Helen

& Malcolm

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Beschreibung

Malcolm and I are an active retired professional couple, keen long distance thru hikers, touring cyclists, skiers and mountain walkers, who prefer to be travellers and spend time becoming members of a community rather than visitors for a day or two. Mal is a retired university lecturer and I am a semi-retired director of an Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Clinic, Perth, WA. Since Mal retired in 2008 we have been on the move and amongst other things have worked a winter season driving ski buses in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA; cycled across Europe; run a 12-bed ski chalet in La Tania, for 17 weeks, in France; rode the Great divide Mountain bike route from Canada to Mexico and looked after four small farms in Western Australia. From March until June 2015, we were caretakers of a 65 hectare property in the Perigord Vert area in France, caring for horses two llamas, goats, sheep, a dog and cat.
In 2018/19, besides house and pet sitting, we completed the Te Araroa (The Long Pathway) a 3,000km hike from the top of the North Island to the bottom of South Island. In 2020, we found ourselves "stuck" in Switzerland, during the Covid-19 outbreak. However we still managed to keep active and stay healthy by walking two of Switzerland's national long distance paths, the Via Alpina and the Alpine Passes Trail. We have enjoyed caring for a range of animals including 100 head of beef cattle and a sheep or two.
Currently, we are in New Zealand having hiked the Te Araroa, South Island again. At the moment we are workawayers on Gunyah Country Estate, nr Darfield.

As we prefer to spend time in the mountains or rural areas we are always interested in any opportunity to help out in a countryside, farm or a remote setting. We do not have children and are particular when looking after properties or staying with friends, ensuring that we leave the building, house or room cleaner than when we arrived. Finally we are both non-smokers and definitely do not do drugs!!!!!!
We have been members of Trustedhousesitters since 2014 and also have a profile on AirBnB.

Interessengebiete

Farmarbeit

Film & Fernsehen

Zeichnen & Malen

Kochen & Backen

Tischlerarbeiten

Bücher

Outdoor-Aktivitäten

Natur

Gebirge

Wandern

Radfahren

Camping

Erlebnissportarten

Sprachen

Gesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend

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Malcolm and I are both learning French using the App Duolingo

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Bereiche, die uns interessieren oder in denen wir anderen etwas beibringen können

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Ökoprojekte

Kunstprojekte

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Bereits etwas Erfahrung vorhanden  

Gartenarbeiten

Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof

Hausarbeiten

Betreuung von Tieren

Unterrichten

Tourismus / Gastgewerbe

Handwerkliche Arbeiten

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We are a self motivated couple who can lend a hand to most practical activities from tractor driving to painting and decorating. From cleaning to gardening, pet and farm animal care. Mal enjoys wood chopping and erecting Swiss precision wood piles. I enjoy cooking.

Alter

69 & 74

Was noch ...

I enjoy painting watercolours, Malcolm enjoys woodwork

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