash in the woods, it takes a lot longer for the Blue Lights to get to you.
Or how about two at the front, one at the back…?
Fast forward to 4 mins to skip the walk around