CURRENT MISSION

.... to travel by bicycle from the north of Norway to Portugal

ABOUT ME

I'm fifty a single dad of two who have now left University and my son is working in London and my daughter in France. I'm eclectic in my interests liking music as varied as opera to rock to English country music. I like to ceildh dance (two left feet :-), climb 'little' mountains, cycle and read. I don't have tv but like radio four and foreign films. Most of my time is spent outside especially in the summer and as such I'm also keen on WWOOFing too. In the past I have trained in massage and counselling, have worked for social services, been a community mediator and a counsellor at Broadmoor hospital. At the moment my spare time has been spent regenerating a local alotments where I've installed compost loos and a 'Pissoire'........ I am looking forward to starting my big cycle trip from the north of Norway to my girlfriends in Portugal ask me more.... Ana and I met through Couchsurfing when she met me for coffee and we ....fell in love :-)

PHILOSOPHY

in development, but again an eclectic mix of Existentialism, Hedonism and Humanism. Basically try to move through life in a creative way moving forward from Love and not fear, taking pleasure in the little things.....

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As I've said I'm very interested in community building and and CS seems a wonderful way of building international links. I've just joined my local group and.............hosted a CS group to the World Naked Bike Ride Day 2007/2008/9 in London. I'm a member of a number of groups and enjoy occassional CS group events. I have hosted and surfed with lots of wonderful people. Have attended concerts (opera classical, theatre) with fellow couchsurfers too. Oh! and I have hosted and surfed lots too..........

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have now hosted and surfed lots in various parts of the world from NZ and LA to London and 30 miles from my home too! , all lovely people, interesting and open....some great cooks too! also....... whilst hitching in the states I was put up at the local sherrifs home for three night and remain in contact years latter. I also used to manage a local camping barn and on a few occassions put up backpackers at my home whemn the barn was unavaiable..... have now hosted and surfed lots:-) From April 2011 I will be on a major cycle trip through Europe where I hope to meet lots of Couchsurfers....

Interests

community building, LETS, WWOOFing,nature, massage, Anarchy, philosophy, music, sunbathing and skinny dipping swims, growing my own food, sustainability, my children and family and friends and pigs and cats, walking and camping in wild places................ and more and more

• cats
• arts
• concerts
• dancing
• dining
• coffee
• walking
• crafts
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• music
• country music
• opera
• cycling
• camping
• sailing
• rock climbing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I love to visit the theatre esp. London's National Theatre also opera ROH/ Gb and the Proms. Varied foreign and independant films, theatre 'Death of a salesman' anything profound and stimulating, don't watch much tv but can slob out to Silent Witness and the like sometimes, enjoy the radio BBC R3/4 current book 'The Grapes of Wrath' (again) love radio plays too

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

the two most amazing things I've done will always be cutting the unbilical cord of my children when they were born and lying with my father as he died after that everthing else seems minor but.......... for me wild camping in the Pyrenees, cycling for two hours through London with a thousand other naked cyclists, climbing a Scottish mountain in a terrible winter blizzard........

Teach, Learn, Share

bread making and cakes and pastry too etc. etc. etc.

I look after the Watts Chapel an Arts and Crafts Chapel see: www.flickr.com/search/?q=watts+chapel+compton&w=all&s=int&referer_searched=1#page=0

or wiki for details - happy to give a private view etc.

Happy to teach others to make the best cake:

Plum Cake:

Anyway send me a picture when you've made it and let me know how you got on....... it may sound a lot but when you have the ingredients it only takes about ten minutes of making before putting it in the oven...
Happy to teach / share what I know about massage, counsellng and ecco stuff, pigs and growing your own food.
I want to learn to sail better over the next few years... sailed to Ireland for ten days with just a skipper last year and a few day sails too........
Open to learn new things too and

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