We live on a narrowboat on the Rochdale Canal in West Yorkshire, England. We have two smallish dogs and a sofabed, great firestove and living near the brilliant towns of Todmorden and Hebden Bridge.

I'm a musician, toured globally, and also run a community orchestra in Todmorden- the Calderdale Fantasy Orchestra. Sammy is a poet and works for the Arvon Foundation.

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

It's a great way to meet people, stay in interesting places and now that we've got the space, albeit a sofa bed on a narrowboat, looking to host some people.

Интересы

Music and percussion playing, and instruments, the odder the better.

• arts
• performing arts
• rio carnival
• marathon
• running
• music
• logic

Музыка, кино и книги

Music- Esbjorn Svensson Trio, Hermeto Pascoal, Steve Winwood, James Brown, James Booker, Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, Dr John, Cyro Baptista.

Movies- Dancer in the dark, Cool Runnings, El secreto de los ojos,

Books- The picture of Dorian Gray, Don Quixote, A Confederacy of Dunces, Black and British,

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

I ate, slept, drank and played with a samba bateria in Rio for the Rio carnival. It was a great experience staying in the favelas and in a house in the forest living with a great group of people and then to perform in the Sambadrome at the end was a real priveledge.

I ran the 2010 Amsterdam marathon in 3:37, a real achievement for me, and I definitely didn't decide to run my first marathon in Amsterdam because of the flat route....

Учу, учусь, делюсь опытом и информацией

I teach drums and percussion to children and adults, I also run a Community orchestra and we play an eclectic range of music, from David Bowie to Morricone, Hendrix to Donna Summer. It's open to everyone so you're welcome to join us

Где я побывал(-а)

Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Lebanon, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Где я жил(-а)

Peru, Spain