SPEED dating is coming to Ludlow.

Businessman Paul Marriott-Lodge from Craven Arms has organised sessions at the Feathers Hotel in the town.

He says that there are very limited opportunities for people living in rural areas like Ludlow and south Shropshire to get together.

“The night life is very limited and although these kinds of chances to meet are common in larger towns and cities they do not happen in more isolated rural communities.

“I hope that people will have a fun night out and if this leads to further meetings then all well and good.”

The sessions will enable 20 men and women to meet each other briefly for a few minutes and they will have a ‘scorecard’ to indicate if they would like to take things further.

These will be given to the organisers at the end of the evening but no names or contact details will be exchanged without the permission of those taking part.

Mr Marriott-Lodge, aged 54, said that he had been involved in a number of businesses in the past but this was his first venture into speed dating.

The sessions in Ludlow will be in the evening on February 10, 11 and 12.