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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
LIVE TO THE FULLEST EACH MOMENT
ABOUT ME
I'M AN ACTIVE ALMOST 75 YEAR OLD.
WAS 18 YRS ON SOIL ASSOCIATION COUNCIL IN UK AND 4 YRS ITS CHAIRMAN. SET UP AND RAN A WHOLE-FOOD BAKERY IN 1973 WHICH WE SOLD IN 1987. SET UP DAIRY PRODUCTS TEACHING UNIT FOR COMMUNITIES, GUEST-HOUSES ETC.
WORKED IN GERMANY SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA BEFORE CAREER TRAIL. TRAINED AS LAND AGENT AT LONDON UNIVERSITY THEN WITH 3 YRS ON 30,000 ACRE ESTATE. SINCE THEN ALWAYS SELF EMPLOYED. WIFE SET UP UK CHARITY SUPPORTING CANCER PATIENTS ON FAMILY FARM.
PHILOSOPHY
I LIVE TO EXPRESS LIFE AND EXTEND LOVE WHICH IS THE REALITY OF ALL OUR BEINGS.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I'M INVOLVED IN A PROJECT TO HELP BRING ABOUT A HEALING CENTRE BASED ON A MOUNTAIN THERMAL SPA NEAR ANDORRA.
SOONER OR LATER THERE SHOULD BE CS HOSTING THERE.
VOLUNTEERS WORKING WITH US AT SANILLES HAVE BROUGHT CS TO MY ATTENTION AND I MAY BE RELEASED FOR A PERIOD OF "SABITICAL". THEN I WILL TRAVEL AND VOLUNTEER IN PLACES OF SPECIAL INTEREST.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I'M A NEW BOY!
Interests
SKIING IS MY FAVORITE PAST-TIME. FOR ME IT'S SPORT, ART AND MEDITATION ALL AT ONCE. I'M AN ICONOCLAST. SKIING SHOULD BE TAUGHT BY "SKI EVOLUTIVE" STARTING ON VERY SHORT SKIS.
I HAVE A PASSION FOR ETHICAL ECONOMICS FROM SMALL COMMUNITIES TO NATIONS. EQUALLY FOR NUTRITION FROM SOILS TO ANIMALS TO ALL OF US - WE HAVE TO RETURN TO TRADITIONAL FOODS AND COUNTER THE DISASTROUS DIS-INFORMATION OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY AND AGRO-BUSINESS.
- animals
- arts
- dining
- meditation
- traveling
- skiing
- sports
- business
- economics
- volunteering
- mountains
Music, Movies, and Books
I PLAY THE MELODIAN OR BUTTON ACORDIAN (DIATONICA) BY EAR AND MOSTLY IMPROVISATION. I STILL DREAM OF PLAYING THE PIANO AND SOMETIME DO WHEN QUITE ALONE!
MOZART WILL NEVER BE OUSTED AS MY No 1 BUT I LOVE ALL TUNEFUL MUSIC
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
WOW - DRAMATIC EXPERIENCE LIKE "RE-BIRTHING" ON THE EDGE OF A PRECIPICE IN THE PYRENEES MOUNTAINS. ALL THE PAST DISAPPEARED AND THE SENSE OF JOY AND FREEDOM WAS EXSTATIC.
Teach, Learn, Share
LEARNING IS 95% BY EXAMPLE.
MAKING FERMENTED FOODS IS A SPECIAL INTEREST I LIKE TO SHARE.
THE 4 QUESTIONS + THE TURNAROUND FROM KATIE'S "THE WORK"
IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO WITH OTHERS.
What I Can Share with Hosts
QUIET CONVERSATION QUESTING EVER TO LEARN MORE OF LIFE'S MYSTERIES
Countries I’ve Visited
Argentina, Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland
Countries I’ve Lived In
England, Germany, Spain