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We run a small and independant Trail Riders Hotel including the keeping of our own horses (3 head), mules (3 head) and big donkeys (2 head) in the higher part of Eifel, a remote landscape in Germanys Far West, located between the cities of Bonn, Kolblenz, Trier and Aachen.
The farm where we live is located on the edge of a small village and dates back to the 13th century. The today existing buildings including our house date from the 17th and 18th century, they are half-timbered houses with modern sustainable technology (woodgas-powered heating, solar power).
Our house has three storeys and a useful surface of app. 200 squaremeters with 5 bedrooms, enough space though for guests, workawayers and us.
Our three horses' age ranges from 10 to 31 years and they all require an experienced rider, but one mule standing as high as the horses can be ridden by beginners. Our donkeys reach the size of an Islandic Horse but they are not ridden, we hitch them to a buggy.
Our two dogs (German Shepard-Mix and mixed-blood from Belgium) are members of the family and live in the house. They are very docile and cuddly.
There are also three cats living in the house.
We also have 4 chicken - outside the house of course, and most times have eggs from them.
A race driver from Scotland called the nearby Nuerburgring Car Racetrack in the 1970s a "Green Hell" (so difficult and dangerous to drive). This expression still sticks to our landscape, consisting of huge beech forests, lush green meadows, hidden creeks in small valleys and many rocky peaks of volcanic origin. Of course there is no devil around....
Wir betreiben eine kleine, unabhängige Wanderreit-Station mit eigener Pferde- (3 Stück), Muli- (3 Stück) und Eselhaltung (2 Stück) in der Hocheifel.
Der Hof, auf dem wir leben, liegt am Rand eines kleinen Dorfes und existiert seit dem 13. Jahrhundert. Die heutigen Gebäude so wie auch unser Wohnhaus stammen aus dem 17ten und 18ten Jahrhundert, es sind alte Fachwerkhäuser, allerdings mit moderner, umweltfreundlicher Technik (Holzvergaser-Heizung, Photovoltaik).
Unser Haus ist dreigeschossig und hat ca. 200 qm Wohnfläche sowie 5 Schlafzimmer, also groß genug für zahlende Gäste, Workawayer und uns.
Unsere 3 Pferde sind 10-31 Jahre alt und brauchen alle einen erfahrenen Reiter, aber ein etwa gleich großen Muli ist auch für Anfänger geeignet. Die Esel sind zwar fast so groß wie Islandpferde, aber wir reiten sie nicht, fahren sie dagegen vor der Kutsche.
Unsere beiden Hunde (Schäferhund-Mischling und Rassemix aus Belgien) sind für uns Familienmitglieder und leben im Haus. Sie sind brav und schmusig. Weiter leben noch drei Katzen im Haus.
Es gibt noch vier Hühner - außerhalb des Hauses, meistens haben wir Eier von ihnen....
Ein schottischer Autorennfahrer nannte den nahegelegenen Nürburgring in den 1970ern eine Grüne Hölle (weil so schwierig und gefährlich zu fahren), und dieser Ausdruck klebt an unserer Gegend, die vor allem aus gigantischen Buchenwäldern, grünen Weiden, kleinen, verwunschenen Bachtälern und felsigen Höhen vulkanischen Ursprungs besteht. Einen Teufel findet man allerdings nicht.....
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Pratique d’une langue
Jardinage
S’occuper des animaux
Aide dans une ferme
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Aide informatique/internet
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
The surrounding cities like Cologne, Bonn, Koblenz and Trier were all founded by the Romans about 2.000 years ago, and still today they all are vibrant cutural hotspots, worth a visit.
Nice contrast to all that nature around at our place
We are always eager to show our guests - even working guests - the nature and the very old cultural heritage of our region, like hidden ruins of castles in our huge forests that only few people know about......
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Aide
The daily work to do consists of animal chores, looking after the the fences. From April till December the animals are on the pastures the daily work is less, mainly mowing under the electric fences and filling water tanks, from Chrismas till Eastern (or so) two daily hours are requiered for mucking out shelters and paddocks (we do not have box stalls) and feeding twice a day.
Additionally there is the training of the animals that we do ourselves and for this a helping hand is always welcome.
Our Trail Riders' Hotel has few booking, all these activities we are paid are done by ourselves and are for are NOT for volonteers (according to Workaway Regulations), but they are invited to share the good company of our often interesting visitors.
Zu den täglich anfallenden Arbeiten gehört Tiere versorgen und z.B. Zaunbau sowie die Unterhaltung des Hofes. Von April bis Dezember sind die Tiere auf großen Weiden, da fällt eigentlich nur Wasser Fahren, Zäune frei Mähen und ähnliches an, von etwa Weihnachten bis Ostern müssen wir täglich etwa 2 Stunden die Offenstallanlage misten und füttern.
Zu diesen Arbeiten kommt Ausbildung und Training der Tiere, das machen wir selbst, und Hilfe dabei ist immer willkommen. Wir erwarten jedoch Hilfe bei allen Arbeiten, die gerade anfallen.
Unsere Wanderreitstation hat nicht sehr viele Buchungen, und alle Aktivitäten, die wir von Gästen bezahlt bekommen, gehören gem. Statuten von Workaway NICHT zu den Aufgaben unserer Volunteers, sie sind aber eingeladen, sich an der Gesellschaft unserer oft interessanten Gäste zu erfreuen.
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Français: Courant
Espagnol: IntermédiaireCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
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Hébergement
Room in our house, no private bathroom possible, all meals together with us, vegan cooking possible if desirered. Access to big living room with all media (Internet, TV, huge horse-related library, one third in English)
Autres infos...
For those who get a little tired of all that nature it is only 2 km to the town of Adenau where one can find a little entertainment like pubs and shopping, mainly during the summer month when there is a lot going on at the nearby Nürburgring Race Track.
Wem "Natur pur" nach einer Weile auf den Nerv geht, findet im 2 km entfernten Adenau auch etwas Trubel, vor allem in Sommer, wenn am nahe gelegenen Nürburgring viel los ist.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux
Cet hôte a dit qu’il acceptait les personnes voyageant avec un animal.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Un
Nombre d'heures attendues
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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As a daily routine he took care of our horses, mules and donkeys, feeding them, mucking out, driving the tractor to unload the manure trailer, loading hay bales into the hay stock, preparing feed buckets for the next day.
He had a very good hand with all animals on our place and… read more
She teached us a lot about gardening and the Czech Republic, especially her home region South Bohemia.
Every task we confined her was done with diligence and commitment.
When her mother was a little uneasy hearing that Julie worked with a wood spliter and an cicular saw we turned a little mobile video in… read more
They both welcomed me into their family and where lovely to stay with. I had a lot of interesting conversations with the both of them and enjoyed the evenings - be it in front of the TV or playing Noch Mal! 😁
I… read more
She attacks every task with devotion.
She has a very warm heart for any living creature.
Our dogs and cats enjoyed her cuddeling.
She is a good rider, very sensitive, with a balanced position in the saddle.
During her stay we had a hard time with a mule being very ill.
We… read more
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As a daily routine he took care of our horses, mules and donkeys, feeding them, mucking out, driving the tractor to unload the manure trailer, loading hay bales into the hay stock, preparing feed buckets for the next day.
He had a very good hand with all animals on our place and… read more
She teached us a lot about gardening and the Czech Republic, especially her home region South Bohemia.
Every task we confined her was done with diligence and commitment.
When her mother was a little uneasy hearing that Julie worked with a wood spliter and an cicular saw we turned a little mobile video in… read more
They both welcomed me into their family and where lovely to stay with. I had a lot of interesting conversations with the both of them and enjoyed the evenings - be it in front of the TV or playing Noch Mal! 😁
I… read more
She attacks every task with devotion.
She has a very warm heart for any living creature.
Our dogs and cats enjoyed her cuddeling.
She is a good rider, very sensitive, with a balanced position in the saddle.
During her stay we had a hard time with a mule being very ill.
We… read more
He is a very good artist with down to earth handy abilities.
Among many other tasks we asked him to create some steps in the garden, out of black basalt and white pebbles.
After showing us a drawing that pleased us he put it to work and it got very nice.
With his first tries in the saddle he… read more
learning about the history of their gorgeous house and all of the quirky things inside was wonderful. The local area is really peaceful and such a nice place to walk or go for a trail ride, which we mamnaged to do a couple times! It was honestly such an unforgettable… read more
She is very diligent, skilled and does every confined task with good ideas and thoroughness.
We were impressed by her deep love for every living creature and enjoyed her company very much.
By the way she is a skilled rider, our mules liked to carry her.
She is always welcomed back.
Die Beiden sind weltoffen und willkommend. Ich habe mich von Anfang an… read more
Nice… read more
She looks much younger at the first glance but when observing her developing her own ideas to get a job done you quickly realize that she is a studied engineer with a good down-to-earth background.
We were impressed by her deep love to all kinds of… read more
In your free time, you can reach a town near the location easily by foot, with shops,… read more
The first week was great, I was helping them, cleaning the electric fences and then I learned how they work with mules and horses. I was able to practice my English and I helped Hanno to remember his Spanish a… read more
We enjoyed our time with him very much.
We were impressed by the fact that, despite his young age, he has very concrete ideas of his own, which he puts forward in a well-reasoned yet tolerant manner.
In matters of IT/web sites/telecommunications/cell phones/tablets he is a very good expert and patient helper.… read more
Much of what I did on a daily basis was a new experience for me and I never felt that my contribution was unwanted or too little.
Thanks to Hanno and Dagmar's outreach, I was able to learn a lot about mules, horses, the nature in the… read more
Both Dagmar and Hanno are social, openminded… read more
She works very hard and is pretty handy.
She is skilled and talented in the saddle and very responsable with all animals.
We confined her a new molly mule which is pretty spirited and she rode her very well and stayed cool even when the newcomer spoked and jumped… read more
She has a deep love for all animals and nature.
She ran our place with all equines, the dogs, cats and quails in a perfect manner during our absence.
We can recommand her to everybody who looks for a reliable and trustfull person.
Dagmar and Hanno are kind and generous people who… read more
She ran the whole place with 22 animals on her own during our absence of two times about a week and did a perfect job.
She is a skilled horse woman who can handle many different jobs around a barn and out in the field or forest. Here she worked with a wead waker, helped with logging in the forest and the like.
She is… read more
First, she started cutting thorny hedges together with our nice who helps out sometimes, then went to take part at Cologne Carnival with Hannos sister.
After that, she was involved in many other activities, including a roping clinic, many trail rides and our participation in a movie with one… read more
They are an absolutely lovely couple, full of positivity and peacefulness they spread all around. Hanno is a real gentleman wearing a cowboy hat, full of kindness and memories of the… read more
During this time he was like a sunshine, he always was in a good mood, very diligent, helpful, responsible, looking further, hard working, polite and very charming.
He was singing during his work and we enjoyed his constant smile.
He is a skilled musician and plays a lot. We enjoyed his… read more
Hayley has a little tendency to understatement, so one might need some time to find out about all her abilities.
All our animals, horses, mules, donkeys, dogs and cats enjoyed her stay, as we did!
She did all jobs with… read more
She is very open minded and has a large range of interests.
She is diligent and very skilled concerning any paint job or any craftmanship that needs a person with sense for detailed quality work. We believe that she likes artwork as well.....
She is gentle and serious with animals,… read more
From travelling to Europe several times she already knew some things.
When she arrived at our place it was pretty hard for her – handling chores in a horse and mule barn and helping out in the kitchen… read more
It was a whole new experience for me..but I'm missing all the tasks already. They have the… read more
Hanno and Dagmar are some of the warmest, nicest people I've ever met. Right from the start when I was delayed arriving and didn't get to them until around 10:30pm (much later than originally planned), they were very understanding. Even taking me out to dinner on that first… read more
He knows how to do nearly everything, and he does it with foresight responsability and diligence.
He took care of our animals (horses, mules, donkeys, dogs and cats), repaired fences, made firewood in the forest using chainsaw and wedgehammer, repaired a toolshag, installed LED-spotlights and tamed an… read more
I will always remember the Dagmar's laugh, so sincere and warm. Hanno has always some interesting stories that… read more
She was always helpful, greased all our saddle tack, cut down the wilderness garden, cleaned up the cellar and the rest of our house, mucked the donkey stable, fed them and much more.
All tasks she did very well, with responsibility and diligence.
She is a wonderful and warm hearted person, with a lot of passion… read more
