Helping on a smallholding and house sitting in rural Northumberland, England, UK

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  • Beschreibung

    Beschreibung

    We have a 20 acre smallholding in north Northumberland, about an hour north of Newcastle and an hour and a half to Edinburgh.


    I am a retired primary school teacher and my husband, Dave, is a retired high school teacher and together we have done a lot of building/renovation work on the cottage where we now live. It had not been lived in for 40 years but now we have a lovely home here .We have some sheep and hens , goats as well as 2 cats. The lambs are born in April and May. We have a polytunnel where we grow lots of our vegetables and fruit bushes and more vegetable areas outside. We have been making a garden as when we came here there was no garden at all but obviously plenty of space for one.

    We Spend most of our time outside in the summer working on the garden, fields and woodland but we also enjoy cycling, mountain biking, walking and going to the local beaches. I work in a charity shop for one day a week and am also learning Spanish and trying to improve my French.Dave likes mending things, making things, building and always has some project on the go
    !

    Our garden has flowers, vegetables, fruit bushes, a polytunnel and a greenhouse. We have planted about 3000 trees since we have been here.
    We are very concerned about the environment and climate change and as well as planting lots of trees, we have solar panels for electricity, a solar water heating panel and an electric car.

  • Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Sprachpraxis
    Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
    Leichte Gartenarbeit
    Kreative Heimwerkerprojekte
    Betreuung von Tieren
    Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
    Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
    Hausarbeiten
    Leichte Instandhaltungsarbeiten
    Haus- & Haustiersitting
  • Interessengebiete

    Interessengebiete

    Leben im Camper-Van
    Selbstentwicklung
    Events & Sozialleben
    Politik & Soziales
    Vegetarier / Veganer
    Nachhaltigkeit
    Farmarbeit
    Karitative Arbeiten
    Geschichte
    Gärtnern
    Bücher
    Heimwerken & DIY
    Musik
    Sprachen
    Gartenarbeiten
    Kochen & Backen
    Tischlerarbeiten
    Tiere
    Radfahren
    Wandern
    Outdoor-Aktivitäten
    Strand
    Gebirge
    Natur
    Camping
  • Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Exploring the area or using our bikes, going by bus/train to Newcastle, Edinburgh. We have a piano too.Also you would learn or improve your English and see lots of the local area. If you play an instrument our local ceilidh band would love you to come and play with them.

  • Arbeit

    Arbeit

    If we are away ( unusually!) We would like house sitters to come and look after our smallholding and especially our animals.The main tasks would be to feed the hens and collect the eggs; feed the sheep once a day; give the goats whatever they like to eat and fresh water and feed our 2 cats. We would like you to keep the cottage tidy and water our plants in the polytunnel and greenhouse.
    At other times when we are at home we would like volunteers to help us around the smallholding with the garden, planting trees, looking after the woodland and fields and generally helping around the cottage.

  • Sprachen

    Gesprochene Sprachen
    Englisch: Fließend
    Französisch: Gute Kenntnisse

    Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
    Dieser Gastgeber gibt an, dass er dir gern seine Muttersprache beibringt oder selbst eine Sprache lernen möchte.
    Bitte wende dich direkt an ihn, um weitere Auskünfte zu erhalten.

  • Unterkunft

    Unterkunft

    A double bedroom and single bedroom in the cottage

  • Was noch ...

    Was noch ...

    Shielhope is about 2km from the village of Chatton where there is a small shop/ post office and a pub.The countryside around here is very beautiful and quite wild. The Cheviots are about 5 miles away to the west and the coast with its long sandy beaches and castles about 10 miles to the east. It is ideal country for cycling, walking, mountain biking and climbing (there are several crags nearby) so if you like the outdoors and don't mind being away from the city this is the ideal spot. The nearest towns with more shops, swimming pools etc are Alnwick (14 miles) or Berwick (16 miles). There is public transport from the village to Wooler and the coast and then on to Alnwick and Newcastle.
    We have bikes that you can use too.

  • Etwas mehr Information

    Etwas mehr Information

    • Internet Zugang

    • Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

      Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

    • Wir besitzen Tiere

    • Wir sind Raucher

    • Familien möglich

  • Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

    Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

    Plenty of space for motor home/campervan. Mom smokers only.

  • Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

    Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

    We would rather not have workawayers with pets as we have cats, sheep and hens which may be a problem for dogs.

  • Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    zwei

  • Meine Tiere/Haustiere

    Meine Tiere/Haustiere

    No name

    14 ewes and 14 lambs

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