I feel it is important to note the CS errors to my profile. I give 100% response, ALWAYS. The reason for no responses in past 2 years was CS changed from a free service to a paid service when a world pandemic meant no travel. I have only just subscribed (Oct 21) and already responded to everything I couldn't access, 100%.
Also, of the 62 references, 60 are from surfers/guests, 2 from hosts. NONE are from personal. They should change this, it's irritating and misleading. In their opinion, I have hosted just 47 from 29 countries. I have hosted over a hundred, not sure how many countries but more than 29...CS Fake News. End of rant.

CURRENT MISSION

To let the world know that Wales is the best country in the world and to see it is to love it .

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO READ MORE THAN ONE REFERENCE; BUT IF YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO READ ONE, PLEASE READ THE ONE FROM ANA + GWEN. IT IS PURE GENIUS !!!

ABOUT ME

charming, friendly, funny, intelligent, resourceful and creative, childish and full of energy.

My most loved description of me is by my 30 yr old Polish best friend who thinks she is my mother

"Beeeeelllll, you're like a child"

PHILOSOPHY

If you care what I look like, I don't care what you think

It isn't how you start but how you finish that counts

I am as comfortable with the queen at the palace as I am with the gypsy travellers at the caravan site

I don't know how to act my age, I've never been this age before

PLEASE NOTE, NOT AVAILABLE EVER IN JAN OR FEB OF ANY YEAR

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My home is open to anyone. I have many hundreds of friends in many dozens of countries and I love them all.

I am a fun, friendly and very entertaining host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

THIS COUCHSURFING SITE IS VERY IGNORANT. THERE IS NO SUCH COUNTRY AS UNITED KINGDOM.....I live in WALES and when you visit me you will remember that you came to WALES, NOT uk
Jan 2019, doing a far east trip for whole of Jan and having a go at CS myself for a change. It's early days yet (writing this 27 Dec 2018) but so far, can I just say how WONDERFUL the people in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam are, getting so many lovely messages and offers.....Vietnam, I am so now looking forward to your country, you wonderful people have already made me feel so welcome even a month before i arrive. 2020 update. Vietnam was as amazing as I expected, wonderful country. Hong Kong was awful experience and now would rate it as worst country I ever visited. My visit to Thailand was life changing....completely. I am glad I went to China last year and not this year and swimming with dolphins in Singapore was brilliant.

Interests

European youth work and learning. Culture, history, geography, seeing new places and old buildings, reading, teaching others and .....football (well of course football :-P )

• culture
• reading
• soccer
• geography
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Burning Shore, A time to Kill, Pillars of the Earth and Fall of Giants
I like Sci Fi and legal films and series (Orphan Black, Parenthood, Gilmore Girls, Warehouse 13, Everwood, Grimm, Discovery of Witches).
Whenever I listen to the radio, daytime, night or in my car, I only ever listen to TalkSport Radio. Hawksbee and Jacobs and the 2 Mikes are my favourite, but if I now ever do listen to music it is either hip hop and house music mainly (and of course Ellie Goulding).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have many amazing things actually, but my current favourite achievement is that I have visited every single Capital City of Europe 52/52 (I don't count Vatican as a city or a country, it's a church, but if you do, then I've been to 53 :-D ). Amongst some of the other amazing things I have done in my life is Bomb Disposal. I was a Bomb Disposal expert in Northern Ireland in 1980. A few of bucket list things I have done...swam with Dolphins and played with elephants, looked down into a volcano, seen the northern lights, been around Auschwitz and Sanchehaussen, been down inside the Pyramids and the Vietnam War Tunnels, been on the Great Wall of China, Colosseum all around Red Square, Times Square and Tiananmen Square, Twin Towers memorials in New York, cruised around Bahamas and Caribbean and produced 3 amazing sons.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to teach (and to learn) and I have 200 years of experience. I know a lot about a lot and there are not many subjects that I am not able to discuss with interest
I am a professional youth worker and a father of 3, grandfather of 2 and I have a special affinity with young people in particular.
I do spend a lot of time on facebook as so many hundreds of my wonderful, personal close friends live there (I have brought more than 400 young people and youth workers from about 40 countries to Wales for projects and many, I have changed their lives). This is from a message I received only yesterday (March 2020) "I wanted to tell you THANK YOU for my first project. It changed my life and opened up to English and opened the door to the world. This project gave me confidence and faith in my own abilities". Never stop learning or teaching.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am funny, creative and kind.
I can talk for Wales.
I can cook. I know a lot about a lot.
I am very respectful.
My verbal and written English is of a very high standard so I can help with virtually anything concerning the English language that you need to know.
I have travelled the world and run European youth projects and can teach you anything you want to know about this.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Wales