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Description
Scottish Highland village in a traditional house (converted byre) with overgrown garden. Some help with DIY etc. in house also welcome. Beautiful location, good for hill-walkers. Strong local community culture, which will hopefully soon re-emerge after the pandemic. Emphasis on environmentally-friendly living and sustainability.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Pratique d’une langue
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et projets de construction
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Aide informatique / avec Internet
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Rural life-style, with good opportunities for swimming and hill-walking. Local culture, including possibly contact with remaining speakers of Gaelic. Chances, covid restrictions permitting, for meeting wide range of people. Language help from a former language teacher. Help with writing and editing from published writer. Emphasis on sustainability, care with use of electricity, home composting, organic alternatives and fairly traded goods.
Aide
Help to reclaim part of garden for future vegetable-growing, and to prepare ground for bee-friendly wildflower area in spring. Some help with house and DIY. Berry-collecting and preserve-making in season, also stacking and bringing in wood for burner as needed. Help with computers.
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Allemand: Intermédiaire
Espagnol: Intermédiaire
Français: Intermédiaire
Irish: Intermédiaire
Gaelic (Scottish): DébutantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
German and Spanish are very rusty, and desire to get French up to a much higher level. A former language teacher, so can help with those languages I know, including minority ones.
Hébergement
Single room for each Workaway unless otherwise arranged, with shared shower-rooms. Use of living-room, kitchen and internet. Each person responsible for cleaning own areas etc. Help with cooking welcomed but not essential. Limited meat and fish in meals, vegetarians and vegans catered for.
Autres infos...
Local sights include scenery, rare wildlife, historic and prehistoric sites, churches, castles. Local artists. Good sea-swimming for strong swimmers. Nearest town with train station 25 km away. The situation is a small village with a shop and post office, hotel and part-time vegan cafe in season. No t.v.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Nombre d'heures attendues
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Very good to meet you, share conversation, swimming, vists to historic sites and more.
Lovely photos of the work in progress.
I enjoyed very much our interesting chats, our swims in the sea, tasting local food and taking part in the local life too. She has a very good knowledge about history and about… read more
Rosemary, if… read more
And thank you for mending the path! Keep in touch.
Thank you very much for being such a good house-guest, ready to engage with everything. Keep in touch!
PS The new wood is drying and burning well.
Her friends are very welcoming and proud to tell us the history of their region.
Thanks again to Rosemary for his warm welcome, good little dishes and… read more
