I live in Edinburgh, in a big shared house with my girlfriend Alice, six other lovely people, and many bicycles.

For the last year I've worked for Community Energy Scotland; supporting renewable energy projects to both install community owned turbines, and find ways to use and sell the energy locally. Apart from that I like to explore the hills and woods around Edinburgh, do lots of little craft projects with wood, wool, or electric thingumies, and drum in our samba protest band.

I first moved to Edinburgh a little over two years to study renewable technologies, after finishing university, hitch hiking through Europe quite a bit, and wondering what use I could really put my history degree to.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is a great way to meet new people, share, and make travelling something more than seeing different architecture and eating out.

Interests

+ Renewable energy, sustainability and local ownership of energy infrastructure.
+ Board games, puzzles and storytelling.
+ Crafts; wood, metal, textiles, ancient/survival skills, DIY
+ Hiking, climbing, swimming outdoors
+ Music; samba drumming, guitar
+ Cooking lots of tasty foods from different cultures

• architecture
• diy
• cooking
• crafts
• board games
• traveling
• eating out
• puzzles
• survival
• music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• rock climbing
• swimming
• history
• mountains

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Germany, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Scotland