CURRENT MISSION

Keep my sense of perspective and help others to acquire one

ABOUT ME

July 2016: Recently bought a house in the West End of Glasgow, having added Hazel (now aged 3) to the family. Not too likely to host anyone overnight at present, but up for coffees etc in the City Centre where I work.

September 2011: Recently moved flats after getting married to the lovely Vivienne. Back in 2009 I did 6 months of round the world travels. Along the way I stayed with 10 couchsurf hosts and socialised with several more, all of whom went way beyond the call of duty. Always look forward to repaying the favours when they or other CS'rs hit Glasgow.

PHILOSOPHY

Nothing very profound, I'm afraid. "Make the most of the time you are given", perhaps?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Host and get hosted.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted singles, pairs, and on one occasion 3 people. All seems to have gone pretty well. Away on my own travels from February-August 2009. India, Oz, NZ, Canada and points in between. My travel blog http://stuartgraymackenzie.blogspot.com/ describes how I got on, amongst other things.

Interests

The Cuillins
Glentress Mountain bike circuit
Western Tennis & Squash Club
Scotland, Glasgow Warriors, and Melrose RFC rugby teams
Ursula Le Guin
Y: The Last Man
West Wing
Picasso
Black Watch
Bitter & Twisted beer from the Harviestoun brewery
Balvenie single malt whisky

But ask me again tomorrow and I'll give you 10 different answers.

• beer
• clubbing
• traveling
• blogging
• cycling
• tennis
• rugby
• racquetball
• squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Killing Fields, When Harry Met Sally, Goodfellas, Lord of the Rings Trilogy (extended versions!), Serenity, Name of the Rose.

Music: Stone Roses, Belle & Sebastian, Rush, Aerosmith, Joni Mitchell, Pixies.

Books: The Dispossessed, Dune, The Anubis Gates, In Another Light, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Non-Stop.

And many many more in all these and other categories

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Birdied the 3rd hole at Carnoustie!

Teach, Learn, Share

Too many things to list. I discovered early in life that I was never going to be brilliant at any one thing, and had too low a boredom threshhold to concentrate on any one thing! So have focused on doing as many different things as I can, and enjoying them all!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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