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Overview

  • 15 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Learning Mentor at a secondary school
  • BA (hons) Geography (UWE)
  • From Dronfield nr Sheffield, UK
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Cook new things that I ate on my recent travels

ABOUT ME

I'm alright I think

PHILOSOPHY

You get out what you put in

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm looking to host people just as much as I'm excited to be hosted when I get the opportunity to get out and about. Oh yeah and I love to cook for my couchsurfers and even more I love it when couchsurfers cook for me!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

...like the buzz you get when receiving a gift you've always wanted on your birthday matched with that warm feeling you get when you've been the giver of that gift.

Interests

In no particular order...Running, maps, cooking, books, music, being outdoors, kind acts, woodland/forests, cycling, mountains, games, walking, football, crosswords, thinking about things more than they need to be thought about, challenges, geography, ales, new places, djing....

  • books
  • cooking
  • running
  • walking
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • cycling
  • soccer
  • cartography
  • geography
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Wild Beasts, Friendly Fires, Beirut, Jazzanova, Cinematic Orchestra, Hot Chip, Joan As Police Woman, Sharon Jones, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Calexico, The Chemical Brothers, Tom Vek, LCD Soundsystem, Captain Beefheart, Bon Iver, Radiohead, Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, Super Furry Animals, Toots & the Maytals, Beach House, Everything Everything, Daft Punk, Sonar Kollektiv, Buena Vista Social Club, Ereland Oye.....end

Books: Saturday - McKewan, One Hundred Years of Solitude - Garcia Marquez, A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bryson, New Europe & Himalaya - Palin, M.Haddon, Steinbeck...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I cycled 1000 miles in 9 days from Germany to Sicily once. I saw a snake in the grass in England and I remember thinking 'amazing'.

Teach, Learn, Share

The little things in life

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

Old School Badges

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