Experience the magical Celtic charm of rural Spain at our family finca in Nava, Asturias, Spain

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  Description

  Pls read our profile fully to see if we align.
  We offer a very high quality experience & have spent years volunteering & we believe we offer a good deal.
  
  Hello, salud, bienvenido!
  
  We are Sarah & Henry, long time Workawayers, travellers & free-spirited wanderers who, after a decade of being fairly nomadic, have finally settled and found a home in Northern Spain.
  
  We recently bought a stone finca with surrounding land and are looking forward to restoring the buildings & rewild the land giving back to this community & working with some amazing people from all over the world.
  
  We want to be inclusive to families as we found it particularly difficult to volunteer with our kids, and would like to create something of a world -schooling hub & the chance to connect with the Earth in the middle of abundant nature.
  
  We are situated within the heart of green & verdant Asturias, half an hour from the cities (Oviedo & Gijón), half an hour from some of the best beaches in Europe and half an hour from the Picos de Europa. What more could you want?
  
  The closest town, Nava, is 5 mins away, has 3 supermarkets, shops, bars, cafes & an attractive plaza. It also has the Cider Museum.
  
  We can offer you either a private room next to the family bathroom with shower, or our very comfortable caravan which can sleep up to 4. The heating & stove work perfectly. There’s also the option of parking your own camper.
  
  It would be advantageous if you could manage your time well, so that your free time does not get frittered away - happens easily!
  Expect around 25 “on hours” per week (this excludes group responsibilities such as cooking / clearing away because you would have to cook for yourself anyway!) & this is not a hard & fast rule; sometimes depending on projects & situations a little longer days might be needed - it’s up to you to keep track of the week overall!
  You can decide how you manage this by either spreading it throughout the week or doing a few longer days to have more days free time to explore the region.
  
  Use of car & bike included.
  
  *if you need to prioritise online paid work pls discuss your schedule with us in advance*
  
  FOOD PROVIDED:
  Breakfast: you are welcome to join us for breakfast, we would normally have a freshly squeezed OJ, homemade juices or smoothy with quinoa, millet or oat porridge
  
  LUNCH: our biggest meal of the day - always together around 2pm - we normally make about 4/5 different dishes, almost always plant based & would welcome your help preparing & cooking for everyone.
  
  In Spain it’s custom to have a light Merienda for dinner / supper - we don’t really have much, the children have a snack and drink before bed at 8pm
  
  I am also a yoga teacher & student (my teacher is based in the city - Oviedo the capital of Asturias which I go to at least twice a week on the bus or train. We are very well connected to the city but live a peaceful life out in nature so have the best of both worlds) & like to start my day with some asana, pranayama & meditation practiced in the shala. You would be welcome to join for this.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Politique/justice sociale

  

  Films et télé

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Culture

  

  Bénévolat

  

  Ferme

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Musique

  

  Dessin et peinture

  

  Jardinage

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Livres

  

  Astronomie

  

  Art et design

  

  Animaux

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Sports d’hiver

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Sports nautiques

  

  Montagne

  

  Nature

  

  Fitness

  

  Randonnée

  

  Sports d'aventure
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We are from the UK but wish to commune with spanish speakers - we found learning a language very challenging at home & have been learning Spanish now for around 12 years on & off. We learned in Guatemala and used Latin American Spanish during the time we were travelling. Now we want to improve our mainland Castellano - our children are fluent & learning Asturiano in school.
  We are in the Celtic homelands of Northern Spain, country of bagpipes, cider & mythological forest dwellers.
  
  Our property is boarded by ancient Roman Camino - original *Camino de Santuarios* so if you’re looking for something more under-the-radar and less travelled than the famous *Camino de Santiago * then you have found the right place.

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  Aide « au pair »

  De plus amples informations sont disponibles ici

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  We moved into our finca in Feb 2024 & are doing some light renovations & DIY around the house. Mostly painting & decorating & trying to finish off / restoring & upcycling the decor & furniture.
  
  For bigger projects (such as electrics / plumbing & landscaping) we will bring in local tradespeople.
  
  Re general maintenance and smaller jobs we will be working along with you & want to enlist help to play with the children (5 & 8), the 3 cats (2 new kittens) & our new horse Duque. We have a wide range of tasks & projects around the property, which will change depending on our current situation & the season / weather.
  
  Inside jobs include some basic DIY like;
  painting & decorating;
  furniture upcycling;
  plastering;
  digital marketing;
  childcare;
  cooking;
  tiling / painting the tiles
  cleaning.
  and outside jobs (weather dependent) will be preparing the ground, planting in boxes / beds & organising and creating spaces around the land;
  A big important job for Spring is chopping the wood pile for next Winter. We have heating in the house but prefer to put on a fire every evening.
  There is always gardening (weeding, planting, mulching, making raised beds / compost piles & maintenance of beds);
  fencing for animals
  animal care
  building a chicken coup
  making a new larger compost bin
  Fixing temporary gates
  Planning / maybe beginning a landscaping driveway project
  Labouring - moving rocks / large stones
  
  Once we have some nice neat piles of rocks and stones we intend to pay local skilled dry stone wallers & we eventually wish to restore the gate arch.
  
  This list is not exhaustive and we like to work with our volunteer’s strengths and preferences ... so you will have lots of flexibility & can choose how you spend your time.
  This is on you to manage your time. Some days you may wish to go over and do a shorter day the next, for example - as long as you do around 25 hours of active work per week.
  
  We like to eat one meal together at 2pm so would love your contributions in the kitchen, cooking, making bread, baking cakes & preserving to keep us all well-fed!

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We wish to provide a real cultural experience for our guests & volunteers and are well connected with the local community through our children’s village school. Our boys are bilingual and speak Spanish pretty fluently now they are also learning Asturianu at cole. So if you’re looking to improve your English or Spanish we can help with that - it will be full immersion!
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  Hébergement

  We have two spare double bedrooms inside the house, a comfortable 4-berth caravan, or you can park your own campervan on our land.
  We provide breakfast and will cook a shared meal for lunch (usually vegetarian but not strictly, any meat is locally & ethically produced). For dinner we usually have a smaller meal but you are welcome to make your own from the kitchen.

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  Autres infos...

  Having your own vehicle is useful, as we are a short journey from many attractions. It’s half an hour from the coast and 45 mins to the Picos de Europa. There are closer mountain ranges within 10 mins drive away. Cycling is a very popular activity in the local area and there are many good walking routes. We have a couple of bikes you can borrow to stay local & there are amazing hikes within 20 mins.
  It is an easy walk into the nearest town, from where you can take the train or bus into Oviedo, or visit the Cider Museum or local bars & restaurants.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  Sarah also works online teaching and tutoring and although our internet is not fibre - can be slow, we don’t have any problems zooming, downloading or anything that requires decent internet.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  we have a park up space and plug in / connect to the electricity point from the barn so our courtyard is perfect for parking up

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Yes but dogs will have to stay in the garden / garage or outside

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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