Couchsurfing: part three

I was so grateful to Gooby and his housemates for putting me up in my hour of need, and so I tried my hardest not to be any trouble. I don’t take up much room at the best of times, and in this case I made special efforts to be even less intrusive… after all, [...]

Thankyou for your hospitality… part two

The first lesson, and I learned it quickly, is to travel light. When you spend your days wandering from a couch to the library to a park bench and to somebody else’s house, you find pretty sharpish a low tolerance for carrying all of your worldly possessions around with you. You don’t need to be [...]

Thankyou for your hospitality… part one

Over the past few months, some of my friends have shown me the sort of extraordinary generosity that makes you glad to be alive. I’ve been shown friendship above and beyond the call of duty, and for that, I’ve been extremely grateful. Not too long ago, I became homeless following the break up of a [...]