CURRENT MISSION
Stephanie wrote this blog of her time with me
www.budgetbucketlist.com/isle-of-wight
sums up what staying here is like !!

Well - the Anaurus sank at her moorings on the 10th April - I escaped with just the clothes I was wearing, she sank in ten minutes.
I live now with friends in Newport, who very kindly let Dong stay - a racing yacht crew member of a Clipper 68 round the world entry.
Any requests to stay will be discussed with Jane and Peter - their family commitments of grandchildren staying have priority of course
- but I am more than willing to meet up and show you the 🏝️

I live on the ISLE of WIGHT - in the town of NEWPORT

"To walk the path less travelled - blazing a trail, not walking in a rut; a rut is a ditch which gets deeper with time and your horizon is the top of this narrow ditch - the view from the mountain is the next mountain - being happy to be "different", being hosted on a boat, you can't get much different than that !!!!"
If you see someone without a smile - give them one of your's
You're never too old to have a happy childhood !
Being happy, learning guitar and writing illustrated letters to friends

ABOUT ME

Non smoking, no alcohol, vegan, guitar playing, blues harmonica playing music loving - all genres. For four years until 2014 I worked for a boutique camping company, providing tipis (wigwams) for music festivals (which is why I love all genres from folk to beat box (The Global Gathering is AMAZING festival as is Glastonbury) - building them and taking down after festivals, then drove the truck to the next festival - was great being backstage and working.

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live. We've 2 ears, 2 eyes, 2 nostrils and a mouth to take stuff in - but only one to talk with. So I don't say much.
Philosophy - "Only dead fish swim with the stream"
"Comparison is the thief of joy" Don't compare yourself with anyone else - we'roe all good.

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Well - let the references speak for themselves, surfers' and friends' (I especially like Lucy's and Celine's (friend), who think of me as an uncle or even grandpa !!) - I love hosting and stops me getting the "empty nest" feeling. Had first couch surfer - Marianne from New York stayed on board for Isle of Wight Festival (Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty played there) and since Marianne have had over three hundred lovely people stay - from yachting students, babies, students to retired couples travelling the world. Several have stay twice or more times- become part of the family and always keep in touch.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Only hosted - great people without exception

Интересы

Learning languages - speak English, French, Dutch plus some German, Greek and Italian - all picked up from seafaring.Playing guitar and teach surfers to play card game Cribbage, backgammon and chess. I love preparing and cooking plant based whole food, and displaying the meals on the plate artistically

• poetry
• performing arts
• music festivals
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• yachting
• chess
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• blues
• camping
• swimming
• languages

Музыка, кино и книги

I read Bach's "Jonathon Livingstone, Seagull" and Thomas Pynchon "Gravity's Rainbow" - over and over. I like the poetry of W.B. Yeats (The Song of Wandering Angus). Movies - French/Russian film "The Concert", "Easy Rider" , "Alice's Restaurant"

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

Performed my poetry at the Isle of Wight literary festival - one hour spot as headline act on the Saturday with Couchsurfer Dominika working the sound from her laptop.

Учу, учусь, делюсь опытом и информацией

Non meat eating is so much tastier and looks good on the plate

Чем я могу поделиться с хостами

I can cook from basics and offer conversation on all sorts of subjects - and of course swap stories about "couchsurfers I have known!!" and so many differing ways of washing dishes !!

Где я побывал(-а)

Angola, Aruba, Australia, Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Liberia, Norway, Russian Federation, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, United States

Где я жил(-а)

Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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