CURRENT MISSION

Working as a Tree-surgeon. Farming regeneratively. Lecturing Forestry. Planting more trees. Playing with the Dogs. This is a doggy house and if you don't like huge dogs you mightn't be comfortable. There are also sheep and pigs on the farm, and lots of trees and tools. This is a farm.

ABOUT ME

I was born in Dublin an moved down to west cork when i was about 5 an went farming. My parents went from city life to working the land, we had a huge poly tunnel for growing food an an average size farm with mostly sheep, but sometimes cattle an always chickens or geese. I grew up on a Honda 50, best motorbike ever built, herding sheep around an engaging in general farm tomfoolery, building towers from bales of hay with tunnels through them.
After school i went to live in the woods in a hazel framed, canvas skinned cosy tent, an have been since. Punctuated with various travel excursions.
My daughter Aoibhin was born 21 years ago, she is a legend an lives in Killarney. She comes to visit often. As a result, the tents have become cosier an bigger until this latest one is more akin to a house. All over a big pool fed by a stream from the wooded hill behind.
My house runs on 100% wind and solar power. I have been running a 2.8 turbo 4x4 on 100% waste vegetable oil for 10 years and 300,000km.
I am a WWOOF host and enjoy growing food and caring for my 13 hectares of young woodland where I farm Shropshire sheep and Kune Kune pigs, as well as a big garden.

Motorcycling is a part of my genetic code.

Raido, Bran and Sceolan are my Scottish Deerhound best friends and I love the smell of them.

I am raw, energetic, playful, childish, decisive, passionate, social, sensitive, explosive, generous and kind.

PHILOSOPHY

A Jedi's strength flows from The Force.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have traveled all over these islands an the eurasian continent, sometimes walking, cycling, backpacking or motorcycling. Everywhere i have ever been people have bent over backwards with hospitality for me, especially in poorer countries in central asia, people have brought me home, fed me, helped me fix my bike, helped me get visas, have gone 200km out of their way for me, so now am finished building my house i wish to try to return that openess to new people, that i have so often experienced, so far away from home.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been host to more than a hundred travelers in the past three years since joining couchsurfing an have made some great friendships, I have been hosted a little here and in France and Morocco. I hope to participate more next year as a guest.

Interests

Enduro and supermoto, Five Ancestors Shaolin Kung Fu, mud, Dogs, Skydiving, kitesurfing, hill running, Wing Chun Kung Fu, music, cycling, snowboarding, MMA and kickboxing, surfing, climbing, mud, kayaking, converting diesel engines to run on vegetable oil, adventure motorcycling, Dogs, climbing mega trees with a rope and harness, swimming in bioluminessence, mud, learning local slang, modifing vehicles, Living out of a rucksac, animals, lighting fires, pulling wheelies on tractors, mud, festivals, building solar powered sound systems, Dogs, pricking around the yard, mud, chainsaws.

• animals
• dogs
• running
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• backpacking
• kayaking
• surfing
• skydiving
• snowboarding
• swimming
• languages
• rivers
• tree climbing
• bioluminessence
• 5 ancestors shaolin kung fu

Music, Movies, and Books

Jet li. Marvel an DC superhero films. The Princess Bride. Roots Raggae. Ska. Trance. Breaks. Hiphop.
Tolkien especially: The Silmarilion.
Lian Hearns: Tales of The Ottori.
David Gemmells: Druss The Axeman.
George R R Martins: The Game Of Thrones.
Tain Bo Chulaighne: The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
The Ulster Cycle.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I rode my motorbike from Ireland down through southern Europe, Turkey across the Black Sea to Russia, along Northern Kazakhstan up into Siberia east across Mongolia then north to Lake Baikal and back alone.
I have walked from Mizen Head to Malin Head with my two dogs.
Being a Father.
Sleeping in the Sahara with the Tuareg.
Flying a kite with 20 Mongolian kids by a lake.
Cycling to Cape wrath an the Outer Scottish Hebredes from West Cork.
Freefalling in Hordaland.

Teach, Learn, Share

Well I have alot of skills to offer, I could do most practical things or work them out. I can tell you how to rebuild an engine, wire up wind turbines, grow food, build fires, tell all our native timbers appart an note the qualities of each, Im good at languages, picking them up quickly, Id like to learn more about how to read people an be more mindfull an sensitive as i tend to act before understanding.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can show you some Shaolin Kung Fu.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, France, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom