30-year old lad from just outside Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Still experimenting with life, still being drawn to the next adventure, still not pursuing a career or settling down.

Prefer to travel self-sufficiently, pulling my own weight on a bicycle.
Prefer to live and work in a community longer term, rather than fly through as a tourist.

The best part of travel remains the chatting to people, learning from them, continuing to learn about yourself and the human condition... and having a bit of craic along the way :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Love the idea of couchsurfing. Would love to host people someday if I ever settle long enough again in one place. Nice to have one more platform in the world where we have the opportunity to exchange experiences rather than things; and to emphasise the power of relationships rather than money.

Give and let give

Interests

Athletics: Finished 14 year career in Irish distance running competition in March 2018. Represented Ireland at cross-country
Writing & Podcasting - love to keep a travel blog for friends and family, and to interview interesting people for my website
Baking - flapjacks, bread, pizza...
Art - create meme-based cartoon cards (especially like stuff from The Simpsons, and Rick & Morty)
Vipassanna Meditation: beneficial tool for daily life and most easily exported version of meditation I know of for export into the secular world

• long-term travel
• cross country running
• woofing
• baking bread
• reading non-fiction
• track & field
• vipassanna meditation
• pencil portraits
• cartoon and meme art
• reading the classics
• all things human nature
• workaway-ing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Good Will Hunting; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Pulp Fiction; Interstellar; Into the Wild

Music: All sorts, particularly electronic and house music

Books: 'Siddhartha', Hermann Hesse; 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Harper Lee; 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North', Richard Flanagan; 'Stoner', John Williams

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Represented my country (Ireland) in Athletics (cross-country running)
3 x 10-day Silent (Vipassanna) Meditation Retreat

Teach, Learn, Share

Can talk about, and share my experiences from all of the above

What I Can Share with Hosts

Can share my travel stories
Can listen and record your story for podcasting
Can make you a card, or a picture to frame of your favourite cartoon meme!
Can join you to go for a run or a cycle (or maybe a swim in the sea!)
Can bake bread (or other preferred baked goods!)
Can maybe teach you English!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Egypt, France, Greece, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Nepal, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, United Kingdom