John

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Description

First and foremost, I’m very friendly and have a naturally sunny disposition. I love traveling and meeting new people. I spent a good chunk of my twenties living and travelling to the Middle East, Canada, Australia, America, and South East Asia but in recent years, I’ve stayed closer to home and have fallen in love with Europe. That includes numerous stints as a wwoofer on organic farms but Im giving workaway a chance as I’m not that keen on living without electricity and hot water again! I love the simple things in life. Give me good food and company and I’m happy.

Interests

Videography

Gardening

Nature

Farming

Team sports

Music

Events & social

DIY & crafts

History

Architecture

Sustainability

Writing

Cooking & food

Art & design

Carpentry

Movies & TV

Culture

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Beginner

More details about my language interests
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Languages

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Some knowledge of:  

Gardening

DIY and building projects

General Maintenance

Life at a Farmstay

Eco Projects

Helping around the house

Animal Care

Hospitality/Tourism

Art Projects

Helping with Computers/ Internet

Teaching

More details about your skills

Contruction:
Carpentry, Dry walling, Insulating, Bricklaying, Painting, General building, Stone walls. I currently work for a company building soundproof studios for professional musicians and producers here in the UK. As a team of 2/3, I do everything (except electrical work!) from foundations through to painting.

Gardening:
As a wwoofer, I've worked on organic small holdings, a walled garden and commercial farms growing flowers, tomatoes and mangoes and raising pigs and chickens. I'm good in general at the property maintainance stuff too...chopping down trees, coppicing, hedge trimming, lawn mowing and weeding.

Culinary:
I've worked in professsional bakeries and kitchens so pretty handy. I can bake, do basic butchery and my cookery skills are decent. I've worked in small independent pub kitchens with an organic and seasonal ethos producing typical pub fare.

Digital:
I'm a film school graduate with a masters in Digital Interactive Services from INA, Paris. I've worked in a residential artsists' studios in Dublin for 8 years where my time was split between running open workshops ( in digital media and technical aspects of film making like sound design, cinematography and 4K workflows...this is 20 years ago when the tech was brand new!) and assisting artists shoot, edit, publish and install video projects in gallery spaces. This included working with artists with disabilities and mental health issues.

Age

55

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  No

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  Special dietary requirements
  No