Discover beautiful Galicia, help us gardening and cat sitting in rural Spain

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  Descripción

  Update. Hello lovely people! Come and join us in beautiful green Galicia, NW Spain, for long-term help in our garden and home. We've sadly been let down for October so if anyone would like to visit this beautiful area during harvesting time do get in touch. We have a vacancy from 12 Sept to 30 Oct. It's a gorgeous time of year. Cooler than summer and sometimes wet but often with bright days. It's a time to pick and preserve our harvest of fruits and nuts, hunt for fungi and prepare the allotment for winter.
  
  You: Digital Nomad(s), or early retiree(s) looking to connect with an area, or maybe someone looking to move to Galicia wanting a base. Happy to stay for between two and six months; you will enjoy helping to grow your own food, harvesting and preserving it. You will want to help me make my large allotment more productive and less labour intensive and be happy to stack and chop firewood or attack brambles for fun! You will also want to live in a clean and tidy space which you will be happy to spring clean before you leave. You will definitely be responsible cat lovers, and be happy to feed and cuddle three cats of very different personalities if we are away as well as looking after the gardens.
  Ideally, we are looking for a couple as you will be spending time alone at the property; responsible, independent, mature outlook, tidy and respectful. No smokers only please. Good English is essential and Spanish is useful as this is not an area where English is widely spoken.
  
  If you are interested please read our whole profile before replying and tell us the names of our cats and why you'd like to come to Galicia. Please state how long you would be able to stay in your introductory email.
  Thank you and we look forward to meeting you.😁
  
  A bit about us: Lisa & Stewart are an English couple who moved to beautiful rural Galicia in 2007, self-restoring our old stone farmhouse. Having almost finished this task, in 2014 we took on a second project in the same hamlet for Lisa’s mum. We completed this with the help of an army of wonderful Workawayers.
  Lisa is a passionate gardener, cook, and baker. She loves experimenting and is likely to force feed you cake. She also likes to talk…ask Stewart!
  Stewart is a master of many trades, having learnt the hard way, through hands on work on our house. He likes to keep busy and is happy to work with our Workawayers on tasks.
  As we rush through our sixties and seventies respectively, we find we need help to keep our homes and gardens looking good and staying productive so we decided to use our second house as a home for our lovely long-stay Workawayers.
  
  In exchange for your help, you will have a cosy two-bedroomed stone cottage with wood-burning range cooker (in winter) and log fire. NB in winter, our homes are heated purely by wood-burning stoves which get you warm twice, stacking the wood and burning it! We do not have central heating. We will show you how to use the range in winter.
  There is a living room, kitchen, dining room, bathroom with washing machine and a small courtyard garden at the property. It will be your responsibility to keep this clean and tidy, including the garden.
  
  You will be asked to help no more than 15 hours a week either gardening, cleaning or cat/house sitting. We do not provide food but you can grow things you like to eat if you are staying a while as well as sharing in our harvest.
  
  We expect helpers to be independent, responsible and capable of working alone once set on a task but we also enjoy going out for a meal or a drink with you and showing you something of our wonderful area. If you like to cook, we are very happy to do meal shares on occasions and have had fun with this in the past, discovering new recipes from around the world.
  Some of the tasks you might be asked to help with are: fruit picking and preserving, cutting trees, stacking wood, weeding, planting, and watering, or looking after both houses and our three beautiful cats while we are away.
  
  Laranxa, the orange cat, is everyone's friend and the leader of the pack. He will supervise everything you do and sneak into your bed if he can. Jelí is a live wire. Initially timid with new people but follows his brother's lead so will soon be asking for belly rubs. He rarely sits still and loves taking people for a walk in the woods around our homes. Tiger is our elderly ex-feral outdoor cat. He has never been part of a household until last year, takes a while to get used to strangers but is an absolute cuddle bunny once you win his trust.
  
  Your own transport is not essential but is useful for seeing more of Galicia. We are a half hour stroll to a small town with supermarkets, bars, and restaurants. There is a bus service there to major cities and we are always happy to give you pointers of places to see. Galicia is truly a unique area so come and discover a new aspect to Spain. We look forward to hosting you soon.
  
  No smokers only please.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería básica

  Proyectos creativos DIY «hazlo tú mismo»

  Cuidado de animales

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento básico

  Ayuda informática

  Cuidado de casas y mascotas
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  We are English and have lived in our adopted country for 19 years. We therefore have many experiences to share with people. In addition we love to hear new stories from our helpers from around the world. We believe social interaction keeps the world going. We love Galicia and are more than happy to share this beautiful place with you.

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  Ayuda

  Volunteer tasks will vary from day to day and month to month depending on the season. We are currently looking for long-term helpers of two months or more to help in the garden and house sit. You will only be working a few hours a week (depending on the projects) so plenty of time to explore or do your own thing. No food with this placement, but you will share in the veggies and fruit we will grow and pick together.
  
  We have a number of garden projects which we would love your help with. We are also always looking for enthusiastic outdoor help bramble clearing, fruit picking, leaf collecting (for mulching the beds) and maybe some DIY. A willingness to get stuck in is a quality we look for.
  We have a large organic allotment which keeps us pretty much in vegetables, fruit and nuts year round. You will be able to share in this bounty and help me make it more productive. In spring everything grows at a pace and there is lots of weeding to be done. From June through to November there is plenty of opportunity for fruit and nut picking and to learn preserving skills in the kitchen if you wish (drying, jam making, bottling). In winter there is wood cutting, leaf collecting (for mulch) and more bramble clearing to be done.
  We look forward to meeting you.

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  Idiomas hablados

  Inglés: Fluido
  Español: Intermedio

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  Alojamiento

  You will have your own comfortable, separate accommodation with an ensuite bedroom, large lounge and kitchen and small courtyard garden. You are also welcome to grow things you like to eat in the allotment if you are staying a while. Please note we are trying to be as eco friendly as possible and would appreciate your co-operation with this. The house is heated by wood-burning stoves in winter; there is NO central heating. We will provide wood and explain how to use the stoves if you are not familar.

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  Algo más...

  Galicia is one of the most beautiful areas of Spain; unspoilt, tranquil, green and friendly. There is lots to do nearby. We are situated in a tiny hamlet with woodland walks and tracks outside the door. Both houses are still only a 20min walk into a small market town with supermarkets, restaurants and cafes. In return for your enthusiasm we offer you your own comfortable accommodation. Food is not included but we are happy to share veggies and fruits from the garden. Non smokers ONLY please. Digital nomads are welcome. We have good fibre 5G internet. We also have an extensive library of paperbacks and DVDs. The Ribeira Sacra is a beautiful and not widely-known area and well worth exploring. We are happy to take some trips out to explore with you or point you in the right direction. On the 1st of each month there is a local farmers market and the walled Roman city of Lugo is a fascinating trip for history buffs. In winter the thermal spa baths in Ourense are a must. If you wish to explore further afield we have a resources file available with lots of ideas accessible by public transport. These past 12 years we have had lots of help from wonderful Workawayers. We are looking forward to meeting more lovely people soon.

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  You will have your own quiet accommodation. We have cable 5G internet at the property.

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  Happy to host campervans but do message to discuss your requirements as flat space is at a premium here and larger vans may be difficult to accommodate.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Dos

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  Mis animales / mascotas

  

  Tiger

  Our elderly feral boy turned lapcat. If you have cuddles to share, Tiger will love you for it.

  

  Jellicoe Jones (Jelí)

  Our jumping jeli bean. Loves coming out for a walk

  

  Larry Laranxa

  An orange cat...if you know you know!

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