ABOUT ME I have recently cycled solo coast to coast USA.... From Boston to San Francisco via Nashville on a Johnny Cash Odyssey visiting places from his life and songs along the way.... I live with my wife Ruth near Cardigan in West Wales... I love travelling and always have... Back when I was 18, I hitchhiked from the UK to Yugoslavia..... More recently I spent summer 2011 riding my dirt bike from Moscow (in Scotland) to Moscow, Russia .... It was a brilliant experience ..... The next year we rode to Russia via the Arctic Circle .... What a Blast!.... In 2017 we bicycled from Santander to St Malo... I organise the Adventure Travel Film Club in Cardigan and always carry a stack of films when I travel..... PHILOSOPHY ....Cycle....Motorcycle....Hitchhike.....

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Back in my late teens I hitch-hiked down through Europe to Yugoslavia then up to Hungary... To me, Couch Surfing is a bit like Hitch hiking .... The kindness of strangers makes the world and your life a better place... I like to host and I like to stay with other couch surfers......

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

..I joined couchsurfing before heading off to Russia in 2011....My first couchsurfing experience was meeting up with a lovely couchsurfer in Riga for a meal and a wander round her city, stopped with a dude in Narva on the Russian border the night before entering Russia. We have quite a lot of couchsurfers stop with us in Wales...

Interests

Music, vinyl, motorbikes, animals, adventure travel documentaries (I always have a USB stick loaded with films with me)....

• animals
• singing
• yoga
• gardening
• movies
• painting
• music
• hiking
• surfing
• forestry

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Johnny Cash, Marc Almond, The Pogues, The Clash, Sex Pistols, David Bowie, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Jacques Brel, Joy Division, New Order, Blondie, Stray Cats....etc etc etc!
Books: Christopher Brookmyre, Ian Rankin, Travel adventure books....
Films: Point Break, Silence of the Lambs, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo....
Comedy: Ali-G, Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington.....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Meeting Johnny Cash was a pretty special moment for me, seeing Berlin a couple of weeks before the wall fell....Riding my Dirt bike through Russia....

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, Wales

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