Jamie & Summer

Travel information

We are currently

Description

- Travel so far

We both decided to quit our jobs in April of 2023, to gain some new experiences, learn new skills, travel and try something different for a while.

Starting in our home country of the United Kingdom and until end of August 2023. We did WWOFFING (a British workaway) working on a smallholding, with animals and permaculture in Devon and then a nature reserve eco project in Cornwall. As well as scattered pet sitting, house sitting and work exchanges throughout the country.

Before then leaving the UK in September 2023, and workawaying, couch surfing, more pet sitting, animal care and travelling our way through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia and onwards.

- Experience while travelling

2023
🇬🇧 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿)
🇬🇧Apr- workaway, Marc, (🌱🐓🐄🚜🪓🪵🪚👩‍🌾) @ Lower Marsh Farm.
🇬🇧May- wwoof (🌱🥬🧄🫐🐓🐏🪓🪵🪚👩‍🌾) @ Daveytown, Princetown.
🇬🇧Jun- workaway (🌱🍎🍠🍅🐓🦆🐄🪓🪵🪚👩‍🌾) @ Landulf farm, Cornwall.
🇬🇧Jun- Pet sat, Olivia (1🐕 1🐈) @ Cornwall.
🇬🇧Jul- Pet sat, Kat (2🐈 3🐓) @ Manchester.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Aug- Pet sat for Alex (3🐕 5🐈) @ Moffat.
🇬🇧Aug- House help, Phoebe (🌱🪚👩‍🍳) @ Bournemouth.
🇦🇷Sep- Workaway, Campo Base (🌱🍓🥕🔥🦙🪚👩‍🌾) @ El Bolsón.
🇦🇷Oct- Pet Sat, Shannon (1🐕 1🐈) @ El Bolsón.

2024
🇨🇴Jan- Pet Sat for Consuelo (3🐕 2🐈) @ La Pradera.
🇨🇴Jan- Workaway on La Bodega (🌱🐝 🥔👩‍🌾)@ La Pradera. IG - @labodeguitadelapradera post on 28/01/2024.
🇨🇷Feb- Workaway in the Jungle near Penshurt, Limón Province, Limón. (👩‍🌾🍌🍋🌱🍍🍉🌴🥥🍫🐓🐎🐕🐈)
IG - @kory.kambo @themamachel.
🇨🇷Feb- Work exchange at Cahuita (🪚🌱🌴🥥) IG- @casa.mamre.
🇨🇷 Mar- Work exchange at Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui. (🐄🥛🧀🌱🥜🌶️🍈🌺💻🛻🪚🐝)
🇨🇦Apr May- Workaway at Peaceful Pastures Equine, Lyalta, Alberta. (🌱🧑‍🌾🐎🏇🪚)


-Current Location
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(🪚🌱👩‍🌾)-(🦬🐎)-(🌾🌱🥕🧑‍🌾)

-Future
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- Countries.

-Past
South in Argentina then North through Chile, Peru, East across Bolivia, West in Brazil then back up along the Amazon river to Columbia. A month there then flew on to Costa Rica for two months. Flying to USA, road tripped around California a brief stop in Nevada. Flew again to Canada where we are now for 3-6 months as of 18/04/24.

-Current
Canada 🇨🇦

-Future
With dreams of New Zealand on or around October 2024. (Visas processing)

We are hoping to Workaway and Couchsurf meeting lots of people gaining experiences and skills through our journey.


-Prior to travel.

Most recently Summer has been employed as a Data Manager for a Marine Biodiversity Data Archive Centre, being therefore very proficient with spreadsheets, organisation and data collection/processing; particularly surrounding species/biodiversity data.

I (Jamie) most recently have been employed by Lower Marsh Farm, local to Cornwall (UK) where I have become competent in groundskeeping some animal care, building work and practical conservation techniques. Prior to that I was a bicycle courier for a few years.

Additionally prior to leaving the UK in September of 2023, we were both voluntary Conservation Leaders for Plymouth Environmental Action (PEA) in the UK where we ran events such as tree care, beach cleans, environmental surveys etc.

Between us we have a large range of skill sets, but most of all are very friendly and positive individuals with no fear of hard work, and a willingness to learn.

Here is our couchsurfing profile as due to some time constraints we have been using this much more in our travels.

Couchsurfing-
https://couchsurfing.page.link/x3yFdPQBUqE5Txan8

Instagram-
@ambedorium (not that I've posted in a while)

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner

More details about my language interests
Neither of us speak any other languages, but are certainly keen to learn and would be open to teaching English. Summer has been learning Spanish whilst travelling, and always keen for an opportunity to practice!

Find a language buddy

Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:  

Charity Work

Art Projects

Being an elderly companion

Teaching

Babysitting and creative play

Hospitality/Tourism

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Some knowledge of:  

Languages

Eco Projects

Gardening

DIY and building projects

Animal Care

Life at a Farmstay

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Helping around the house

General Maintenance

Helping with Computers/ Internet

More details about your skills

Skills learnt while travelling in various levels. (and not a complete list)

Animal Care-
Dog, cat, duck, chicken, bees. Basic, sheep, cow, horse,

Planting-
Potato sweet, leak, garlic, raspberry, melon, tomato's, beans, onion, chilli, pepper, butternut, pineapple, cacao, yukka, peanuts, papaya, coconut etc

Harvesting-
Banana, plantain, cacao, lemon, soursop, Potato sweet, leak, garlic, raspberry, melon, tomato's, beans, onion, chilli, cacao, yukka, coconut etc

Composting-
Hot Cold, start, rotation, application,

Groundwork-
Seed saving, Bramble nettle clearance, hedge trimming, strimming, mowing, tree care, fence building, wood chopping, fire brush clearance, conservation.

Building-
Eco toilet, fences, eco wall insulation, painting, grouting, bee hive.


Pre travel-
We both have practical conservation experience and knowledge through PEA (Plymouth Environmental Action) including nursery tree care, vegetation clearance, pond restoration etc. Most recently PEA has hosted Project Plastic events (a sea-changers funded project) which has included micro plastics surveys, beach cleans and marine species surveys.

Some animal care.
Dog, cat, chickens.

Summer specifically has a Marine Biology degree and therefore a baseline knowledge of UK marine species (particularly rocky shore), and has been a Data Manager for the past 4 years, and therefore is very proficient in organisation data collection and survey activities, as well as organising and processing data.

Jamie most recently has been employed by a farm in Cornwall (UK) to assist with general farm work groundskeeping and conservation. Including, sheep fence building & repairs, animal care, tree felling - processing - chopping, compost rotation, building a composting toilet, invasive species plant control, weeding and planting, path building & clearance, barn repairs. Jamie also has a keen interest and a self taught beginner at tree and fungal ID skills.

Age

35 & 29

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies

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  Special dietary requirements
  Jamie has a lactose intolerance