Yvonne & Cliff

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  • Travel information

    We are currently

    Travelling

    Our next destination:

    Tonga Islands, Tonga - from Feb 2024 until Apr 2024
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  • Description

    Hi, we are Yvonne and Cliff, a fit, healthy and energetic couple from the U.K!

    Several years ago, we both gave up the rat race and took on the challenge of renovating a tired villa and traditional stone house (a trullo) in the south of Italy. We are extremely proud of our achievement as we transformed the property and 1.5 acres of land and olive grove, into a stunning property with landscaped gardens and a beautiful pool. To help us on the way, we discovered Workaway, and hosted many fantastic workawayers who joined in the hard work and fun of our endeavours and made a significant contribution to the results. So much so, that we thought....why don’t we do this when we’ve finished? After all, we would be bored if we had nothing to do! So, back in 2019, we offered our skills and experience and fullfilled a couple of workaway projects in France and Italy.

    We subsequently moved back to the U.K, and during the Covid era, we embarked on a couple of personal renovation projects, both of which are now completed. And now…we have the travel bug again so we’ve put all our stuff in storage and have become travelling nomads! We started our adventures in Asia, are now in Australasia and are keen to explore the South Pacific next and thought, why not join workaway again?

    Not afraid to get our hands dirty, we are very hard working and enjoy physical jobs. We have a broad knowledge of anything DIY / building, including basic plumbing, bricklaying, tiling/paving, joinery, painting and many others.

    We have a good sense of humour, are easy to get on with and enjoy a bit of banter. We love all food and are happy to get involved with any cooking and clearing up if needed.

    We look forward to meeting you!

  • Interests

    Photography
    Outdoor activities
    Nature
    Fitness
    Farming
    Cooking & food
    Beach
    Animals
    Gardening
    DIY & crafts
    Carpentry
  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    French: Beginner
    Italian: Beginner

  • Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

    We're interested in:  

    Life at a Farmstay
    Eco Projects
    Animal Care

    Some knowledge of:  

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    General Maintenance
  • More details about your skills

    Cliff is competent in plumbing, electrics, joinery, tiling, fitting kitchens and bathrooms, bricklaying and most other building related works. Yvonne is an enthusiastic labourer and together we have laid many metres of concrete, tiling, paving and walling. We are also ‘experts’ in garden maintenance including strimming, pruning, chopping wood, olive harvesting, almond and fruit tree harvesting (and jam and chutney making) etc.

  • Age

    59 & 59

  • Some more information

    • Smoker

    • Driver's licence

    • Allergies

    • Special dietary requirements

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