Hi my names Rich and I just moved to London this summer, I'm a bicycle mechanic living in narrowboat on the canals of wild East London. I'm into cycling, photography, art, music, traveling and all the normal stuff you can expect to find on here. I'm Vegan, a semi decent cook and I sometimes make my own beers when time allows. I make zines of my own work and I sometimes travel around the UK with work covering other bike shops.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Same as anyone I host and surf and sometimes organise and participate in events.

Interests

Usual stuff like reading, listening to music, watching movies. I make small publications of my own photographs and art. I like fixing up old bikes and going on long distance cycle tours. Music wise I tend to listen to hardcore punk, and pretty much an hipstery indy/folky crap right now, I guess I'm pretty open to any kind of music, right this second I'm listening to The Evens for the first time in a long time.

I also try to spend my free time being somewhat productive, in the past I helped to run food not bombs in Swansea and volunteering with a couple other organisations that were working towards a kind of positive social change of sorts. I also lived in a caravan on an organic farm while I studied.

I also have a website of some of my artwork at www.richardsouth.co.uk if your interested.

• arts
• photography
• film making
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• vegan
• running
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• cycling
• volunteering
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

music... anywhere between hardcore punk from the early 1980's Bad Brains, Big Black, Fugazi etc, through to Peter Broderick, Efterklang, and some crust, grindcore, funk, northern soul... its a mix

The internet has eroded my attention span for movies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cycling for three months with my friend sleeping in our little tent which felt like home. that whole time was wonderful I cant pick a moment.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach photography, cooking and some bicycle repairing, maybe some local interest stuff. I want to learn German, painting, film making and everything else.

What I Can Share with Hosts

blankets, places to sleep, vegan food. you could pretty much just turn up and be OK.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United Kingdom

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