Experience the magical Celtic charm of rural Spain at our family finca in Nava, Asturias, Spain

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  Beschreibung

  Pls read our profile fully to see if we align.
  We offer a very high quality experience & have spent years volunteering & we believe we offer a good deal.
  
  Hello, salud, bienvenido!
  
  We are Sarah & Henry, long time Workawayers, travellers & free-spirited wanderers who, after a decade of being fairly nomadic, have finally settled and found a home in Northern Spain.
  
  We recently bought a stone finca with surrounding land and are looking forward to restoring the buildings & rewild the land giving back to this community & working with some amazing people from all over the world.
  
  We want to be inclusive to families as we found it particularly difficult to volunteer with our kids, and would like to create something of a world -schooling hub & the chance to connect with the Earth in the middle of abundant nature.
  
  We are situated within the heart of green & verdant Asturias, half an hour from the cities (Oviedo & Gijón), half an hour from some of the best beaches in Europe and half an hour from the Picos de Europa. What more could you want?
  
  The closest town, Nava, is 5 mins away, has 3 supermarkets, shops, bars, cafes & an attractive plaza. It also has the Cider Museum.
  
  We can offer you either a private room next to the family bathroom with shower, or our very comfortable caravan which can sleep up to 4. The heating & stove work perfectly. There’s also the option of parking your own camper.
  
  It would be advantageous if you could manage your time well, so that your free time does not get frittered away - happens easily!
  Expect around 25 “on hours” per week (this excludes group responsibilities such as cooking / clearing away because you would have to cook for yourself anyway!) & this is not a hard & fast rule; sometimes depending on projects & situations a little longer days might be needed - it’s up to you to keep track of the week overall!
  You can decide how you manage this by either spreading it throughout the week or doing a few longer days to have more days free time to explore the region.
  
  Use of car & bike included.
  
  *if you need to prioritise online paid work pls discuss your schedule with us in advance*
  
  FOOD PROVIDED:
  Breakfast: you are welcome to join us for breakfast, we would normally have a freshly squeezed OJ, homemade juices or smoothy with quinoa, millet or oat porridge
  
  LUNCH: our biggest meal of the day - always together around 2pm - we normally make about 4/5 different dishes, almost always plant based & would welcome your help preparing & cooking for everyone.
  
  In Spain it’s custom to have a light Merienda for dinner / supper - we don’t really have much, the children have a snack and drink before bed at 8pm
  
  I am also a yoga teacher & student (my teacher is based in the city - Oviedo the capital of Asturias which I go to at least twice a week on the bus or train. We are very well connected to the city but live a peaceful life out in nature so have the best of both worlds) & like to start my day with some asana, pranayama & meditation practiced in the shala. You would be welcome to join for this.

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Betreuung von Tieren

  Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof

  Babysitten und Kinderbetreuung

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Nachhaltigkeit

  

  Politik & Soziales

  

  Film & Fernsehen

  

  Events & Sozialleben

  

  Kultur

  

  Karitative Arbeiten

  

  Farmarbeit

  

  Haustiere

  

  Selbstentwicklung

  

  Gärtnern

  

  Musik

  

  Zeichnen & Malen

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Heimwerken & DIY

  

  Kochen & Backen

  

  Bücher

  

  Astronomie

  

  Kunst & Design

  

  Tiere

  

  Outdoor-Aktivitäten

  

  Wintersport

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Wassersport

  

  Gebirge

  

  Natur

  

  Fitness

  

  Wandern

  

  Erlebnissportarten
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  UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt

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  Was ist das?
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  We are from the UK but wish to commune with spanish speakers - we found learning a language very challenging at home & have been learning Spanish now for around 12 years on & off. We learned in Guatemala and used Latin American Spanish during the time we were travelling. Now we want to improve our mainland Castellano - our children are fluent & learning Asturiano in school.
  We are in the Celtic homelands of Northern Spain, country of bagpipes, cider & mythological forest dwellers.
  
  Our property is boarded by ancient Roman Camino - original *Camino de Santuarios* so if you’re looking for something more under-the-radar and less travelled than the famous *Camino de Santiago * then you have found the right place.

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  Au-pair-Hilfe

  Weitere Informationen findest du hier

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  Projekte mit Kindern

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

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  Arbeit

  We moved into our finca in Feb 2024 & are doing some light renovations & DIY around the house. Mostly painting & decorating & trying to finish off / restoring & upcycling the decor & furniture.
  
  For bigger projects (such as electrics / plumbing & landscaping) we will bring in local tradespeople.
  
  Re general maintenance and smaller jobs we will be working along with you & want to enlist help to play with the children (5 & 8), the 3 cats (2 new kittens) & our new horse Duque. We have a wide range of tasks & projects around the property, which will change depending on our current situation & the season / weather.
  
  Inside jobs include some basic DIY like;
  painting & decorating;
  furniture upcycling;
  plastering;
  digital marketing;
  childcare;
  cooking;
  tiling / painting the tiles
  cleaning.
  and outside jobs (weather dependent) will be preparing the ground, planting in boxes / beds & organising and creating spaces around the land;
  A big important job for Spring is chopping the wood pile for next Winter. We have heating in the house but prefer to put on a fire every evening.
  There is always gardening (weeding, planting, mulching, making raised beds / compost piles & maintenance of beds);
  fencing for animals
  animal care
  building a chicken coup
  making a new larger compost bin
  Fixing temporary gates
  Planning / maybe beginning a landscaping driveway project
  Labouring - moving rocks / large stones
  
  Once we have some nice neat piles of rocks and stones we intend to pay local skilled dry stone wallers & we eventually wish to restore the gate arch.
  
  This list is not exhaustive and we like to work with our volunteer’s strengths and preferences ... so you will have lots of flexibility & can choose how you spend your time.
  This is on you to manage your time. Some days you may wish to go over and do a shorter day the next, for example - as long as you do around 25 hours of active work per week.
  
  We like to eat one meal together at 2pm so would love your contributions in the kitchen, cooking, making bread, baking cakes & preserving to keep us all well-fed!

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Englisch: Fließend
  Spanisch: Gute Kenntnisse

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  We wish to provide a real cultural experience for our guests & volunteers and are well connected with the local community through our children’s village school. Our boys are bilingual and speak Spanish pretty fluently now they are also learning Asturianu at cole. So if you’re looking to improve your English or Spanish we can help with that - it will be full immersion!
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  Unterkunft

  We have two spare double bedrooms inside the house, a comfortable 4-berth caravan, or you can park your own campervan on our land.
  We provide breakfast and will cook a shared meal for lunch (usually vegetarian but not strictly, any meat is locally & ethically produced). For dinner we usually have a smaller meal but you are welcome to make your own from the kitchen.

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  Was noch ...

  Having your own vehicle is useful, as we are a short journey from many attractions. It’s half an hour from the coast and 45 mins to the Picos de Europa. There are closer mountain ranges within 10 mins drive away. Cycling is a very popular activity in the local area and there are many good walking routes. We have a couple of bikes you can borrow to stay local & there are amazing hikes within 20 mins.
  It is an easy walk into the nearest town, from where you can take the train or bus into Oviedo, or visit the Cider Museum or local bars & restaurants.

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

  Sarah also works online teaching and tutoring and although our internet is not fibre - can be slow, we don’t have any problems zooming, downloading or anything that requires decent internet.

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  we have a park up space and plug in / connect to the electricity point from the barn so our courtyard is perfect for parking up

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  Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

  Yes but dogs will have to stay in the garden / garage or outside

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

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