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Hello explorers! We are a hard working family of five looking for enthusiastic helpers to help with family chores and aupairing here on a hill in West Wales. We live on a beautiful small holding near to the seaside town of Tywyn. My husband and I have spent a lot of our life together so far bringing up the kids, renovating houses and up to our knees in mud or rock of some description.
Katy is a part time beauty therapist and runs an air bnb and cooks most of the meals. Aled is an engineer in a chocolate factory and he enjoys mountain biking and listening to music in his spare time. workaway continually brings us different perspectives on the world and we really cherish the insight others can bring to our home environment, be it through your organisational skills, ability to cook a nutritious colourful meal or for the conversation you bring.
We are quiet and gentle people who love learning about the world. We have a small vegetable patch and large untamed gardens and there is a little steam train stop at the bottom of the field. We are quite rural but near a cycle route to the nearby town of Tywyn which has rail links all over the Uk. We live in an old welsh house with a log burner which we renovated ourselves-it keeps us dry and is big enough to play hide and seek in. We are quite non linear in our approach to life and go with the flow generally. We juggle a lot and would appreciate some support in the form of helping hands and interaction for the children who are all at different stages: Idris 15, Beth 9 and Ianto nearly 6.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House & pet sitting
Interests
Events & social
Culture
Farming
Technology
Movies & TV
Pets
Languages
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Animals
Yoga / Wellness
Sailing / Boating
Outdoor activities
Dancing
Cycling
Beach
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Being here is a good way to experience family life in a bilingual household. You may learn how to play uno, how to build a Lego pirate ship or how to decorate a bathroom. Aled has a list of DIY projects you’re welcome to get involved with. You may decide to flick through our workaway cookbook left by all the volunteers who stayed here and create a culinary masterpiece. You may write a book or take time to reflect.You may discover the hills and mountains of southern snowdonia or enjoy the road and mountain biking surrounding us. Bring a sense of adventure and fun along with a good book as we're quite rural unless you get on your bike and decide to go to the nearby town. We can advise you on walks nearby and you may have the opportunity to go to some local events, but really we're quite quiet, work hard, go to bed early, eat well and relax.
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Help
Tasks will include au pair work..Essentially mucking in with our busy family 5 hours of help per day, 5 days per week.
We are looking for caring, enthusiastic, friendly and hard working volunteers. We provide three meals a day.
Languages
Languages spoken
Welsh: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
Aled is first language Welsh and Katy is English and has a French degree. We speak both at home.
Accommodation
Double room with shared bathroom and kitchen in our family home. Ingredients for breakfast, milk, bread and cheese, coffee and tea, lunch and dinner provided.
What else ...
MTB, cinema in town, surfing, walking, kite surfing, learn Welsh, trips on the Victorian train to waterfalls, Tywyn, Cader Idris, Dolgellau, Harlech Castle, Mawddach estuary bike routes, trip to Aberystwyth (1hr) Liverpool (2-3hrs)or Birmingham (2.5hrs direct train) gym in town with classes such as Pilates, swimming, Aquafit. We are accessible from Tywyn via a cycle route, bus with short walk or steam train when running in season.
If we accept you into our home, we really need you to work hard and hopefully we'll have a great time together. It is essential that you plan ahead and communicate to us when you aim to work, what on or ask us if you're not sure about something.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a fibre broadband connection direct to the property and two cats
Space for parking camper vans
We can accommodate smaller camper vans, but not large
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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It was no problem at all for me to eat vegetarian. The surroundings are very idyllic, you can do great walks.
They are very helpful, provided a lot… read more
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It was no problem at all for me to eat vegetarian. The surroundings are very idyllic, you can do great walks.
They are very helpful, provided a lot… read more
I spent a month here in June. I really enjoyed my stay here. I had always wanted to visit West Wales in the summer and it did not disappoint. I needed a place I could relax in after a busy lambing season. Katy and Aled provided me with one. There was a nice balance to the working day and I felt I could relax with the family and be… read more
DIY, she was thoughtful and hard working during her work and enjoyed reading, writing and walking on her own exploring our Welsh mountains in her free time. She is mature and bright with a spring in her step and a desire to get things right. We wish you well.
Katy took me to the beach, swimming and doing yoga with her as well as showing me nice… read more
We stayed for 5 weeks and were kept busy with a variety of jobs, some outdoor/ renovation work, general cleaning and cooking and hanging our with the children. Katy and Aled were very fair and reasonable with their expectations and were always eager to help us find time to do… read more
Katy and Aled are amazing people, they will help and teach you anyway, and will give you the opportunity to visit wonderfull places around Towyn.
The children will make you feel a part of their family, we just loved them like crazy.
We… read more
Aled is very kind and he loves build. I think that his child Idris follow him in this way. Idris is fantastic. He have a lot… read more
Since the beginning was very easy for me to feel comfortable.
This was my first workaway experience and I couldn't be luckier!
They will understand how you are, Katy is a very emphatic woman and Aled a really patient and kind man, and they will ask you to… read more
I will never forget one of the first days when I helped Aled to bulid a set of beautiful stone stairs or our short trip on the train ;) that was so much fun and I learned a lot! Katy is a lovely person and more like a big sister/mom than just a host.
And Idris and Beth are the cutest kids ever! I… read more
The chocolate is all eaten and also the Welsh cakes :( but from this I have a recipe now :))
