Matthew & Joanne

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  • Information de voyage

    Actuellement, nous sommes

    en voyage

    Notre prochaine destination :

    Japan - du Sep 2024 au Déc 2024
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  • Description

    *please note we do not require payment for volunteering. We are happy for the workaway exchange of food and accommodation for agreed hours worked*

    Hi, we're Matt and Jo, a married couple from England and we have sold our house and given up our jobs to become permanent 'work-awayers'. We've now been volunteering for several hosts since summer 2013.

    Matt is a qualified Land Surveyor and wanted a change from living in a city and from the job he had done for years. Jo was an institutional fundraiser for a wildlife conservation charity.
    We love travelling and when visiting a new place we like to learn about the history and local culture and sample local food. We spent 12 months from April 2011 travelling around the world to lots of interesting countries that we'd never visited before. Upon returning, we always wanted to continue the travelling lifestyle.
    We enjoy wildlife and regularly visit nature reserves and National Parks in the UK to see what we can spot. We also love breath-taking scenery and most of our photo albums are filled with landscapes, mountains and water scenes, with the rest being animals/wildlife.
    We like to do our bit for the environment and think it is important to maintain as much green space for nature as possible.
    We enjoy listening to a huge variety of music (nothing really 'mainstream' though) and attend gigs, concerts and festivals whenever possible. We also enjoy watching a variety of live sports especially cricket.
    We both enjoy reading, from old classics to more current novels. We enjoy watching films and comedy, and Jo loves Harry Potter (books, films, magic, anything related!).
    We enjoy visiting interesting pubs and bars to have a pint of craft beer or cider.
    Jo loves crafts and making things (knitting, crochet, feltwork, needlecraft etc). She makes anything from flowers and cats to scarves and jumpers in any array of colours and wools.

  • Centres d’intérêt

    Technologie
    Menuiserie
    Bricolage / artisanat
    Photographie
    Dev. personnel
    Végétarien ou végan
    Dev. durable
    Animaux de compagnie
    Activités en plein air
    Films et télé
    Histoire
    Randonnée
    Jardinage
    Bénévolat
    Livres
    Architecture
    Ferme
    Culture
    Soin des plantes
    Musique

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  • Langues parlées

    Anglais: Courant
    Icelandic: Débutant

  • Compétences et connaissances que nous aimerions partager ou apprendre

    Nous avons des connaissances :  

    Jardinage
    Bricolage et projets de construction
    Entretien général
    Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille
    Aider dans une ferme
    Éco-projets
    Aider à la maison
    S’occuper des animaux
    Travail associatif
    Projets artistiques
  • Quelles sont vos compétences ?

    We've both been home owners in England and undertook maintenance of inside and outdoor areas.

    We are both physically fit and not afraid of hard work. In addition, we would love to learn new skills and are always willing to help out where needed.

    We’ve worked for many different workaway hosts giving us experience in:
    Farming
    Estate management
    Maintenance and building
    Gardening
    Tourist Accommodation & Guesthouses
    House-sitting - At several places, we have been lucky enough to be given the responsibility of looking after the farms, businesses, homes and animals whilst the owners were away.


    Projects we helped with include:

    Maintenance and building:
    Repair and insulation of stable roof
    Kitchen and tourist apartments renovation
    Building 'free-range' chicken house
    Building raised flower beds
    Painting
    Wallpapering
    Putting up shelves and flat-pack furniture
    Measuring up, cutting and laying carpets

    Estate Management & Gardening:
    Mowing lawns and fields
    Strimming
    Weeding and pruning
    Planting
    Fruit and vegetable picking
    Tree Clearance
    Leaf blowing
    Fencing and gate hanging
    Road repairs
    Landscaping
    Preparing gardens and grounds to host events
    Clearing garages and steadings

    Farm work:
    Hay-making using tractor
    Sheep and horse gathering
    Feeding animals including cows, calves, sheep, chickens, ducks, dogs, horses
    Milking cows and goats
    Cleaning chicken houses, cow-houses and milking systems
    Assisting with lamb and calf births
    Sheep tagging and marking
    Using small tractor/loader to distribute hay/straw bales

  • Âge

    46 & 43

  • Informations complémentaires

    • Fumeur

    • Permis de conduire

    • Allergies
      No

    • Régime alimentaire spécial
      if we have the choice we prefer plant rather than animal based food

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