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Big garden in beautiful, peaceful West Wicklow, Ireland

  • Letzte Aktivität : 31 Okt. 2024

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  • Beschreibung

    Beschreibung

    Hello!

    We'd like to invite someone to come and help here in November.

    I live in a big house on 2 acres with my teenage daughter in beautiful West Wicklow, beside a forest and near the mountains. It's a peaceful, quiet, rural location. We are an hour from Dublin and Kilkenny, 25 mins from Carlow, The Glen of Imaal and the original Hollywood, and 45 mins from Glendalough.

    You will have your own bedroom and bathroom, and share the kitchen, living room, TV room and art room.

    I'm a part time primary school teacher so can help you with English or if you want to learn Gaeilge. I speak a bit of French and am learning Spanish these days. I'm also a yoga teacher, sound therapist and music teacher and work some days from home. I am passionate about health, well being and self healing and am building my new business around that.

    I'm a musician who plays and teaches traditional Irish music, so you will have the opportunity to hear authentic music and to come to local music sessions. There are spare instruments in the house which you can use if you play music. (fiddle, guitar, ukulele, mandolin, tin-whistles, charango, concertina) We both love art and crafts and you're welcome to use the art room.

    I love hiking and yoga and practise yoga daily. If you're brave you can swim in the local freezing river with amazing health benefits! Walks from the house are on small roads. You will need lifts to local mountains for hikes. There is the use of a bike.

    We have a dog and cat and hens. We grow our own vegetables.

    You will need good outdoor, waterproof clothing and footwear for gardening tasks in all weathers.

    These are some jobs we need help with:
    Lots of weeding, mowing and strimming. Cutting back and removing meadow vegetation.

    Caring for native saplings in our field:strimming around them and mowing paths.

    Watering the greenhouse and preparing it for new planting. Construction of a wooden vegetable bed in the greenhouse.

    Moving and dividing plants. Cutting back dead growth. Composting.

    Daily tasks include cleaning the kitchen, walking Fia, bringing in firewood, setting the fire. Help is also needed with laundry and other household tasks.

    Construction of a lean-to for my campervan.

    Woodwork:restoring and fixing some furniture.

    IT and social media skills welcome.

    On days when weather is really bad the focus will be on housework: cleaning, hoovering, mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms, windows etc. .I love cooking. I'm vegetarian so the healthy meals will be vegetarian. If you love cooking you are welcome to cook as part of your hours.

    You need to be fit and able for using a spade, strimmer and lawnmower. We've hens that need to be fed daily, have bedding changed and eggs collected.

    I need help for 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week and the hours can be flexible.

    We love travelling and meeting people from other countries and learning about their culture, language, food etc. We've really enjoyed hosting and getting to know helpers last year from Workaway and HelpX, and the conversations and connections have been very special.

    We had aupairs in the house for years and two years ago had a Ukrainian family live with us for some time. We now have a Ukrainian couple staying in our studio. Anyone who stays with us will be treated fairly and as part of the family and included in activities and outings if they wish, and won't be expected to work in their free time.

    However, I expect the helper to cooperate and help with basic housework as any family member would. I only have one spare room as the other spare bedroom is now a clinic for sound therapy, so can now only host one helper at a time. You will be on your own during the day until we both get home from school or if I have music students or sound therapy clients.

    I can give lifts to local towns (Rathvilly and Baltinglass) where there is public transport. On a day off I could drop you to a morning bus to Dublin and collect you in the evening once it fits around my work schedule. It is a very remote location though so a stay of one-two weeks is ideal. Our place is ideal if you feel like a break from a city as it's quiet and peaceful. We look forward to welcoming you to Wicklow!

  • Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Sprachpraxis
    Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
    Gartenarbeiten
    Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
    Betreuung von Tieren
    Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
    Hausarbeiten
    Handwerkliche Arbeiten
    Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
  • Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    We can help with language practice. I'm a primary teacher and also studied English literature alongside a teaching degree. I no longer teach full time, and am now working as a sound therapist and yoga teacher. I'm also a musician so could help musicians interested in Irish traditional music. I play fiddle mostly. There's also an art room available with use of art materials. I'm vegetarian and love cooking so you'll have healthy food. I a

    I practise Wim Hof breathing and yoga daily. We love hiking in the local mountains. There are road, forest and mountain walks locally.

  • Projekte mit Kindern

    Projekte mit Kindern

    Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.

  • Arbeit

    Arbeit

    Gardening: removing /cutting old growth , watering greenhouse, mowing grass, caring for raised beds for vegetables, strimming in garden and around young trees, weeding flower and vegetable beds and the gravel yard, caring for plants etc. Gathering and storing firewood. Looking after hens. Walking the dog. Building a lean to for a campervan. Housework. It's all organic so no chemicals are used. Also, help around the house would be great.

  • Sprachen

    Gesprochene Sprachen
    Englisch: Fließend
    Französisch: Gute Kenntnisse
    Irish: Gute Kenntnisse
    Spanisch: Grundkenntnisse

    Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
    I'd love to learn more Spanish as I'm a beginner.

  • Unterkunft

    Unterkunft

    Double room with bathroom that's mostly private, as my daughter and I both have ensuites bathrooms in our bedrooms. Shared kitchen, art room, living room, TV room. You can cook your own meals or eat with us.

  • Was noch ...

    Was noch ...

    There is the use of a bike. There isn't much public transport, just an occasional bus. Lifts can be offered to local town or village where there are buses to Dublin.
    The Baltinglass area is the 'Hill fort capital of Ireland' and there are some historicical and sacred sites locally. We're half an hour from the picturesque Glen of Imaal, and half an hour from Carlow Town. Glendalough is 45 mins drive away. We're just over an hour from Dublin which is accessible by bus locally.

  • Etwas mehr Information

    Etwas mehr Information

    • Internet Zugang

    • Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

      Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

    • Wir besitzen Tiere

    • Wir sind Raucher

    • Familien möglich

  • Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

    Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

    Dieser Gastgeber nimmt gern Digital Nomads bei sich auf.

  • Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

    Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

    I have a campervan too that I built during covid and there's lots of room in the yard to park. There are outside sockets for you to plug in.

  • Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

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    Arbeitszeiten

    Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Gastgeber Ref-Nr.: 655194819655

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