Help with gardening and care for the animals at a ranch in Alicante, Spain

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  Description

  Kim and Peter are a married couple who live on a ranch in Sax Alicante. The home is a large bungalow surrounded by mountains. Kim’s mother also lives at the property in her own little annex at the end of the building. It’s a beautiful place to live. Kim and Peter have 4 horses, 4 donkeys, 4 dogs and 3 cats who took up residence in the barn. Most of the animals were rescued. We have paddocks, 4 stables, riding arena and round pen. We need help to structure our gardens with weeding and a landscaping. There is the usual ranch duties on a daily basis with fence repairs, paddock cleaning. There are some lovely walking tracks all around the mountains. Dog walks are part of the daily routine also. The sun is always shining and we have a pool, jacuzzi sun terraces.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Elderly Companionship

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Pets

  

  Movies & TV

  

  Fashion or beauty

  

  Farming

  

  Events & social

  

  Plant care

  

  Photography

  

  Music

  

  History

  

  Gardening

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Books

  

  Animals

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Nature

  

  Mountain

  

  Hiking

  

  Beach
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Sax town has a medieval castle which is open most of the year for visitors. The town is historical with the old town increasing winding cobbled streets with old houses and shops with a church at the top. The are many Spanish festivals through the year and The Three Kings parade is spectacular. During the summer months there may be music bands in the parks with food and drinks.
  
  Sax has many cafes and restaurants with shops and supermarkets all within walking distance of each other. It’s a mixed population with Spanish, English, French, German, Belgian not to mention them all. The people always welcoming and friendly. There is a train station close by and local buses. Sax town is approximately 25mins walk from the ranch, the train station about 15mins. Kim or Pete go to town regular and are happy to give a lift there. There is near by Elda, Elche, Villena and other bigger towns.

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  Help

  We need gardening help, there will be lots of weeding, planting and sweeping patios. There will be rock collecting from field and paddocks and these are used as decorative edging in the gardens and riding arena. There will be paddock cleaning and general ranch cleaning duties. For the interested visitors there can be horse riding and animal grooming, petting. Dog walking in the mountains. Housework duties. I can teach general stable duties and how to care for horses but experience is required to ride the horses. I do have an instructor for those who wish to learn to ride and she can be booked with notice. The visitor will take part in cooking of the meals on a rotating rota, will participate in house duties, must be good with animals and happy to provide company sometimes to my mother.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Beginner

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  Accommodation

  We have 2 large double rooms for visitors with double beds and an additional single beds in each. There is a visitor bathroom with shower. We are in the process of renovating a caravan and once this is completed, it will be the accommodation for all workaway visitors. It is being renovated to high standard and will be extremely comfortable for people to stay in with outside space and secluded garden space so the visitors will have privacy. Access to WIFI. There are outdoor terraces to sit and take in the views. All visitors will be welcome to sit with the family at meal times and enjoy the TV. All visitors will be able to come shopping to choose their own food if so required, ie breakfast and lunch things. We will accommodate vegetarian but no vegans.
  
  We offer 3 meals a day for 5 days a week, for 25 hours work per week. We can do more if required.

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  What else ...

  This family are early risers and early to bed due to the work load of running the ranch and the alterations going on. We do not allow visitors to bring other friends in and expect all visitors to be back from nights out at 23.00pm at the latest. We can host single visitors or couples. Visitors must be able to communicate in English.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  There is plenty of space for parking motor homes

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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