Mountain homestead, gardening and DIY at Glendalough, Wicklow Mountain National Park, Ireland

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  Description

  This is a self-build project at Wicklow Mountains National Park, surrounded by beautiful landscapes, historical places and small villages.
  
  Protecting nature and building an Irish co-living and coworking hub.
  
  If you like nature, quiet places and developing projects this experience is for you!
  The help exchange is not hard, but does require you to spend your time in the mountains.
  
  Getting There and Away:
  - Travel to Bray, Wicklow or Dublin connections to Glendalough or Laragh Village.
  - Wicklow Town on the Number 183 Bus (5 per day midweek, 6 weekend) for your shopping in ALDI, LIDL or Tesco and local shops.
  - One small shop in Laragh Village nearby.
  - We arrange weekly shopping trips to Wicklow Town, as well as adhoc trips.
  
  Bring own sleeping bag, or we can lend you one.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  There is always something new to learn, not just about gardening and cabin building,
  
  If your mother tongue isn’t English, this is a great opportunity to practice every day in a busy nature, tourism, and pilgrim centre in Ireland.

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  Aide

  Practical maintenance and gardening, the project is just starting, so there’s a lot to do and we are always open to new ideas!
  Landscape gardening skills, painting, decorating, and campsite maintenance.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
  
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  Hébergement

  Depending on the number of helpers staying, you will stay in a bunkroom,
  but a warm bed is covered for sure!
  
  We do not provide food, but you can do your own shopping in the supermarket in the village about 30 minutes walking or take the bus with local link, 45 mins to Wicklow Town or Bray.
  
  We can arrange a shopping trip to Wicklow Town each two weeks- and sometimes there may be a car going to Wicklow in case you want to join.

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  Autres infos...

  20 min walk from the village of Laragh and 1.5 hours of Dublin by bus or by train.
  
  The main type attractions around here have something to do with hiking, because we are surrounded by nature! The principal attraction is Glendalough, you'll get there following a trail beside the house, this is a beautiful place with two awesome lakes and a monastic city nearby. There is also a river near the house, where you can swim or have a picnic. Or if you like, you can go hiking to Mullacor, Table Mountain, Lugnaquilla and Scarr, and get a great view from the top of the mountain. You'll have a lot of things to explore on the surroundings!
  
  There is also Glenmalure, another small village with a nice pub, in case you want to have a pint of beer!

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

  • 

    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  3mb speeds, and we can provide a hot desk in co-work space.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  15 working hours per week.

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