CURRENT MISSION

Creative,imaginative,spontaneous,focused on animals,nature etc

ABOUT ME

Always a teacher and experimenting with lifestyles, taking the best ideas from UK, Europe and Ireland.I enjoy good company and never live alone,preferring students/young people,who live out their dreams as i do, everyday with an adventurous spirit.My family have always been organic, self-sufficient gardeners,and a passion for intelligent and trainable horses/ponies.I do not have Wifi or internet connections,i do not use social media.

PHILOSOPHY

I have always earned my own money,since 10 years old growing up in Ilford, Essex after my family moved from Romford,so my father could work from home as an accountant. We had the clients of the world arrive at our door,so i loved this multi-cultural aspect of our family life.I continue this attitude of welcome and hospitality.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Lots of chat,share garden/farm/animal training experiences.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

One week as a couchsurfer in the great city of Vienna, Austria,had to see the Spanish riding school performances and the Cafe festival,even the opera twice at local student prices, sleeping in the computer room of a scientist. Brilliant.

Centres d'intérêt

Music,nature/wildlife.Fashion and artistic expression. Heritage and history,politics/travelling.Cultures and alternative lifestyles,self-sufficiency and self-determination.I am a grandmother to two Kent grandchildren, and my son Joseph works, as a QS in London, so i am interested in his historic building projects.

• animals
• wildlife
• horses
• arts
• fashion
• festivals
• cooking
• gardening
• politics
• traveling
• survival
• music
• opera
• art history
• communications
• teaching
• history
• science

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Historical and romantic epics like Dr.Zivago,Ben Hur,The piano.Mahler,classics,Out of Africa,Rabbit fence,Cowboy/horse opera movies. Monty Python films/TV shows. Blackadder CDS and Time Team Goks fashion shows. 70s rock music,irish music and Enya/Clannad.I read the Economist,Sunday Times in Ireland. Archaeology BBC History magazines. The Spectator.

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

In 2007,I travelled to Barcelona to buy a spanish dressage horse, and after initial disappointment, at the horse dealers trickery,i fell for an unknown stallion,Destino Larios, advanced trained, with a brilliant trainable mind.Destiny it was we have both travelled an exciting and sometimes dangerous journey ever since.

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

Lifeskills from my own experience of survival.I want to learn how to use unusual tools and clever techniques,to improve my farm and my buildings.I share my teaching and training skills to improve English conversations,horse training skills,gardening, Irish history and art history.

Ce que j'aimerais partager avec mes hôtes

Lifestyles, experimenting with healthy , alternative and self-sufficient living in 2 renovated organic farms in the west of Ireland. Animal and horse skills. Teaching student volunteers on my organic farm for past 30 years. History,environmental,English conversation,travel experience. Fun and help if needed in the home,cooking/cleaning etc

Pays que j'ai visités

Greece, Spain