CURRENT MISSION

Work less

ABOUT ME

Lived in London for the last twenty years and still love it!Incomparable for the arts, there's always something happening. I also love the countryside and happily have family who live in rural Ireland so spend a fair bit of time there. Love Irish traditional music and play the fiddle- so can show you the Irish scene in London.
I love food both cooking and eating out- know millions of great cheap places to eat and some not so cheap...I enjoy meeting people and showing them my adopted city- I love walking through the city- you get such a feel for it on foot, I'm interested in the history of London, and used to work for the Museum of London when I first came here.

PHILOSOPHY

Do as you would be done by, if you don't like something- change it!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've only just joined but have been informally hosting friends of friends for the last twenty years- it just happens if you live in a big city.

Interests

Music, Film,Theatre- the usual stuff and Irish Traditional Music and the BadScience blog- Ben Goldacre is my hero!
I like walking on hackney Marshes and the filter beds- a local nature reserve.
I do some voluntary work with a homeless charity and have met some terrific people there.
I love food and Coffee- cannot survive with out my daily caffeine hit! Know all the best coffe shops in LOndon

• arts
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• walking
• eating out
• socializing
• blogging
• music
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Kate Atkinson, Raymond carver, Primo Levi, Dilbert,
Music tends towards folk but also love the Alabhma Three

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sounds cheesy but it's true...I was working over Christmas in a homless centre and had been playing music, a girl came up and asked to borrow my fiddle - she'd been annoying all the oher guests, fighting, swearing and generally being a a pain in the hole...I love my fiddle but decided to lend it to her - what harm could she do?? She played a piece of Bartok to the most staggeringly high standard- the whole room just stopped and listened and was transfixed- I don't think there was a dry eye in the house!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to play the fiddle or dance a jig.

Countries I’ve Visited

Thailand, Uganda

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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