CURRENT MISSION

Running my bookshop. Planning travels in the future.

ABOUT ME

I am a reading fiend who knits, crochets, spins yarn, facepaints, sings, enjoys interesting ales, drinks too much coffee and likes to walk on beaches and talk philosophy and crap, mostly crap.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosted a few people and have had great experiences with some lovely CSers. Haven't surfed myself, as yet but I hope to do so soon.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've met some lovely couch surfers who stayed with some friends of mine and it inspired me to get a couch surfing profile of my own and get going :) Now I'm a happy host and have had manys a wonderful couch surfing experience.

Interests

Bee-keeping. Custard. Knitting. Spinning. Kittens. Singing. Walking while laughing. Being made of jam.

• singing
• cooking
• coffee
• running
• walking
• drinking
• reading
• crochet
• knitting
• surfing
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books are the best...i love these authors and many more...
Terry Pratchett, Haruki Murakami, Salman Rushdie, Philip Larkin, Edgar Allen Poe, Anne Rice, Vladimir Nabokov, Bret Easton Ellis, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Dante, Philosophers of all shapes and sizes, Vikram Seth, Jostein Gaarder, Virginia Woolf, Margaret Atwood, George Orwell, Douglas Adams, Jeanette Winterson, John Steinbeck, Anthony Burgess, Flann O'Brian, Angela Carter, Michael Smith, Anais Nin... I could go on for hours...basically i'll read anything good.

Some yummy movies...Battle Royale, Leon, Spirited Away, Python films, Little Shop of Horrors(musicals in general), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sin City, Sympathy for Mr Vengence, Old Boy, Lady Vengence, Audition, The Grudge, The Ring, The Eye, A Tale of Two Sisters, Ichi the Killer(japanese horror of all shapes and sizes). Pan's Labyrinthe and The Orphanage.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Opened my own bookshop and I once hugged Neil Gaiman.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to knit, spin or crochet if you'd like to be a nerd like me :)
Happy to sing or cook with visitors.
Philosophical discussions are always welcome over a pot of tea or an interesting ale too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Central African Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Ireland