CURRENT MISSION

To keep moving
I am currently bicycling to Australia from the UK!

ABOUT me
I live 25miles East of leeds near the M62 motorway (Goole)
I am very laid back and easy to get on with.
Love meeting new people

PHILOSOPHY

What goes around comes around

Treat people the way you would like to be treated yourself.

Smile (it might never happen)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Would like to help and meet travellers of the world.

Our children have travelled around the world using Couchsurfing, so it's a way for us to help others

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All our CS experiences have been very positive so far. I think most CS share a common 'zest' for life.

1. Hosted Katerina from Greece for 2 nights
2. Had a meal with Francois in Switzerland
3. Hosted Maria & Nick from Russia for 2 nights
4. Hosted Ashley from USA for 5 nights
5. Hosted Guillaume & family from Belgium for 2 nights
6. Hosted Heather & Joel from USA for 3 nights
7. Hosted Hollie from Australia for 3 nights
8. Hosted Heath & Amy from Australia for 2 nights
9. Hosted Isabel from Austria for 1 night
10. Hosted Peter & Helen from Russia for 1 night
11. Hosted Blanca from Spain for two nights
12. Hosted Ashley from USA for 2 nights
13. Hosted Merja & Jukka from Finland for 3 nights
14. Hosted Sindri from Iceland for 1 night
15. Hosted Jeremy & Karmen from USA/Estonia - 3 nights
16. Hosted Juan from Spain - 4 nights
17. Hosted Soon from Korea - 3 nights
18. Hosted Harriet from UK - 1 night
19. Hosted Karine from France - 2 nights
20. Hosted Anaelle from France - 7 nights

Interests

Mike - Family, Motorcycling, Running, motorbike racing, Travelling, football (Newcastle United),hill walking, Jeff West shoes, Rugby, cycling, Sailing, socialising with friends & family.

• marathon
• running
• walking
• traveling
• sailing
• soccer
• rugby

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - The clash, led zep, neil young, Bowie,T-Rex, supertramp, Queen, whitestripes, The Doors, Libertines, Carol King the list goes on and on.

Books - Varied

Movies
One flew over the cuckoo nest, yes man, Blade runner, Airplane, Big Fish, Kill Bill, pulp fiction, Annie Hall, Napolean Dynomite, Life of Brian, lock stock & 2 smoking barrels, American Beauty, (I'm sure there are loads more but my mind has gone blank.....again!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Created 3 wonderful young people

saw Freddie Mercury and the boys at Earls court - 1977

Watched Barry Sheene win at Scarborough - 1979

Completed my first London Marathon - 1988

First motorbike race - brands hatch - 2002

witnessed Newcastle utd come back from 3- nil down,to beat Leeds utd 4-3 with my son Bryan at Elland Road away end. Shearer waved at me when he scored the penalty (I swear!!)- 2004 (I think)

Overtaken Ewan McGregor at Brands Hatch GP trackday (not hard!) - 2005

travelled to the artic circle on my Harley - 2007

Turned away at the Nurburgring because the Harley was too loud! - 2008

Experienced the Jerez circuito - still grinning - 2008

Teach, Learn, Share

If you want to know anything about Barry Sheene or Valentino Rossi - I'm your man

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Costa Rica, Germany, United Kingdom

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