CURRENT MISSION

Don't panic

ABOUT ME

I lived in Manchester most of my life, except for while studying film in south Wales. Now I'm a video editor, living in a countryside town. I try to be positive as much as possible. I'm polite, and I am rarely late.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I first experienced Couchsurfing while visiting Japan in 2011, where I surfed four excellent homes (one of them impromptu), and met countless others both through word of mouth and organised events. I didn't meet a couchsurfer I didn`t like!

Unfortunately after that I didn't host anyone myself, but in 2015 with my now-wife Hannah I walked across Europe, aided by dozens of wonderful couchsurfers who reminded me that really there's no reason not to have people around. It absolutely enriches your experience of a place that you're passing through. I have given people the tour of Manchester a number of times, and that can give the feeling of being on holiday yourself.

Now, you can come to our house in Todmorden, please!

Interests

Lately I've slowed down a little in going to gigs/watching movies to draw comics. But I still do plenty of the others. Big reading list, lots of things to see around the country and city. Mountains and rivers. Nice lunches. Cheese.

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Rushmore, Fargo, Airplane, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ikiru, The 400 Blows, Harold and Maude, Do The Right Thing, Edgar Wright movies, Back to the Future, Pixar, Spirited Away, Punch-Drunk Love, musicals (especially West Side Story, Singin in the Rain and Little Shop of Horrors) and a million others.

Music: Belle & Sebastian, Arcade Fire, Dead Kennedys, Tom Paxton, LCD Soundsystem, Beach House, Neutral Milk Hotel, Weezer, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, David Bowie, disco, folk, hip-hop, French '60s pop, Japanese noise & rock, Bollywood.

Books: East of Eden, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Wild Swans, A Song of Ice and Fire, Joe Sacco, Alan Moore, Jeffrey Lewis, history, culture, biography.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I walked from London to Ankara and hitch-hiked back, and basically nothing went wrong!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm very good at making sandwiches!

What I Can Share with Hosts

A relaxing time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom