Everyone looks better with the rosy flush of fresh air and exercise anyway. The companies below offer a range of activities for singles throughout the year, from climbing nights to go-karting and white-water rafting. Many also offer longer breaks and holidays; check their websites for details.

SPEED BREAKS
In the past four years, Speed Breaks has expanded from organising ski weekends for singles to activity days that include climbing and walking. Londoners can meet like-minded people on a cycle tour around Richmond Park, for example, or on the climbing wall at Swiss Cottage Sports centre, northwest London. Speed Breaks is London-based, but there are walks organised near Chipping Norton in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, and Wendover woods in the Chilterns, Oxfordshire. Those with a love of water can take to the waves sailing in the Solent. Book in advance as places sell quickly, particularly for women.
Age From 25-55
Cost Activity days start from £24.95 Contact 0845 8382600; www.speedbreaks.co.uk


RSVP
Established in 1992, the dating company RSVP takes a candid approach to its introductions, with its activities an accompaniment to the real adventure of finding romance. If you fancy going off the beaten track, RSVP offers go-karting, gliding and wakeboarding days as well as cycling and walking. Activities scheduled for the next few months include walks in Rutland, Leicestershire, the Dunstable Downs in Bedfordshire and Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, as well as white-water rafting and archery. Specific dates to be confirmed.
Age From 25-55; a separate section, called Better Times, is for the over-55s.
Cost Membership, which is a one-off payment, costs from £345, plus a monthly fee of £19.99. Activities cost extra.
Contact 0800 5427262; www.rsvp-int.co.uk


ESSENTIAL ADVENTURE
If navigating the frothy water of a river rapid sounds too intense, why not try bonding while canoeing or kayaking. Essential Adventure doesn’t limit itself to unusual water activities; there’s abseiling, bushcraft (lessons in wilderness survival), caving, climbing and coasteering, which is a cross between climbing, jumping and swimming around and on the coast. Events take place all over Devon. Minimal fitness and no experience required.
Age Open to all age groups and abilities.
Cost One day, from £40; two from £75
Contact 01395 271156; www.essential-adventure.co.uk


SPICE UK
When it comes to finding love, Spice UK thinks it has found the secret formula. Set up 25 years ago, the company boasts more than 15,000 members. Dave Smith, its nationwide co-ordinator, says: “The emphasis is on like-minded people coming to have fun, but unbelievably we can’t keep up with the number of weddings.” Although the group is based in Manchester, activities are arranged regionally. Which means that everything from bungee jumping to golf lessons, paragliding and hot-air ballooning is within your reach.
Age From 18 and over
Cost Membership fees from £29.37
Contact 0161-873 8788; www.spiceuk.com


RAMBLERS ASSOCIATION
Walking and talking over mountains, dales, heaths and beaches might just prove the perfect combination. As its name suggests, Ramblers organises a vast range of group walks as well as providing a framework for anyone who is interested in the institution of walking in Britain. Ruth Wembridge, the association’s head of membership recruitment, says: “We have lots of members who’ve met and married through walking, and you never know who you might meet.”
Age All ages welcomed
Cost Annual membership £14-£24; lifetime membership £600
Contact 020-7339 8500; www.ramblers.org.uk


BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION
Help your heart by helping others. The British Heart Foundation is renowned for organising high-profile fundraising activities, such as the London to Brighton bike ride in June, as well as sponsored walks and swims. The fearless could try tandem skydiving, sharing the exhilaration of jumping out of a plane with somebody else has got to be intense, in a good way.
Age Generally open to all
Cost You can make donations to the British Heart Foundation online; see details below
Contact 020-7935 0185; www.bhf.org.uk

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