Hi,

I'm Becca, from County Durham in the North East of England.

I'm a really happy and enthusiastic person with many hobbies and interests. I love photography and getting out into nature to explore and capture images. I love festivals and particularly enjoy rock and metal music. I'm very family orientated and have close relationships with my family and friends.

https://www.instagram.com/autumnjourneys/
https://autumnjourneys.com/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have a dream...it’s beautifully simple, yet wonderfully complex...

I want to inspire travel through stunning images and to make travel feel achievable for everyone...all without spending a penny.

Sounds impossible, right? I like a challenge!

Why?!

Before I tell you about how I hope to make this dream come true, let me spend a brief moment on the why. I want to do this because for so many years I felt like travelling, real travelling was something that other people did. I looked a beautiful pictures taken in locations I’d never heard of and thought, wow, I’d love to go there...but I probably never will. I was desperate to travel and experience more than the simple one resort holiday that I’d previously enjoyed. I wanted to see the world, but it felt like there were so many barriers to this; money, companions, logistics and yes, fear.

In 2015, I lost my step-Dad - a wonderful man who’d helped raise me. This isn’t turning into a sob story, but my perspective shift came almost instantly when I realised that time is literally, the only thing we have and I was constantly telling myself, ‘one day.’ By 2015, the barriers to travelling felt even larger; mortgage, career, family, pets, friends etc. but Instagram was a thriving community by this time and the travel photographs that I saw daily, simply inspired me to the point of action. I took a couple of travel holidays and started, slowly, beginning to see the world. I found that my stories and photographs inspired friends and acquaintances to begin taking the plunge too and I realised that this was exactly what I wanted to do with my time.
Now, in 2018 - I’m ready. I’m determined to make this dream a reality and inspire and support anyone else who wants to do the same.

But...without spending a penny?

Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t because I can’t or don’t want to save up and make myself afford my dream. In fact, the reason is entirely removed from that. The reason that I will do this without spending money is because money is the single biggest barrier that I felt in the past (companions / travelling alone being a very close second). I will destroy that barrier by making this dream come true without money. There are a few small caveats to this (travel insurance etc.) and I have a detailed plan of how I hope to accomplish all of this!

Interests

• arts
• poetry
• photography
• reading
• socializing
• blogging
• rock music
• metal music
• hiking
• travel
• travel blogging
• exploring nature

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Rock, Southern Rock and Metal - Journey, Bon Jovi, ACDC, Metallica, Keith Urban, Blackberry Smoke, A Thousand Horses, Whisky Myers, Monster Truck, Black Stone Cherry, The Cadillac Three.

Books: Victorian literature - Dickens, Brontes, Wilkie Collins (my degree is in English Literature and I specialised in Dickens and Vic Lit).

Movies: Con Air, Tremors, The Rock, The Lakehouse, Through her Eyes, Airheads, Marvel, Star Wars.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelled solo across America.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France