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Description
I am currently available from November 2021 in the UK, keen to hear from anyone who has work to offer, especially working with horses where I would have the opportunity to ride.
I am a fit and healthy 61 year old woman. I retired from the NZ public service in March 2017 where I had a successful career in the social services sector while raising two beautiful children.
I arrived in the UK in May 2017 and am now travelling throughout the UK and Europe experiencing life from a different perspective, meeting new people, sharing my skills, learning new ones and having fun. I have a car so can travel to remote places.
I am flexible, reliable and independent; a hard worker who is not put off by a challenge and can turn my hand to lots of different things. I am fond of all animals but especially horses, dogs and pigs.
I especially enjoy working with and riding horses, singing, reading, walking/hiking, organic gardening, playing card and doing jigsaw puzzles, knitting, crochet and needlework and a good conversation.
I'm good at poo picking, mucking out, horse grooming, fence building, dog walking, cooking, cleaning and decluttering, painting, gardening, grubbing ragwort and thistles, tackling brambles; using a chain saw and hedge trimmer; and can chill out when necessary.
I have had experience crewing for Endurance events, and am keen to continue to learn more and participate in this sport.
Centres d’intérêt
NatureDanseBénévolatFermeJardinageAnimauxArts du spectacleBricolage / artisanatMusiqueCuisine et alimentationHistoire
Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre
J'ai des connaissances :
Jardinage
Entretien général
Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille
Aider dans une ferme
Aider à la maison
S’occuper des animaux
Aide informatique / Internet
Quelles sont vos compétences ?
I can turn my hand to most things inside and outside of the house - cooking, cleaning, gardening, dog walking, mucking out etc. I have had a number of workaway jobs where I have been in sole charge of a house and animals while my hosts are away.
I have experience working with mules and donkeys, horses and foals, dogs, chickens, cattle and general farm-work, including sheep shearing (as a rousie/wool handler) not the shearer!
I am a confidant experienced rider having hunted, mustered and competed at a preliminary eventing and dressage level in my 20's.
I love gardening both flowers and vegetables, and am a dab hand with a paint brush, a chain saw, hedge-trimmer and lawn mower.
I am a qualified social worker; have competent computer (word, excel, powerpoint), project management and people management skills.
I can cook, bake and make preserves (which I did using surplus vegetables from my home organic garden).
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Âge
61
Nationalité
New Zealander
Autres infos...
I am a non-smoker.
Informations complémentaires
Fumeur
Permis de conduire
Allergies
NoRégime alimentaire spécial
no
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02.07.2021
Laissé par l'hôte (Help out with our endurance ...) pour le workawayer (Debbie)
Debbie first came here on a visit 4 years ago. Then came to stay - she fitted into our family immediately. Happy to take on any task thrown at her. Always with a smile! Poo picking, painting, cleaning stables, gardening. Emptying the dishwasher a speciality! Miss her company. She is welcome back anytime.
(Excellent
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02.07.2021
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Help out with our endurance ...)
Had a great 2 and bit months at the place with Sue and the family. A perfect location for chilling out and working hard in equal measure. I did lots of poo picking, hay net filling, stable and barn painting and a bit of gardening. Never a dull moment. Even got to race around on the quad bike. Explored the local area - lots of gorgeous towns and… read more
(Excellent
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22.02.2020
Laissé par l'hôte (Learn about Horses, Mules and ...) pour le workawayer (Debbie)
Debbie spent 3 month with us.
She ran the whole place with 22 animals on her own during our absence of two times about a week and did a perfect job.
She is a skilled horse woman who can handle many different jobs around a barn and out in the field or forest. Here she worked with a wead waker, helped with logging in the forest and the like.
She is… read more
She ran the whole place with 22 animals on her own during our absence of two times about a week and did a perfect job.
She is a skilled horse woman who can handle many different jobs around a barn and out in the field or forest. Here she worked with a wead waker, helped with logging in the forest and the like.
She is… read more
(Excellent
)
19.02.2020
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Learn about Horses, Mules and ...)
I spent 3 wonderful months with Hanno and Dagmar, the dogs, cats, horses, donkeys and mules over the Christmas of 2019. The weather wasn't great but the hospitality, warmth and total experience was!! Dagmar's cooking skills are legendary and Hanno has a broad wealth of knowledge, especially about mules. The work was varied and not hard and there… read more
(Excellent
)
03.09.2019
Laissé par l'hôte (Come and help on our family ...) pour le workawayer (Debbie)
Debbie came to stay with our family on the farm for a month this summer and was a great help in many ways. She was an easy going, sociable and flexible person to have staying here and was able to turn her hand to many new tasks. Debbie loves animals and she became firm friends with the chickens and cats and did a sterling job of feeding them all,… read more
(Excellent
)
02.09.2019
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Come and help on our family ...)
I spent a month with Anna, Tom, Billy and Jose in August and had a fabulous time gardening (with help from the chickens), house decorating/renovating, chicken wrangling, and generally helping out where needed. This is a warm, welcoming, intelligent, hard-working and generous family who made me feel valued; gave me the space to offer my ideas, use… read more
(Excellent
)
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02.07.2021
Laissé par l'hôte (Help out with our endurance ...) pour le workawayer (Debbie)
Debbie first came here on a visit 4 years ago. Then came to stay - she fitted into our family immediately. Happy to take on any task thrown at her. Always with a smile! Poo picking, painting, cleaning stables, gardening. Emptying the dishwasher a speciality! Miss her company. She is welcome back anytime.
(Excellent
)
02.07.2021
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Help out with our endurance ...)
Had a great 2 and bit months at the place with Sue and the family. A perfect location for chilling out and working hard in equal measure. I did lots of poo picking, hay net filling, stable and barn painting and a bit of gardening. Never a dull moment. Even got to race around on the quad bike. Explored the local area - lots of gorgeous towns and… read more
(Excellent
)
22.02.2020
Laissé par l'hôte (Learn about Horses, Mules and ...) pour le workawayer (Debbie)
Debbie spent 3 month with us.
She ran the whole place with 22 animals on her own during our absence of two times about a week and did a perfect job.
She is a skilled horse woman who can handle many different jobs around a barn and out in the field or forest. Here she worked with a wead waker, helped with logging in the forest and the like.
She is… read more
She ran the whole place with 22 animals on her own during our absence of two times about a week and did a perfect job.
She is a skilled horse woman who can handle many different jobs around a barn and out in the field or forest. Here she worked with a wead waker, helped with logging in the forest and the like.
She is… read more
(Excellent
)
19.02.2020
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Learn about Horses, Mules and ...)
I spent 3 wonderful months with Hanno and Dagmar, the dogs, cats, horses, donkeys and mules over the Christmas of 2019. The weather wasn't great but the hospitality, warmth and total experience was!! Dagmar's cooking skills are legendary and Hanno has a broad wealth of knowledge, especially about mules. The work was varied and not hard and there… read more
(Excellent
)
03.09.2019
Laissé par l'hôte (Come and help on our family ...) pour le workawayer (Debbie)
Debbie came to stay with our family on the farm for a month this summer and was a great help in many ways. She was an easy going, sociable and flexible person to have staying here and was able to turn her hand to many new tasks. Debbie loves animals and she became firm friends with the chickens and cats and did a sterling job of feeding them all,… read more
(Excellent
)
02.09.2019
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Come and help on our family ...)
I spent a month with Anna, Tom, Billy and Jose in August and had a fabulous time gardening (with help from the chickens), house decorating/renovating, chicken wrangling, and generally helping out where needed. This is a warm, welcoming, intelligent, hard-working and generous family who made me feel valued; gave me the space to offer my ideas, use… read more
(Excellent
)
16.07.2018
Laissé par l'hôte (Horses, Maintanance and help ...) pour le workawayer (Debbie)
Debby was an excelent help.She has a strong personality with a will to enjoy life,help,perform and learn. She is 57 years old but beats most teenagers in agility and fitness.She is very reliable,kind to all animals and full of life. She came with her own car and explored Ireland from North to South, East to West on her free weekends.We recommend… read more
(Excellent
)
13.07.2018
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Horses, Maintanance and help ...)
I stayed with Maria and George for 2 and a half months and had a truely wonderful time. I worked hard but was amply rewarded with friendship from Maria and George, the horses, the dogs and the cats. Maria is a great cook and kept me well fed. I learned a lot about stable management, handling foals and experiencing the ups and downs of a busy stud… read more
(Excellent
)
30.04.2018
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Looking for someone to help ...)
I spent 2 enjoyable weeks with Marianne Richard and Jay. The weather wasn’t great but the hospitality was warm and the animals a delight- despite the dogs muddy feet all over my clean floor! The work kept me busy in the mornings with plenty of time in the afternoons and evenings to explore North Devon and it’s glorious coastline and beaches.
(Très bien
)
17.04.2018
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Debbie)
Debbie stayed with us for two weeks recently.
She came at a difficult time for us with Ill health and an imminent house move and just got on with what was required which was really appreciated.
I cannot recommend Debbie enough I hardly had to show her what to do and she just knew what needed doing around the house and with the animals which was… read more
She came at a difficult time for us with Ill health and an imminent house move and just got on with what was required which was really appreciated.
I cannot recommend Debbie enough I hardly had to show her what to do and she just knew what needed doing around the house and with the animals which was… read more
(Excellent
)
17.03.2018
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Debbie)
It was a pleasure to host Debbie - a shame it was for only 3 weeks. She was an awesome 'Water monitor' for the horses' troughs and an uncomplaining poo-picker.... Hopefully she will come back when it is not raining/snowing/blowing a gale. Just as well we had a host of games to play indoors - and the same sense of humour!
Debbie has worked for me… read more
Debbie has worked for me… read more
(Excellent
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16.03.2018
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Help needed with Arab horses ...)
I stayed with Anne for 3 weeks in February-March; wished it could have been a lot longer and will be returning. Anne is a super host - lively, intelligent, sociable, a great sense of humour and brilliant story teller. The horses are a delight, even in the snow! and the township of Oundle has a lot going on. For a small town it definitely punches… read more
(Excellent
)
05.03.2018
Laissé par l'hôte (Live with a fun family in a ...) pour le workawayer (Debbie)
Debbie stayed with us for two weeks last summer when it was searingly hot. She was fun to have around, was hard working and independent. We had many guests and visitors at that time and she just went with the flow and mucked in with whatever tasks needed doing. Highly recommended workawayer.
(Excellent
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04.03.2018
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Live with a fun family in a ...)
I stayed with Georgina and the family for 2 weeks and had a fabulous time. I did some gardening and helped with easy redecoration jobs in their lovely old house. I was treated like a member of the family and joined them on outings around the area. This is a family who like to have fun, they have very generous hearts and live in a beautiful part of… read more
(Excellent
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03.03.2018
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Debbie)
Debbie was a very pleasant person to have here. She was hard working, capable and friendly. Our dog loved her trips out. Debbie enjoyed meeting the local people and attending various local events. Having her own car meant that she saw more of the locality in only 2 weeks. Although we usually have people half her age we found that her maturity… read more
(Excellent
)
01.03.2018
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Help around the house and ...)
I had a lovely two weeks with Julie, Peter and Amber; feeding the birds, helping prepare meals, cleaning up afterwards. and some winter gardening. Walking Amber in the afternoons along the towpath was also a lot of fun. I had plenty of time to explore the surrounding countryside - lots to see and do. Julie and Peter belong to a very welcoming… read more
(Excellent
)
11.01.2018
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Experience day to day life in ...)
I had the best of times with Lesley, Truffle and Dianne. I became part of the family, feel in love with the Highlands and have left a piece of me in this lovely home. Lesley is a great workaway host, generous with her time, her wisdom, her warm heart and her home. In exchange you get to explore your creative side and hang out in a truly superb… read more
(Excellent
)
02.01.2018
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Debbie)
Debbie was with us in Brora for just over 5 weeks (she decided to spend Christmas with us!) and fitted in perfectly! I was ill and had a pretty full house for some of the time with lodgers, visitors etc and she was part of the 'family'! Hard working, motivated, reliable, strong, a good cook, great at just 'mucking in', friendly, we had real fun,… read more
(Excellent
)
06.12.2017
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Help us with the garden and ...)
I spent a month or so with Ursula and the family who made me feel very welcome. The horses were a delight to care for, and I had plenty of time for exploring the local area. The caravan was very cosy even on the coldest nights.
(Très bien
)
21.07.2017
Laissé par le workawayer (Debbie) pour l'hôte
pour (Enjoy Life in a peaceful ...)
This was my first workaday experience and it was great. Mags and her family treated me like a friend; the work was fun (not too strenuous) and I had scope to plan my day. Mags is a great cook and shared mealtimes were a time to catch up and talk. Thanks to the BJ family for making my stay so enjoyable.
(Excellent
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16.07.2017
Laissé par l'hôte (Enjoy Life in a peaceful ...) pour le workawayer (Debbie)
Debbie worked very hard in the garden and was very capable and self motivated. The garden has benefitted from her labours and we are very grateful to her.
Thank you Debbie and enjoy the rest of your time in Europe.
Thank you Debbie and enjoy the rest of your time in Europe.
(Excellent
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