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I’m Pete, a VERY young at heart and friendly just turned 65 year old, still fit and active!
At the beginning of April this year I retired from my 37 year career as a Purchasing Manager , the last 24 of those involved in the manufacture of critical care respiratory equipment.
I was totally fed up with the Rat Race and wanted to seek new adventures in warmer climes while I can hopefully bring something of my lifetime of knowledge and skills to any prospective host, and enjoy an active outdoor life.
As of June 2024 I have just returned from my first Workaway experience - 2 months in the south of Italy where I carried out a range of gardening, general maintenance, cooking & animal care duties. In fact, my host felt comfortable enough after just one week to leave me alone there in sole charge of her house, 5 dogs and 14 cats for a whole week!
I’m single (divorced 8 years), and I have two grown up sons who are my best friends – Andrew (31) lives in London and Jonny (30) who still lives with me.
I live on the beautiful (but cold) North Coast of Northern Ireland and have dual nationality – both Irish & UK passports.
In my younger days I have worked picking oranges in Greece, cherries in France and had 2 stints as a Kibbutz volunteer of about 5 months each. I’ve also hitch-hiked and camped extensively through much of Mediterranean Europe.
I absolutely love sea kayaking and like nothing better than to head off on a wild kayak camping expedition to the remote islands off the West Coast of Ireland, or just day trips along our beautiful coastline. I also surf kayak!
I love all types of music - I'm a bass player and have played in bands for well over 40 years - lots of genres, but mainly blues rock, rock and pop. I have a small computer based recording studio in my attic/garage at home and can record other peoples music to a fairly high standard. Both this and my regular job have kept me computer literate. I'm very familiar with MS Office, particularly Excel, Outlook & Word.
I have very recently started to try to teach myself watercolour painting - difficult but making some small progress!
As of 25th Feb I have added a REC2 Rescue and Emergency Care (First Aid) qualification to my skill set
Other interests -
Hiking - last year my sons & I hiked the Samaria Gorge in Crete, but I want to do more of that.
Love reading
Love cooking
I build and airbrush scale models, mostly WW2 military and aviation subjects
Interessengebiete
Mannschaftssportarten
Trampen
Fitness
Fotografie
Technik
Heimwerken & DIY
Tiere
Kunst & Design
Strand
Events & Sozialleben
Kultur
Gebirge
Haustiere
Outdoor-Aktivitäten
Natur
Segeln / Boote
Selbstentwicklung
Nachhaltigkeit
Wassersport
Film & Fernsehen
Musik
Gartenarbeiten
Wandern
Zeichnen & Malen
Camping
Bücher
Kochen & Backen
Erlebnissportarten
Sprachen
Gesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend
Französisch: GrundkenntnisseMehr Infos zu meinen Sprachinteressen
My capacity for learning languages is limited, but I would make a good English teacher!
Bereiche, die mich interessieren oder in denen ich anderen etwas beibringen kann
Interessiert mich:
Unterrichten
Ökoprojekte
Kunstprojekte
Bereits etwas Erfahrung vorhanden
Betreuung von Tieren
Babysitten und Kinderbetreuung
Tourismus / Gastgewerbe
In der Lage, anderen etwas beizubringen:
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
Was könntest du arbeiten?
I'm a very practical person
Green - hate waste of any kind
Problem solving
DIY - I have entirely painted my own house, laid all laminate floors, some basic electrical work & some basic woodwork - made garden gates etc. Many other home maintenance and repair tasks.
In my 1st workaway stay I was trusted to look after my hosts home, 5 dogs and 14 cats alone for a full week whilst she visited her elderly father.
I'm a very good cook and sometimes bake my own bread
Gardening - I have experience - I have a greenhouse and grow tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, chillis etc every year. I used to grow lots of other outdoor vegetables but as there's now only 2 of us I only keep the greenhouse
I'm computer literate
I can get on with all age groups - kids to elderly
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Thanks if you have managed to read all of this!!
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He arrived with some tomoto sprouts!! whats a start.
He was wonderful. Looked after my garden as if it was his own. Planted herbs positoned them for the heat, fixed everything that was broken, loungers, tables, cupboards. Sometimes you have something that doesnt work but you get used to it, no! he fixed it.
He eats… read more
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He arrived with some tomoto sprouts!! whats a start.
He was wonderful. Looked after my garden as if it was his own. Planted herbs positoned them for the heat, fixed everything that was broken, loungers, tables, cupboards. Sometimes you have something that doesnt work but you get used to it, no! he fixed it.
He eats… read more
