Jaroslav

Travel information

I am currently

Description

My workaway plans

2026 - In October, I have approval for a three-to-four-week solo trip, and I would like to use this opportunity to travel to Italy again.

My workaway history

2013 - I quit my last paid job in July and started training for the big journey next year. I joined Workaway to make my plans feasible without spending my savings.
2014 - In January, I retired. Thanks to five Workaway host families, I accomplished my dream of reaching the Mull of Kintyre by bicycle and made the biggest round trip of my life on a heavily loaded bicycle: Newcastle upon Tyne – Dundee – Isle of Skye – Isle of Mull - Mull of Kintyre – Belfast - Dumfries and Galloway – Lake District and back to Newcastle over four and a half months. I have never met so many different and friendly people so closely in such a short time.
2015 – In February, my daughter's maternity leave ended, so I became a „helping granddad“. And as my wife worked abroad in Germany, I divided my care between my granddaughter and my wife (as an au pair, driver, and shopper). In August, our son got married. In September, my wife retired. It meant the end of my unleashed life :-(
2016 – A new roof on our house was finished in April. Travelling with my wife to Norway in June and to Italy in September. Got permission to travel on my own again. Preparation and training for the next big journey to Scotland.
2017 - Scotland again, but with just my folding bicycle. Isle of Eigg for six months (May - October). Mainly looking after sheep and a polytunnel, plus some fencing, digging, and even sailing.
2018 - Travelled with my wife for three weeks - by car and with bicycles. We discovered Slovenia for cycling, then switched to Italy for better weather. From October 2018 till April 2019, I took a regular full-time job (production administrator in a local branch of Makro Cash & Carry).
2019 - Two weeks in June with my wife - Slovenia and Northern Italy by car and with bicycles. Wouldn't do it again in such a hot season. In October and November, I spent more than six weeks workawaying in Italy. My first workaway in Italy was really great and I want to go there again and again.
2021 - I completed my COVID-19 vaccination on June 11th, 2021, and received an EU Digital COVID Certificate, so I was allowed to travel again.
However, in 2022 – Unfortunately, I couldn't travel for some time due to a serious illness of my wife. Shortly after that, I suffered a serious injury that kept me from traveling until 2025.
For 2026, my wife and I have both been cleared by our doctors for the time being, allowing us to do some traveling.

Interests

Culture

Outdoor activities

Hiking

Nature

Pets

Cooking & food

Books

Writing

Videography

Sustainability

Self development

Sailing / Boating

Plant care

Photography

Gardening

Farming

DIY & crafts

Cycling

Carpentry

Animals

Languages spoken

Czech: Fluent
English: Fluent
German: Beginner
Italian: Beginner
Russian: Beginner

Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Being an elderly companion

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Helping around the house

Charity Work

Art Projects

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Some knowledge of:  

Light gardening

Creative DIY projects

Light maintenance

Life at a Farmstay

Eco Projects

Animal Care

Helping with Computers/ Internet

House & pet sitting

More details about your skills

Common works around the house and garden. I like working with the wood and don't mind wear my waterproof if needed. Driving licence B.
Help in the kitchen (I enjoy cooking for my family, friends and fellow workawayers, but have no confidence and swiftness to cook "professionally" ).
Quite good computer skills (incl. HW and network, MS Office, Libre Office).
Photography - at least two cameras and some lenses always with me.

Age

75

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