SINGLE Karen Medakka thought her love life was looking up when an athletic stranger gave her his phone number.

But then she lost her admirer's contact details in a supermarket.

Now she's hoping the stranger is a Journal reader and will give her a second chance.

Karen, who has been single for the past two years, met the man while doing her weekly shop at Morrisons in Bideford on Thursday, January 12.

She said: "I was just heading into the shop when this man leant out of his car window and started saying 'excuse me, excuse me' in an attempt to get my attention.

"I just expected him to ask for directions or something so when he asked me if I was single I was a bit taken aback. I told him I was and he asked me if I'd mind him giving me his number."

Karen, from Chulmleigh, agreed to take the man's number and described him as very well spoken and friendly. "He seemed like a very nice man and I was going to call him," she said.

But somewhere in the aisles of the supermarket the piece of paper with her mystery man's phone number on it dropped out of her pocket.

Karen said: "When I realised that I'd lost his number the next day. I thought 'oh no, what a typical Friday the 13th disaster'."

Karen met the man at around 12.30pm on Thursday, January 12, and described him as being a similar age to herself, around 40.

The man drove a metallic silver Mini Cooper and had short dark hair. He wore a T-shirt and had an athletic build.

If you are Karen's mystery man – or think you know who he is – get in touch with the Journal by e-mailing editorial@northdevonjournal.co.uk or calling 01271 347440 or contact us on Facebook.