Profile information
Travel information
I am currently
At home
My next destination:
Sri Lanka - from Oct 2025 until Nov 2025 View all
Description
I am a 61 year old with a love of travel and the countryside. My work background is in archaeology, but I'm interested in the natural environment too. I am active and reasonably fit and enjoy cooking, gardening, walking, climbing, fishing, foraging, camping, kayaking, almost anything involving the outdoors.
I am British, but have a German mother and have strong cultural links to Germany. I speak German reasonably well.
I have had a smallholding of my own where we mainly made and sold hay from the flower rich meadows. As a result I am used to operating farm machinery, fencing, walling etc.
I also restored an 18th century house including re-roofing, rebuilding the front walls, and replacing much of the timber. As a result I have some basic building and woodworking skills.
I am interested in experiencing different ways of life, cultures and languages and learning new skills.
I have kept bees for over 20 years and currently keep 2 hives together with my partner Rose
I went on my first Workaway in Norway in 2019 and helped to set up an organic apple farm. I went back in March 2020 for three weeks and ended up staying for three months due to the corona virus epidemic. I helped build drains, deer fences, gates, and helped to plant 2400 apple trees. I have been back almost every year since.
In spring 2022 I volunteered on a smallholding in Albania with Rose where we built a dry stone walled revetment for a car parking and turning area, and helped with a wide variety of gardening and domestic tasks.
In spring 2023 we volunteered with a goat dairy and artisan cheesemaker in Montenegro where we built a dry stone wall together (have a look at the photo in my profile) made a nice garden area and learnt a bit about cheese making.
In September we went to a smallholding in Serbia where I mostly helped extract and chop wood for the coming winter and timber for a building project from the woods on the holding, while Rose did gardening work round the house and airbnb accommodation. We returned in May 2024 and helped with beekeeping, gardening and built a dry stone wall.
In December 2023 we went to the Draa Valley in Morocco where we helped to build an adobe house.
During 2025 I returned to Serbia to do more walling with my friend Rose and Norway to help with the apple harvest.
I am recently retired and am enjoying travel, exploring new places and making new friends. I love to get involved with practical projects and I am not afraid of hard physical work.
Interests
Cooking & food
Sustainability
Sailing / Boating
Plant care
Outdoor activities
Nature
Music
Mountain
Languages
History
Hiking
Gardening
Farming
Camping
Carpentry
Dancing
DIY & crafts
Culture
Architecture
Animals
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Eco Projects
Charity Work
Languages
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Life at a Farmstay
Animal Care
Being an elderly companion
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
General Maintenance
More details about your skills
Building Skills: Building in block work and stone, traditional lime mortars, simple carpentry, scaffolding.
Farming: using tractors and other farm machinery, dry stone walling, fencing, hay making.
Gardening: I am particularly interested in apple growing and am competent in grafting, budding, and pruning fruit trees.
Age
61
What else ...
My opportunities for travel in 2024 due to caring responsibilities will be limited, but I am open to offers I can't refuse.
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Special dietary requirements
