HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I first heard about couch surfing when myself and my friend Mike were planning a charity car rally from London to Moldova, via the arctic circle. In a three wheeled car. We signed up and surfed peoples couches all the way from Germany, up and down through Scandinavia and on into Russia. It really was one of the coolest trips I've done, made all the more memorable by the people we met along the way. I fell in love with the couch surfing ethos. Since then, I haven't surfed anyones couch, but have had a couple come and visit us, which we never expected in deepest darkest Somerset! As long as I'm not working, we'd love to host you and repay some of the couch surfing hospitality that was shown to us! COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE So far, all couch surfing experiences have been really positive, both hosting and surfing. I think this sort of thing definately attracts like-minded people.

Lots of music - metal, folk, rock, hip hop, spanish and latin, chilled out dance. Not necessarily in that order... Recently read Steinbecks 'The grapes of wrath'. What a great book that is! Catch 22, stuff by J G Ballard, Henry Miller, Marcel Proust.