CURRENT MISSION

To meet new folks during my road trip through Spain in January 2009

ABOUT ME

After studying in Leeds I co-ordinated a housing project called LATCH renovating derelict houses to provide homes for young homeless people. During this time I lived aboard and restored a couple of narrowboats. After 7 years of that I realised that at 28 years old I'd been there quarter of my life so ran away and joined the circus! I spent four summers touring with Croissant Neuf Circus, a travelling solar powered circus and environmental education project. During the winters I did a combination of building work and working as a PA for a friend who is tetraplegic.
I now live in a converted removals lorry in the mountains of North Wales and tour UK festivals every summer with 'Sunny Jim's Solar Powered Cabaret'. I spent the last few months working for a plumber installing solar hot water systems to save up for a trip to Spain in January. I'll be footloose and fancy-free heading for some winter sun and hoping to meet new people to explore and have fun with.
Oh, one last thing: Soy vegetariano. Hay algo sin carne?

PHILOSOPHY

Things only change if we do something to change them (this applies to everything from socks to financial systems)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just joined; surfing through Andalucia, Spain. Looking forward to finishing making the guest bed in my truck so I can host when I get home.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just joined; half way through my tour of Andalucia, Spain and now on my third couch and I'm loving it!

Interests

Music, cabaret, circus, street performance...
Low impact living, alternative energy, sustainability, fixing things, being out in wide open spaces by the sea or in the mountains.

• performing arts
• design
• festivals
• education
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• teaching
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Willing to give most movies, books and music a go (though I've yet to find an opera I enjoy). Love live music and most kinds of live performance, read every day. Not really a fan of modern Hollywood films tho like the classics, English and European cinema.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've managed to live off-grid in the UK getting all my electricity from solar panels for the last fifteen years. Two years ago I co-ordinated the design and installlation of a solar electricity system for a rehabilitation centre for landmine vicitims in Cambodia.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can handle most minor building and mechanical tasks - if you need a hand fixing something I'm your man!
I'd like to learn Spanish
I like to share music

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