CURRENT MISSION

Recently became a dad (his name's Barney, and he's brilliant!) so not able to host at the mo, but want to keep in touch with the project

ABOUT ME

Blimey, where to start? I've spent the last ten years working in or around politics, including as an elected local councillor and as an activist for the UK liberal party. That's wound down a lot in the last year or so since we moved back to my home town of Sunderland and i'm now much less stressed and far more easy going.

I love to travel, mostly in Europe (we're so lucky to have so much variety on our doorstep!). i've had this silly target of visiting every EU capital by time time I'm 30, and i'm just about there...

I live with my partner Laura here in Sunderland, which is a great city on the north east coast of England. Sunderland's got a really proud past and has a great future, but is under rated by many people - come and see why they're wrong!

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live; explore your world; do no harm.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We'd love to host people here in Sunderland, to help introduce people to this beautiful part of the world, and help people explore Europe, which we're so lucky to be part of.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We've hosted once, which we really enjoyed. Yet to surf.

Interests

Politics (though i won't ram it down your throat!), travel (obviously), beer, books, music,

• books
• beer
• partying
• politics
• traveling
• music
• canoeing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It's not an amazing acheivement, but i found my three weeks in NZ in 2009 an absolutely amazing experience. Highligh was canoeing in Milford Sound.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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