CURRENT MISSION

Coach my way around the Racketlon World Tour

ABOUT ME

I have recently moved down to north devon, on the coast, Ilfracombe to be precise & near the beaches of Woolacombe, Croyde & Saunton. At the same time I am getting back into my 'racket sports' in a big(ish) way, involved in all my local clubs, training as a coach in each....gradually...& taking part in the UK & World Racketlon tours, which is where all thetravel is coming in, but also a chance to get out & see some great cities!

PHILOSOPHY

The glass is pretty much always half full!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I am at home, I have a housemate, a few house guests & a few spare rooms, so can accomodate...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet...newbie!

Interests

Racket Sports, Tennis, Squash, Badminton, Table Tennis, Racketlon, Shopping, Films, Music, Chess, Board Games, Walking, Property, Vinyl, Charity Shops, Decorating, Interiors, Ebay, Social Networking, Chess, Board Games, Pub Games, Parlour Games, Walking,

Favorite Quotations:'Save the Cheerleader, save the World' (Heroes)

'One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter'

"Stay gold, ponyboy. stay gold" - from 'The Outsiders'

Lady Astor: "If I were married to you, I'd put poison in your coffee."
Winston Churchill: "If I were married to you, I'd drink it."

Lady Astor: 'Sir, you're drunk!.'
Winston Churchill: "Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly."

Nothing Gold Can Stay
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Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

-- Robert Frost

• coffee
• coach
• walking
• drinking
• clubbing
• pub crawls
• shopping
• flowers
• movies
• board games
• chess
• music
• sports
• cheerleading
• tennis
• racquetball
• table tennis
• badminton
• tours
• beaches
• squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Movies:It's a Wonderful Life, Donnie Darko, Night of the Hunter, La Nuit de Varennes, Gladiator, Goonies, Forest Gump, Death in Venice, Harvey, Kill Bill, 12 Angry Men, Rumble Fish, Outsiders, Dead of Night, On Her Majestys Secret Service, Rebecca, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Psycho, Rear Window, Marnie, Life is Beautiful, A River Runs Through It, Spartacus, Ben Hur, El Cid, Lawrence of Arabia, Dr Zhivago, Oliver, Oliver Twist, My Fair Lady, Westside Story, Scrooge, Maurice, A Room with a View, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sin City, Wizard of Oz, Dick Tracey, Bugsy Malone, Manhunter, Once Upon a Time in America, Twilight Zone, A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Westworld, Magnificent Seven, Some Like it Hot, Singing in the Rain, Sherlock Holmes, The Amazing Mr Blunden, On Golden Pond, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, The Lost Boys, Godfather (1&2), Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Cape Fear, Life of Brian, Young Frankenstein, Bram Stoker's Dracula, My Beautiful Launderette, Leon, Lolita, A Star is Born, Giant, Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Suddenly Last Summer, A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, King Creole, House of Flying Daggers, Citizen Kane, A Touch of Evil, The Third Man, Shawshamk Redemption, Romeo & Juliet, Bringing Up Baby, Arsenic & old Lace, Notorious, The 39 Steps, To Catch a Thief, Charade, Mysterious Skin, Stand By Me, The Delinquents, Alien, Aliens, Jeepers Creepers, Elephant Man, Don't Look Back, Taxi Driver...

Favorite Music:Eclectic, Acid Jazz, Old Skool, Hip Hop, R'n'B, Jazz, Rare Groove, Bernard Herman, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Opera, Bond Themes, The Specials, Fun Boy Three, The Clash, The Jam, Lloyd Cole, Lloyd Cole & the Commotions, The Colourfield, Terry Hall, Nick Heyward, Haircut 100, Prefab Sprout, Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Paul Weller, Nina Simone, Lou Reed, Prince, James Brown, Little Richard, Michael Jackson, Madonna, George Michael, Jamiroquai, Justin Timberlake, Just Jack, Joss Stone, Tracey Chapman, Massive Attack, Portishead, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Fugees, The Killers, Mary J Blige, Blur, Gorillaz, Franz Ferdinand, Muse, Razorlight, The Kooks, Radiohead, Coldplay, Royksopp, Goldfrap, Chemical Brothers, Eminen, NERD, Pharell Williams, Basement Jaxx, Snow Patrol, The Streets, Arctic Monkeys, The Coral, Editors, Calvin Harris, Lily Allen, Katie Tunstall, Kate Nash, Amy Winehouse, Kanye West...

Favorite TV Shows:Heroes, Skins, Frasier, Harry Hill's TV Burp, Friday Night Project, Scrubs, My Name is Earl, Phoenix Nights, QI, Have I got News for You, Will & Grace, Shameless, Mock the Week, Waltons, Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Cheers, Wacky Races, Captain Pugwash, Rhubarb & Custard, Dangermouse, Bagpuss, Mr Ben, Rainbow, Bo Selecta!, Star Stories, Little Britain, Queer as Folk, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Two Ronnies, Only Fools & Horses, Minder, Open All Hours, Rising Damp, Porridge, The Eleven O'Clock Show, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Goodness Gracious Me, Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, MTV Real World, The Banana Bunch, The Addams Family, The Musters, Michael Palin's New Europe, Himalaya, Sahara, Around the World in 80 Days, Whickers World, The Goodies, Blackadder, Tales of the Unexpected, The X Files, Vision On, Morph, The Tony Hart Show, Dirty Sanchez, Lucan, Twin Peaks, Hong Kong Fuey, The Hair Bear Bunch, Top Cat, Captain Caveman, Scooby Doo, Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes, Laurel & Hardy, Flashing Blades, Desperate Housewives, Simpsons, South Park, Goodness Gracious Me, Come Dine with Me...

Favorite Books:Prick up your Ears, The Unexplained, Anything by Arthur C Clarke (RIP), The Outsiders, Masquerade, Shakespeare, Diarists...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Always being there to support my family

Teach, Learn, Share

wow, this will take a while to think about!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom