CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy the place I live

ABOUT ME

I'm a placid kind of person who enjoys reading. I'm into history, travel, music and literature and am not big into nightlife.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Offering and sleeping on couches. I mostly have people visit. I don't live anywhere 'on the map' so I don't get many people coming through but enjoy meeting new people when they decide to come to my out of the way part of the world.

Interests

Reading, music (I love folk), languages, travelling, history, visiting landmarks, walking, films, cooking, eating...

• literature
• cooking
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music is a bit of everything and I'm always interested to be introduced to new music. I love me a bit of folk.
Movies are also a mishmash although I do have a strange fondness for 80s fantasy.
Books are my passion and I'm one of those people who can't pass a second hand bookshop without getting sucked inside. I've got lots of favourites and what I want to read changes with the week and the weather. I am a researcher in the early gothic though which is a good indication of one of my main areas of interest. I also love Anne Beale so if anyone else has heard of their - I'd love to meet you!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I haven't made it to amazing yet but I've had plenty of misadventures - getting chased over Russian snow piles by wild dogs, accidentally climbing Ben Cleugh with only a lettuce and some water on me (a ridiculous story) and getting confused for a homeless wanderer by numerous churches in America when backpacking. And that is (sadly) only a few of the barrage of stories which make me look like a world class muppet.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share some good cooking and info on the nice walks around where I live. I also have a library which people are more than welcome to use! I'm happy to help anyone with English/Spanish/Russian or Gothic literature... in fact you'll have difficulty shutting me up if you make the mistake of asking!

Countries I’ve Visited

Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Northern Ireland, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain