Why your forum name?

I guess mine kinda says it all!

My name's stu and i do karate

I've lived in so many places, you'd think I would be detached about them. I actually have lots of fond memories of most of them though. We moved a lot when I was growing up and to this day, I have never lived more than 5 years in any location since I was born. Some of my favourite childhood houses were in Rowlands Gill and Axwell Park.

As a young adult, I enjoyed living in Grosvenor Terrace, York. I was only about 100 yards from The Sound Organisation so I'm surprised I ever moved! In later years I had a couple of homes on the Northumberland coast that I particularly liked. There's something special about that coast.

I lived in Kefalos, Kos for a year and it was special. Probably the most beautiful place I've ever seen and it has a magic about it that draws you back. I'd like to be the sort of person who could live their life out there, but I'm too restless and too hooked on the trappings of modern life. Coral Bay in Cyprus is far more developed, but I do love the mountainous landscape, all the wonderful flora and the banana plantations, masses of orange trees, vineyards, olive trees and even wild fig trees. The Summer heat can be punishing though.

Going back to anywhere you've lived is a bit weird. On the one hand you have happy associations, but on the other, it somehow feels very wrong to be back where you once were. Like you're somehow out of place and time. Anyone else feel weird going back?

Mine's from a myth about the Tobes of Hades near the river Styx