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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 64, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • property professional............semi retired
  • well
  • From Salford
  • Profile 55% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

winding down

ABOUT ME

Grumpy, in the Victor Meldrew tradition......getting creaky joints

Keen on history, literature, sailing, backpacking, world travel.

Involved in mountain leadership with youth groups and adults.

PHILOSOPHY

live and let live

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have had a great welcome from individuals and families round the world and would like to give something back by way of local knowledge,to encourage people to visit this area.
I also welcome walkers from the Pennine Way, who may need some "luxury" after roughing it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None....but have hostelled and camped extensivly in the U.K.and abroard.

A friend in Edinburgh has started couchsurfing recently and speaks highly of the whole idea.

Interests

as above, but includes D.I.Y......of necessity!

  • literature
  • folklore
  • traveling
  • opera
  • backpacking
  • sailing
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Nothing after the Beatles

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seen Mount Fuji in winter, the Grand Canyon at sunset, The Golden Gate Bridge, Sidney Opera House and have climbed Half Dome in Yosemite.
Walked to Milford Sound in New Zealand, the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island and saw the sun rise over Machu Pichu in Peru.
Spoke ernestlly to pelicans in the Galapagos and filmed tapier and humpback whales in Costa Rica.
(Didn't ride the Maid of the Mist at Niagera)

Teach, Learn, Share

Oh yes..forgot...I did a course on "teaching English as a foreign language" too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Saint Lucia, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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