ABOUT ME

I'm an easy going guy. I have travelled in Europe by hitch hiking, and I want to see more of the world. Especially if there are nice couches to sleep on.

I live in a suburb of Nottingham with my partner (1 hour walk, or a 20 minute bus ride north-east from the centre) and have a spare room and double bed for 1 or 2 travellers to stay for 1 or 2 nights.

Please DON'T request a couch while you look for a place to live or looking for work.

I speak English and French.
I am a vegan, which might be a bit of a problem around France, so I might need to improvise a litte.

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Un mec 'chilled'. J'ai pas fais bcoup de voyager en Europe (autostop, velo, etc), et j'espere voir plus de France et Europe bientot. Le seul probleme est que je suis un vegetalien, qui, en france, est un _PETIT PEU_ difficile mdr.

J'habite á Nottingham avec ma petit ami, une heure marcher par le centre ville (ou 20 mins sur autobus), et j'ai une chambre avec un lit double pour 1 ou 2 voyageurs pour 1 ou 2 nuits.

PHILOSOPHY

See as much as possible in the time I have.
Meet interesting people and learn from them.

And don't make a mess :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I helped run the CS Manchester Language Exchange and host travellers.
Hosted several surfers in Manchester.
Surfed in Europe in Summer 2012.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hitch hiking through Spain and France.
Language Exchange meetings in Manchester.

Interests

Learning, animals, exploration, cycling, languages, video games, films, growing vegetables, scrabble, feeling the sun on my skin and having nowhere particular to go.

• animals
• vegan
• running
• walking
• movies
• video games
• homebrewing
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• languages
• language exchange
• urban exploration

Music, Movies, and Books

The Big Labowski, Luc Besson films (Subway, Nikita, Leon), Children of Men, Alien, 28 Days Later, Apocalypse Now, Pan's Labyrinth, Taxi Driver, Panique au Villages

Radiohead, Queens of the Stone Age, The Doors, The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, Aesop Rock, Poison the Well, and ambient / chilled music.

Heart of Darkness, Kafka on the Shore, The Possibility of an Island (La Possibilité d'une Isle), Lord of the Flies, short stories by Albert Camus and J.D. Salinger

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I am always looking for things off the beaten track, which has led me from abandoned coal mines to long-forgotten towers, and everything in between.

Spent time in tents high enough to look down on helicopters, and homebrew treehouses connected by dodgy rope. And I saw my share of awesome sights doing the national 3 peaks challenge, and cycling coast to coast.

Saving street cats and dogs in north Africa and saving persecuted wildlife in the UK.

And attack ships on fire, off the shoulder of Orion (obviously)

Teach, Learn, Share

Bikeability (National Standards cycling).
Outdoor stuff.
Nutrition (especially veganism).
Urban exploration.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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