My name is Robert but everyone calls me "Dob"
I'm in the UK for 4 weeks after spending the last 3 months travelling around SE Asia.
I love my caffeine, a big feed, anything with two wheels, mountains and have recently started getting into BJJ.

PHILOSOPHY:
Get after it, stay humble.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'd love to meet up with some locals and get them to let me in on their secrets of where the best coffee and/or beer is, best food, where the best gigs are, their favourite hiking trails.
Just want to get all the local information that you miss out on as a tourist.

Interests

Hiking/camping or pretty much anything that will get me up into the mountains or outside, the odd cheeky beer, gigs, I just started BJJ and loving it! Love animals of all shapes and sizes, grew up with cats, dogs and horses, I love motorbikes of every kind, reading and looking at maps and planning the next trip.

• dogs
• horses
• beer
• coffee
• walking
• motorcycles
• reading
• bouldering
• hiking
• camping
• rock climbing
• cartography
• engineering
• mountains
• freediving
• brazilian jiu jitsu

Music, Movies, and Books

My favourite artists at the moment are, Shakey Graves, Flight Facilities, Bon Iver and Vulfpeck
My current Film would be "Kingsmen" or anything by Tarantino

and books...well that's tough as I've usually got a couple on the go at any one time but at the moment I'm reading "Long Way Round" But of all time it would be "The Power of One" by Bryce Courtenay or almost anything by Terry Pratchett
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once broke into the Schönbrunn gardens in Vienna at 3 in the morning I. E. Opened the side gate (led by a local! I deny all responsibility)
We snuck through the gardens up the hill to the archway, climbed up it and watched the sun come up, then we're very promptly chased away by the gardeners, Whoops. But that was pretty amazing to share that experience with someone I'd only known for a few hours.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Anything I can spare, be it stories of previous adventures, walking your dog, buying the first round, or an array of handyman skills and I'm basically a professional large spider removalist (perks of living in Australia)

I make pretty awesome scrambled eggs with avo and bacon too!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Nepal, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Thailand, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia