Help create my dream retreat at the gateway to the Scottish Highlands in Dunoon, Scotland

United Kingdom

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11/04/2019
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2019

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Volunteer in our preparations to get our place ready to use.. My dream retreat centre. Help start up the organic garden and reinvent the orchard in the walled garden.My name is Maggi Simpson and for the last 12 years my partner and i I have been renovating and getting the house together, running on enthusiasm. doing the roof, garden and insulating the rooms. We have a Chihuahua and two sheep, Ecki and Kissi who keep the grass down and live in the chicken shed! We welcome people to come and experience this beautiful landscape and learn how to work within a community, with others , for a common goal. To produce a place of peace.
Type of help
Gardening
Building
General Maintenance
Cooking / shopping
Other
Help with Eco project
Help in the house
Animal care
Help with Computers / internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can stay in a Victorian summer villa on the edge of a Scottish sea Loch an hour away from Glasgow, Scotland. The property backs onto a native wooded hill, which runs into a pine forest for instant access to hill walking, where you will find red deer and red squirrels, and see amazing views. You can participate in Yoga an use the infrared sauna and learn relaxation.skills. We have Kayaks to take out on the loch. I offer a massage to everybody who stays for a month.
Help
We would love to materialise this dream with painters joiners/carpenters, cleaners, gardeners, Chefs, stone wall repairing, Woodcutters.Inspirational eco input. Web/marketing. Volunteers would typically come for a month work for 4 days and have three days off a week to explore Scotland.
Languages spoken
English
Accommodation
We have rooms with shared bathroom, bunk,single/twin/double depending on availability. All food provided, Shared preparation and clearing up.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day for four days a week

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Feedback left by and about host (8)

10/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (Lancelot) for host

With Baptiste we spent one month in this amazing place. It was a very good experience, I really loved it !
Maggie cooked us really good food all the time, it was excellent ! Even if it was cold outside, we warmed up quickly thanks to the physical work, most of the time we were doing bonfire or carrying logs.
Landscapes in Scotland are very… read more

(Excellent )

28/02/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Marie)

it was a pleasure to meet Marie, I liked her immediately, which was good because it was only me and her that week, so she stayed in my tiny cottage as it was the warmest place and she had a terrible cold to start off with. Marie is very interesting and easy to talk to and is happy to do what you ask of her, we cleaned, varnished a floor, weeded,… read more

(Excellent )

15/04/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Simon)

Simon was a fantastic workaway. We enjoyed having him to stay. He is very easy going, adaptable, can help under his own steam/initiative and happy to lend a hand with the cooking and clearing at mealtimes.He was great at clearing the land and bonfiring. I would recommend him to any host, he is an asset to have around and we would welcome him… read more

(Excellent )

14/04/2018

Left by Workawayer (Simon) for host

I spent 5 weeks with Maggie and Sean and I don't regret it at all. Both of them have a very nice humor and will help you when ever they can. I can't really say anything against the accommodation unless the fact that the days during the winter weeks were a bit colder than I expected them to be. The tasks in the garden and around the house were very… read more

(Excellent )

18/03/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Fabienne)

Sweet Fabienne cane to stay for a month and was very easy going and happy to fit in ti the schedule She was very diligent with the weeding and cleaning and helping with the sheep. Sweeping leaves and tending the bonfire and she introduced us to stick bread while watching the super moon She was happy to join in socially and she will be welcome back… read more

(Excellent )

12/03/2018

Left by Workawayer (Fabienne) for host

I had a wonderful stay with Maggie, Sean, Lulabel and Co! They are all totally open and fun and make your stay a beautiful experience. My jobs were mostly gardening or cleaning, helping out here and there, sometimes feeding the sheep or preparing a bonfire, but nothing of this really felt like work, as the working hours were really relaxed and you… read more

(Excellent )

29/12/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (katharina)

Katy was a fabulous first work away. She is a lovely balanced young lady, able to mix with different kinds of people easily. Happy to help out with any task asked of her, and capable of working unsupervised. Rubbing down and preparing a fireplace for painting and gathering wood in the garden for bonfires and helping me with tip runs! Katy was… read more

(Excellent )

11/12/2017

Left by Workawayer (katharina) for host

I spent 2 amazing weeks at Maggie's and Sean's place.
It was a last minute workaway and I didn't know where I was going because there was no feedback and only one picture, but I don't regret it at all.
Blairmore is in the middle of nowhere, but if you like beautiful landscapes : sea, forest, mountain, lake ... you will love the place.
I was the… read more

(Excellent )

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