-I DO NOT ACCESS THIS ACCOUNT OVER THE WEEKEND, OFTEN NOT ON MONDAYS, AND PREFER A MINIMUM WEEK'S NOTICE, IF POSSIBLE, THEN TEXT/whatsapp COMMUNICATION

CURRENT MISSION

Less is an option.

ABOUT ME

My Facebook page gives a hint of who I am... look for "Noel Flay Cass"

PHILOSOPHY

We're not here for long. We should try and preserve a livable planet for the next generation. Resist the worst excesses of consumerist neoliberal capitalism. Encourage all forms of social relations that are non-competitive and not based on profit. If you're not pissed off, you're not paying attention. Be the change you want to see in the world. Bring what you would expect to find. If not you, who? If not now, when? In order to have free minds, we must have free TEA!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I put up couch surfers before becoming a member, when they were passed onto me. I have hosted friends' friends from around Europe and beyond. I have an issue with flying abroad due to carbon issues, but up for hosting people and who knows, one day I may have the time to hitch around all my friends across Europe.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couch surfing experiences? Well, I was 'homeless' from some time in 1992 I think, until 1995..slept on couches, spare beds, floors, treehouses, benders, on a door suspended from a branch, on a fridge door wedged in tree branches, in tents, yurts, in the open, in fields and woods, under concrete car parks, in squats... but mostly within the UK. I hitched all over. I'm happy to return the good karma and generosity I received in all that time and since. I've not done much travelling to be honest, and don't see how I can fly without feeling like a total hypocrite. The south-east corner of Spain, the deep south of Hungary, and now Sweden and Finland are the furthest I've strayed from home (oh, I forgot a flight to Washington DC and then getting stuck by the Icelandic volcano eruption - Mother Earth's revenge)...

Interests

Music, festivals, partying and pubbing with friends, camping and walking (not enough), cycling and cycle touring (new interest)..

• books
• festivals
• walking
• partying
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• camping
• surfing
• rock climbing
• languages
• parks
• lakes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was a full time treehugging eco-warrior in the anti-roads campaigns of the 1990s, living outdoors with very little money, trying to stop destruction of homes and nature for quicker commuting time. Nothing else has compared to that really. I travelled all over the UK in that time and did some amazing things.

Teach, Learn, Share

Environmentalism, Renewable Energy, Anarchism, Tree-Climbing (including ropes)! Hidden corners of Lancaster. Arthur Ransome and his Swallows and Amazons books. Cycling around Lancaster - Fylde, Forest of Bowland, to Yorkshire Dales or north towards Lakes. Walking and camping in the Lakes.

Like to learn languages...

What I Can Share with Hosts

My home, and my home city/area. You are welcome to come for a bike ride, or I can lend you a bike for your stay.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Wales

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