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Hi There, I'm Gillian and I live in Garmouth in the Northeast of Scotland with my partner Gordy and our beautiful greyhounds Jasper and Ace. I am a freelance private chef and part-time student and Gordy works from home for Paypal. We have no kids and are totally devoted to our hounds!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Animal Care
House & pet sitting
Interests
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Politics / Social justice
Pets
Music
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Books
Animals
Yoga / Wellness
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Cycling
Camping
Beach
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live walking distance from the Speyside way and moray coastal trail and there are numerous lovely walks just out our door. Although Speyside is well known for its numerous whisky distillery's it is off the beaten track as far mass tourism goes. It is an interesting part of the world with friendly people and beautiful scenery, the house I less than 10 minute walk from the river spey estuary Scotland's famous salmon river and 15 mins walk from the Moray coastal trail.
Help
Looking for ideally a couple, two friends or a small family to come and dog sit. As Ace is reactive we would like two people and ideally someone with experience with reactive dogs definitely someone with lots of dog experience. He loves humans and is a big softie but doesn't like other dog. We would definitely consider 1 person if they were willing to walk the dogs separately, Jasper walks are shorter these days biof his age.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Semi detached house with 2, double bedrooms and an office. We have a recently installed central heating system so the house is now toasty at all times and there is a wood burner with lots of wood if wanted.
What else ...
Garmouth is a charming wee village but has few amenities apart from a nice part time coffee roasters which sells lovely coffees and a pub at the gold club which is welcome to all and a nice place to sit and have a pint. You would have to get a bus to do anything other than enjoy the outdoors and hang out with the dogs by the fire. We also have bikes you can borrow to go to the nearest shop which is 3 miles away we can also arrange lifts to do this. I can pick you up from train station in Keith or Elgin and will buy you a big supermarket shop before we head off. We have lots of steaming services such as Netflix and Apple TV to cosy up to in the winter nights and plenty books to read.
We are easy going people who really love animals and are looking for similar humans to look after our boys.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have an office to work in and decent WiFi.
Space for parking camper vans
You can park your campervan here but you would have to stay inside with the dogs.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Jasper (12 years)
Beautiful male Greyhound
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Before we met there was excellent communication from Nessa.
We found them both to be very friendly and kind and Jasper and Ace warmed to them immediately.
Whilst we were away Nessa gave us lots of updates of their walks etc and nice photos most… read more
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Before we met there was excellent communication from Nessa.
We found them both to be very friendly and kind and Jasper and Ace warmed to them immediately.
Whilst we were away Nessa gave us lots of updates of their walks etc and nice photos most… read more
Love Stella and Reuben xxxx
