Ruth

United Kingdom
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Back home in the UK - but still workawaying!
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Hello! I'm Ruth, I'm 30, and recently back home in the UK after two and a half years in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Nepal.

I worked from 2021 to 2023 as a junior carpenter, builder and workshop assistant, and am fully proficient in pretty much all hand and power tools. I have also worked six seasons as a winery cellar hand, most recently in Marlborough (NZ) and Tasmania and Coonawarra (Australia). The aim is to be a jack of all trades, but also master of a couple of them, given time of course.

I've moved around quite a bit and tried my hand a a lot of different things; teaching English in rural Nepal for a year, studying for my biology degree, lots of horticultural work when on a working holiday visa in New Zealand for 2+ years, youth work, and the aforementioned carpentry, construction and winery work.

I enjoy playing and watching cricket and badminton and do a lot of medium/long distance hiking and camping, most recently the 1000km Bibbulmun Track in Western Australia and north island section of Te Araroa in New Zealand. I also love cooking, baking, Star Wars, cross stitching, a bit of guitar, chilling in libraries, getting to know people, sharing skills and learning new things from each other.

I would be very open to any workaways where I can build on my existing skills, in particular with different types of building and carpentry (tiny houses?), ramble about some nice countryside, live in a community and encounter new ideas that have never crossed my mind before.

I feel like I have developed a beautiful network of friends and contacts through doing workaways overseas, and now I'm back home, but still [happily] without a permanent base, I'm keen to build myself that same network in the UK. Looking forward to meeting you!
Interests

Culture

Art & design

Animals

Team sports

Movies & TV

Politics / Social justice

Cycling

Plant care

Music

History

Cooking & food

Hiking

Astronomy

Sustainability

Gardening

Carpentry

DIY & crafts

Camping

Architecture

LGBTQ

Outdoor activities

Sailing / Boating

Books

Nature

Farming
Languages spoken

English: Fluent
French: Beginner
Nepali: Beginner
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

Some knowledge of:

Light gardening

Life at a Farmstay

Eco Projects

Helping around the house

Animal Care

Charity Work

Art Projects

Able to teach about:

Creative DIY projects

Light maintenance

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Helping with Computers/ Internet

Teaching
More details about your skills

2 years of carpentry, building and construction, including decking, roofing, flooring, framing, insulation, plasterboard and plywood panelling, interior mouldings, and building tiny houses. Very basic electrics and plumbing. I've done numerous projects while workawaying requiring initiative and flexibility to work with the tools and materials available.

I can paint decently, use a mower, brushcutter, and most gardening tools. Good cook and baker, nothing too fancy, but good at feeding people healthy and delicious meals with what's available.

Experienced medium and long distance walker, always happy to talk about hikes and gear and outdoorsy things :)

Communication, leadership, decent organisational and management skills.
Responsible, reliable and hardworking :)
Age

30
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- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  Peanuts - I have an epipen
- Special dietary requirements

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10 Jun 2026

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Lisa's lovely house in Hazelbrook is cosy and full of art and books and interesting things, and, along with Aloy the dog, she is a welcoming and generous host. The workload here is light; I did some land clearing and tree pruning, a bit of housework, and kept Aloy company when Lisa was at work. Lisa is a great cook and made some delicious dinners! … read more

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29 May 2026

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Ruth was amazing in completing tasks thoroughly . She cleared a large plot of old plants and trees with both a chainsaw and loppers in readiness for a community garden and cut back an overgrown hedge in her first few days here. She also did a great job in looking after my retriever when I was at work and Aloy became quite attached to her. She … read more

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23 Jan 2026

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Ruth stayed with us for a few weeks and we loved having her here! She would have been very welcome to stay longer. We are really enjoying the deck that she made, which we refer to as 'Ruth's deck'. Ruth is a very competent woodworker, who works with a lot of focus and enjoyment.

Ruth is also considerate, curious, capable and an all round good … read more

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21 Dec 2025

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Ana and Andrew's in Hamilton Hill is one of those places that felt like home straight away; quirky, comfortable, and I was lucky enough to be there at a time with a really great group of other workawayers.

I worked mainly on installing recycled decking boards on the new deck at the back of the house which was a ton of fun, exactly the kind of … read more

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22 Oct 2025

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Ruth is a wonder! She came highly recommended by trusted friends, but still managed to exceed all expectations. She helped us out with so many things and was incredibly generous with her time and skills. It was a real shame that Nick was working the entire time she was with us so we had no cool building projects on the go but she was kind enough … read more

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29 May 2026

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23 Jan 2026

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21 Dec 2025

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22 Oct 2025

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18 May 2025

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Dale and Jackie have created a beautiful space up on the hill, full of life and nature where you feel a true connection and appreciation for everything around you.
The work was varied and interesting - pruning berries, splitting and stacking firewood, making a worktop for the tiny house's outdoor kitchen area, helping Dale to net the fruit trees, … read more

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14 Sep 2024

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I had a great week and a half with Matt, Danny and Erik. I stayed partly at their house and partly at one of their holiday cottages in Halls Gap.
We did some clearing up of fallen trees and branches after some very windy days, and some gardening, landscaping and woodworking projects at their house. The work was pretty laid back and usually … read more

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8 Sep 2024

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Nick, Nicole and the extended family of the Seaview Zoo are some of the most open, kind and generous people a workawayer could hope to meet.
Their house and its setting are beautiful - sunsets on the beach just around the corner and all the delights of Adelaide just a walk, bike ride, bus trip or short drive away.
The jobs I did were suited to … read more

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23 Feb 2024

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Everyone loved Ruth. Other workaways loved Ruth, my children loved Ruth and I loved Ruth. Ruth just fitted in like she had always been there. We were kindred spirits and shared a love of craft, cooking, baking and making. She arrived a few weeks before Christmas and was handed the task of helping me laminate all the croissant dough for Christmas … read more

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11 Feb 2024

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I spent 6 weeks at Kaaren's and had a wonderful time. This workaway was pretty much my first stop in Australia and I couldn't have asked for a more welcoming, kind and generous host. I stayed over Christmas and New Year and it was great to meet Kaaren's family and friends and other wildly interesting people of the hills. I and other workawayers … read more

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5 Mar 2022

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I spent a very happy three weeks in the woods, very lucky and grateful to Daryl for creating such a special, peaceful, chilled and beautiful place.
Felt super at home from the first day and despite it being February in England, the cabin was always toasty warm from the woodburner and the radiator in the caravan was frankly luxurious. The work was … read more

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25 Feb 2022

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Ruth is honest, trustworthy and a fantastic person, she has an independent and passionate approach to both her work and her spare time, happy on her own or leading the group with the tasks and even the games in the evening. I admire Ruth’s attention to detail and retention of knowledge acquired over her years of learning many useful things...
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28 Jan 2022

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Ruth was my first workawayer, she has set the bar high. Ruth is such a lovely young lady.
We chatted about both being a host and workawayer which with it being my first hosting was really very useful, thank you Ruth.
We discussed tasks, how I would like it done, Ruth took this on board, she carried all tasks out to a high standard, I'm so pleased … read more

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25 Jan 2022

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I stayed for a week with Sophia, Jasper the dog, the three cats and various poultry in January and had a great time. Sophia's place is around a 15 minute drive inland from Aberystwyth, and I felt very welcome and comfortable from the start. We had a chat on the first morning about what jobs needed doing and which we would both prefer to do, so I … read more

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25 Jan 2022

Left by Workawayer () for host (House-sitting of our cabin in ...)

I stayed a week with Keith on his land in early January and had a mixed experience.
The land is in a beautiful part of Pembrokeshire with lovely views down into the valley and plenty of walks and paths around to explore. Keith introduced myself and another workawayer to lots of people in the local area and in and around Narberth, and meeting and … read more

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