CURRENT MISSION

We want to spend our time doing things that actually make a positive difference to someone, somewhere.

ABOUT ME

We're really just ordinary people-ish type of people. We live in a normal sort of house (well, quite normal - it's got more stairs than most houses and is upside down by English standards) with our spotty cat, Meer Cat (she can't use a keyboard properly so has no profile).

Bex works as a lawyer (dull but well paid) on Milton Park, with picturesque views over Didcot Power Station. Gareth is an atmospheric physicist at Oxford Univesity, not so well paid and his office leaks. The simplest description of what he actually does in this job would be something along the lines of using satellites to look at clouds and the air-borne particles between them. Itâ

PHILOSOPHY

We try and approach life with open minds and a relaxed attitude. We're not out to make a big splash and change the world, just to live a good life and have fun along the way! We treat people in the way that we would like to be treated and spend quite a bit of time doing stuff for other people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We have been hosting for about 18 months and have had a great time meeting all the people who've come to stay. We travelled across the USA for six weeks and surfed with people for about half the time we were away. We were constantly amazed by how generous, friendly and generally lovely everyone was!

Interests

Bex:
* Scouting
* Baking
* Drawing
* Photography
* Web design
* Card making

Gareth:
* Mountain biking
* Rock Climbing
* Good pubs with good beer
* PC gaming

• cats
• design
• photography
• beer
• baking
• coach
• pub crawls
• drawing
• cycling
• rock climbing
• swimming
• law
• physics

Music, Movies, and Books

Gareth: Science Fiction books, Blade Runner, grunge
Bex: The Time Travellers Wife, Red Dwarf, Billy Joel

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bex: Swimming in Viti, a naturally heated volcanic crater at Askja in the middle of Iceland

Gareth: Biking the Motu Coach Road on the East Cape of New Zealand

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United Kingdom

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