Update Sept 2020:
Due to Coronavirus we are being very selective about accepting guests. Please know this before you take the time to contact us. Safe travels!

All welcome, however you define yourself.

My girlfriend Heather and I live in a village 6km from Totnes. There is a cycle/walking route if you don't mind steep hills, or a bus service every hour or two.

About Heather and I: We are outdoorsy people, we like music, books, boardgames, and food. If you like one of these things too, I'm sure we'll get on.

I lived in the woods for a year and hosted a few people there so my early references are from that time. A real house with 4 walls is on offer now! Hopefully this will be preferred by most guests although you can still camp in the garden if you want to...

Cheers!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because it is great!

Interests

A fancy quote I like: Your home should be a mast, not an anchor....

Hiking, Mountaineering, Slacklining, Bushcraft, Off-grid living, Wild flowers, outdoor cooking, unnecessarily complicated DIY projects....

• walking
• board games
• music
• camping
• food
• freediving
• geocaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Dispossessed (Ursula LeGuin)
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
The Beach (Alex Garland)
Jamaica Inn (Daphne du Maurier)
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)

Music: 65daysofstatic, The Kinks, Boards of Canada, David Bowie, Elbow, Errors, Feist, Fleetwood Mac, Four Tet, Jimi Hendrix, Pixies, White Stripes, Young Blood Brass Band

Movies: Into the Wild, Shaun of the Dead, Inside Out, Looper.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm not here to boast about the time I beat a great white shark in hand to hand combat whilst falling down a cliff into a volcano. I'll tell you about it when we meet.

Teach, Learn, Share

Bushcraft, mountain hiking, navigation, climbing, slacklining.

Wild plant identification.

Guitar, Piano, Musical Theory

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love to share the skills I know.

If the season's right, let's go out and forage some wild food and cook it for supper!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom