Au pair and house/pet-sitting at our remote property near Ullapool, Scotland
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: 22 avr. 2025
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Jessica and Pablo worked really hard in difficult weather conditions in an extremely cold winter in Scotland, so different from their life in Mexico.They fitted in to our family life well and were a pleasure to host and I would recommend them highly to future hosts and thank them both so much for all the help.
Laissé par le workawayer (Delphine) pour l'hôte
My stay at Iona, Julien, Felix and Fergus' place was truly amazing! I learned how to move cows and sheep in the mountains with the dogs and I loved it. I got to see incredible landscapes, ride horses in the mountains, cook with produce from the garden, and spend time with an extraordinary family! They were so kind and I felt welcome from the
… read more moment I met them. I also met other lovely people like Maria who was employed on the farm, and other workayers and friends who dropped by, as well as other family members. I stayed with them for 5 weeks (September and early October 2024) and was so sad to leave. But I'm already planning my next stay in a few months' time!
It really was the best experience I could have hoped for a first workaway!
If you like meeting people, outdoors and animals, I really recommend these hosts!
Thank you so much for your welcome. Best wishes and à bientôt ;)Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par le workawayer (Jana & Sebastian) pour l'hôte
Iona and Julien are great hosts. Felix is a super sweet little boy. They made me feel super comfortable and took me everywhere, they learned and showed me so many things in one month. I helped in the household, cooked and baked a lot, I looked after Felix and got to see the beautiful place they live in. The landscape is stunning and all the people
… read more I met are so lovely. My highlights were Smokey Falls, moving the sheep, eating fresh food from their garden and vension. They also have a really nice sauna :) I enjoyed the conversations and the board games. A great first Workaway experience, I can only recommend to everybody!! Thanks for everything!Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
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Jessica and Pablo worked really hard in difficult weather conditions in an extremely cold winter in Scotland, so different from their life in Mexico.They fitted in to our family life well and were a pleasure to host and I would recommend them highly to future hosts and thank them both so much for all the help.
Laissé par le workawayer (Delphine) pour l'hôte
My stay at Iona, Julien, Felix and Fergus' place was truly amazing! I learned how to move cows and sheep in the mountains with the dogs and I loved it. I got to see incredible landscapes, ride horses in the mountains, cook with produce from the garden, and spend time with an extraordinary family! They were so kind and I felt welcome from the
… read more moment I met them. I also met other lovely people like Maria who was employed on the farm, and other workayers and friends who dropped by, as well as other family members. I stayed with them for 5 weeks (September and early October 2024) and was so sad to leave. But I'm already planning my next stay in a few months' time!
It really was the best experience I could have hoped for a first workaway!
If you like meeting people, outdoors and animals, I really recommend these hosts!
Thank you so much for your welcome. Best wishes and à bientôt ;)Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par le workawayer (Jana & Sebastian) pour l'hôte
Iona and Julien are great hosts. Felix is a super sweet little boy. They made me feel super comfortable and took me everywhere, they learned and showed me so many things in one month. I helped in the household, cooked and baked a lot, I looked after Felix and got to see the beautiful place they live in. The landscape is stunning and all the people
… read more I met are so lovely. My highlights were Smokey Falls, moving the sheep, eating fresh food from their garden and vension. They also have a really nice sauna :) I enjoyed the conversations and the board games. A great first Workaway experience, I can only recommend to everybody!! Thanks for everything!Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par le workawayer (Sarah) pour l'hôte
I have had an amazing 5 weeks with Iona, Julian and Felix! I felt extremely welcomed and I settled into their daily lives very quickly. Even though I come from a similar background I still learned a lot about their lifestyle and unique way of life.
I got to do a large range of help, from been Iona's extra pair of hands while she looked after
… read more Felix, helping out Julian with his day to day chores and of course cleaning on Saturday for change over.
I got to explore the farm, riding Iona’s horses in the weekends and late evening rides, visit / swim in the waterfalls and just enjoy time with their amazing family, even at a Highland Games and a ceilidh!
To people considering staying with Julian and Iona, don’t get scared off by the midges, most of the time I was there they were not an issue. Try and stay for a decent amount of time, I stayed for 5 weeks but I with I had stayed longer.
Thank you Iona, Julian, Mini Monsieur Felix and the rest of your family (and pets) for a great experience.Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
The time I spent at Iona, Julien and Leon’s farm was truly amazing ! I got to work in the garden and learn knew skills and tricks, move the cows to the mountains with the dogs and see amazing sceneries, ride on a horse to a loch in the mountains, cook, dig, mend, etc, but especially spend time with an amazing family !! They were so nice and I felt
… read more welcome at the very second I met them. I also got to meet amazing people like Clem, a French girl doing her internship at the farm, her family, Alex and Lina who were other Workaways, a guy who was 73 years old and travelling from the south of Scotland to the north with his horse, etc etc.
If you have energy to invest in great projects, hikes, and outdoors, I would truly recommend you to this experience !
Laissé par le workawayer (Isla) pour l'hôte
Sorry for the delay but better late than never!
I has a really great time up in the Highlands with Iona and Julien. I was mainly with Iona's parents on the East coast farm helping with lambing, but also got to come for a holiday over west ! It was such a good experience and so lovely to meet everyone. It was awesome learning more about
… read more conservation and so many interesting discussions about the environment and sustainability. I always felt welcomed and was encouraged to go hiking and explore too :)
Hope to see you guys again ! Thank you x
Laissé par le workawayer (Kim Alisha) pour l'hôte
My stay at Iona's and Julien's farm was wonderful and unique! I stayed there for two and a half weeks and was able to feel so much in peace and had time to learn many things about myself, sustainability and many other things.
I had the opportunity to see the beautiful scottish nature (like a stunning waterfall!) and to live a timeless life.
This
… read more whole family and their place is just lovely and absolutely worth a visit! :)
I really wish to come back at one time in my life to learn even more and to meet you all again!
Best wishes
KimVous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Natália & Matus)
What an amazing exchange, people like Natalia are the very reason I signed up for workaway. She is incredibly hardworking, kind, fun, and fitted into life here perfectly. We all miss her so much now she is gone and will love to welcome her back when ever she wants. She works well in a team or alone. Follows instructions well and is super
… read more enthusiastic and always working with a smile, despite the job or weather! You wont regret meeting her. It was lovely to learn a wee bit about her home country too. Thanks for everything Natalia.
Laissé par le workawayer (Natália & Matus) pour l'hôte
What a lovely 3 weeks on Iona’s and Julien’s farm! They are very friendly, kind, and helpful people. I really enjoy helping them around the house, with animals, renovations, and mainly with the little king. Leon is such a great child! He is very easygoing, he was used to helping me with a lot of things and we had so much fun together.
The farm is
… read more situated in a beautiful area surrounded by nature and animals. I stayed in a small wooden house that Julien built last year and I love the house so much!
I would recommend staying on the farm for people who are enjoying the silence of nature, mountains, and lakes. In my spare time, I had a lot of opportunities to go hike, walk, or bicycle. I saw a lot of beautiful places and I also stayed one night in the bothy.
Once again, I am very grateful for this experience. I learned a lot of useful things. Thank you, Iona and Julian. It was a pleasure!Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Guy)
Guy is such an amazing helpful person I would highly recommend hosting him and would love to welcome him back any time. He is self motivated, good sence of humour, great a getting on with any job required and a hard worker, then comes home and is helpful in the house too. a dream workaway.
I hope to see him again some time in the future but in the
… read more meantime enjoy your adventures.
Laissé par le workawayer (Guy) pour l'hôte
Great experience! I don’t think I could have ended up in a better place for my first work-away. I got on really well with Julien and Iona, they are kind and easy going. I spend 2 weeks with them, the first of which was spend shearing sheep and the 2nd was spend doing a variety of tasks including gardening, herding cattle, and cleaning the holiday
… read more homes (I especially enjoyed riding the quad bike). In my free time I would go hiking and fly fishing and they very generous about lending me kit. Additionally they also took me rock climbing and free diving!
Thanks again so much Iona and Julien :)Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par le workawayer (Jenny) pour l'hôte
Staying with Iona and Julien (and stef who's currently working with them) was my first Workaway experience and I had a fab time. I stayed for 3 weeks, helping out in the garden, cleaning and getting the self catered property they have ready for the rental season and then really just living as part of the family so helping feed and look after the
… read more chickens and sheep or looking after Leon their son for a few hours. We all just pitched in with cooking and cleaning, everything just ran very flexibly with plans always changing depending on circumstance. I was made to feel welcome from when I first arrived, they are used to having volunteers and so are very relaxed about having people in their home.
The farm is pretty remote and it does help to have your own car to explore a bit further the area (it's really stunning in the NW of Scotland) but at the same time there is loads of hiking and waterfalls to explore from the door and if you love the outdoors this would be a great place for you.Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par le workawayer (Jono & Lindsey) pour l'hôte
Yeeehaa :) what a treat to be hosted up at Rhidorroch by Iona, Julien and King Leon (their wee son)!
Lindsey and I had a blast being part of the family and helping with an assortment of odd jobs; gardening, painting, cleaning the gutters, stacking wood, looking after Leon and feeding the animals (pigs, chickens and dogs - the sheep and horses
… read more were wintering on their other farm). We were treated to some awesome local and authentic food (be prepared for lots of venison), as well as local seafood on occasion - we learned how to cook lobster and crab from scratch. Our weekends were full of superb walks (not quite spring and no midges, super beautiful time) - there is a local bothy nearby and a wee fishing hut and lots to explore!
Things to know for future workawayers:
Long & Bumpy Drive Way (for us!) - we have a small mini and the drive way in to the house wasn't crazy difficult, but with the car being low to the ground, we had a reasonably treacherous journey in and out as we navigated the gravel and various potholes. It is a long way in to the house as well, so if you think you are on the wrong road, you probably aren't, you just haven't arrived yet ;)
Cooking - we shared the cooking with our hosts and they were awesome and we made a wee grocery list and the mix was great!
Rooster - a morning call was loud and raring. We suggest bringing ear plugs. We got used to it - kinda.
Dogs - there is a pack of Collies and a Black lab and they are in and out of the house and all amazing! Getting to know them was a favourite part of our trip, indeedio!!
All Weather in a Day - this is classic Scotland, but just be prepared and flexible as well intentioned and best laid plans are always subject to the weather (Iona and Julien were good at giving us inside and outside jobs so we had the option).
Lots of Jobs - it is a big Estate, so there is always lots of work to be done and Iona and Julien were awesome and asking what we preferred and were most excited to try out hands at.
We are excited to go back at some point!!Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Martin)
Martin is an incredible hard worker. He is skilled, self sufficient and good at any job you request and does the job efficiently and with care. He help us with many jobs and always with a smile, He is very easy to get on with socially and around the house helps without being asked. If you are thinking about hosting Marin do, I would highly
… read more recommend him.
Laissé par le workawayer (Martin) pour l'hôte
My stay was during december month and 2 firsts weeks of january. It was really amazing experience. I went 2 differents weeks in coulmore farm (East Cost) and the rest at Rhidorroch farm (West Cost). I was like a member of the familly, in a really nice familly. You can't find more kind persons and more beautiful places in Scotland. I spent really
… read more good and funny moments with them, all the familly and friends. Discovering their daily life and place of life was really nice. They are a very good friends now. You can do lot of activities with them like riding, kayaking, walking ...
The job was mainly maintenance and log splitting in Rhidorroch due to winter period. Tree planting and sheep job in Coulmore farm.
It was 1 month and half of dream, thanks a lot.Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Philippe & Audrey)
Philippe and Audrey are amazing volunteers they got stuck in with any task that was required on the farm. I would highly recommend them if you are thinking about hosting them. They are what workaway is about. A great exchange.
Laissé par le workawayer (Philippe & Audrey) pour l'hôte
Our stay at Iona and Julien's place was amazing. The whole family is really kind and open, we immediately felt at home. The work was varied and interesting, we learned a lot (gathering and shearing sheep, cleaning guest houses, collecting fruits, mowing, building maintenance, tree care,...). The house is surrounded by awesome mountains, lochs and
… read more wildlife, so there is plenty of things to do and see. There is no TV nor mobile reception, but that's really not necessary there :)
Thank you very much for welcoming us during a month, we hope to see you again soon!Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
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Pratique d’une langue
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
S’occuper des animaux
Aide dans une ferme
Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Home sitting
