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We are currently
Travelling
Activities we are interested in:
We live in Cornwall and spend our time nurturing the family and traversing our beautiful county. Amanda is a retired osteopath and now teaches manual therapists. Anthony is retired from construction.
Description
Hello. I'm Amanda. I love to learn about culture and languages. My husband and I are travelling around Europe and hope to meet and volunteer using our skills to help and assist in exchange for friendship and food. We are keen to learn more about off grid and ecological living, have an enormous appreciation for wildlife and foraging and love to meet people of this ilk.
Interests
Self developmentPetsFitnessCyclingVan lifeYoga / WellnessSustainabilityVegetarian or veganSailing / BoatingPlant careLanguagesNatureMusicHikingHistoryGardeningDancingDIY & craftsCultureCooking & foodBooksBeachAstronomyAnimalsLanguages
Languages spoken
Spanish: Intermediate
Italian: Beginner
Turkish: BeginnerMore details about my language interests
We have smattering of French and German but are keen to learn/exchange more. We both speak very good Spanish and are learning Turkish.Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Being an elderly companion
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Some knowledge of:
General Maintenance
Life at a Farmstay
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Able to teach about:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Teaching
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Languages
More details about your skills
Anthony has over 30 years experience in all things groundworks and construction. A meticulous man who takes pride in his work. Amanda has 20 years in the field of osteopathy, gardens fanatically, is an avid walker, a fan of all things history, astronomy and a chandler. Both of us are fit, healthy foodies and like to spend time together cooking.
Age
56 & 64
What else ...
We are music lovers, both very resourceful and have a wealth of knowledge and experience, having lived in rural Spain with our young family on an olive farm where we had no amenities/running water/electricity etc. For some time.
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Special dietary requirements
1 of us is vegetarian
Feedback
The work is not physically hard and the day is yours to enjoy once you're done.
It is a beautiful part of France with much to do and see, Sarlat being the nearest town with plenty of opportunities to spend your money!
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They were exactly as I had hoped - communicated early and timely about anything that came up, took good care of animals as they seemed healthy and relaxed when I got home, took good… read more
We've enjoyed the interaction with the local people, the connections with (in no particular order of preference), Paya, Dominoe, Peanut, Meep, Yashi… read more
Would definitely recommend them and would love to have them back. Feel very confident they would fit in, in any Workaway placement.
Amanda also… read more
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Feedback
The work is not physically hard and the day is yours to enjoy once you're done.
It is a beautiful part of France with much to do and see, Sarlat being the nearest town with plenty of opportunities to spend your money!
Thank… read more
They were exactly as I had hoped - communicated early and timely about anything that came up, took good care of animals as they seemed healthy and relaxed when I got home, took good… read more
We've enjoyed the interaction with the local people, the connections with (in no particular order of preference), Paya, Dominoe, Peanut, Meep, Yashi… read more
Would definitely recommend them and would love to have them back. Feel very confident they would fit in, in any Workaway placement.
Amanda also… read more
From the beginning was like family members, and we can go for two weeks for holiday. That’s was great, when we coming back home, was like before everything, that cats are in good healthy and also the garden was nice and… read more
We had a… read more
Amanda is an gourmet vegetarian cook, and loves being in the garden. Her knowledge of plants is… read more
The location is absolutely stunning, the hosts are generous and very lovely and caring.
The accommodation is nice *we did thoroughly renovate it… read more