Pete

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Hello!

I’m Pete, a VERY young at heart and friendly just turned 66 year old, still very fit and active!

At the beginning of April last year I retired from my 37 year career as a Purchasing Manager , the last 24 of those involved in the manufacture of critical care respiratory equipment.

I was totally fed up with the Rat Race and wanted to seek new adventures in warmer climes while I can hopefully bring something of my lifetime of knowledge and skills to any prospective host, and enjoy an active outdoor life.

My first Workaway experience last year was 2 months in the south of Italy where I carried out a range of gardening, general maintenance, cooking & animal care duties. In fact, my host felt comfortable enough after just one week to leave me alone there in sole charge of her house, 5 dogs and 14 cats for a whole week!
I actually returned to the same host for another 2 months in October and November, and again from the middle of Jan to middle of Feb this year!

Since I retired I have refurbished my own kitchen at home including installing the recessed ceiling lihjts, laid a new LVT floor, spray painted the cabinets, replaced all the skirting boards and some of the cornices, replaced the worktop and installed the new sink and taps - as well as painting everything!

I’m single (divorced 9 years), and I have two grown up sons who are my best friends – Andrew (32) lives in London and Jonny (31) who still lives with me.

I live on the beautiful (but cold) North Coast of Northern Ireland and have dual nationality – both Irish & UK passports.

In my younger days I have worked picking oranges in Greece, cherries in France and had 2 stints as a Kibbutz volunteer of about 5 months each. I’ve also hitch-hiked and camped extensively through much of Mediterranean Europe.

I absolutely love sea kayaking and like nothing better than to head off on a wild kayak camping expedition to the remote islands off the West Coast of Ireland, or just day trips along our beautiful coastline. I also surf kayak! I also enjoy hiking and have added a few of Ireland's highest peaks to my experiences, with more to follow as I tick them off.

I love all types of music - I'm a bass player and have played in bands for well over 40 years - lots of genres, but mainly blues rock, rock and pop. I have a small computer based recording studio in my attic/garage at home and can record other peoples music to a fairly high standard. Both this and my regular job have kept me computer literate. I'm very familiar with MS Office, particularly Excel, Outlook & Word.

Before I retired I had started to teach myself watercolour painting - difficult but I was happy with my small progress - I even managed to sell a few paintings! Don't seem to have had time recently, but I will eventually get back to it.

Last year I have added a REC2 Rescue and Emergency Care (First Aid) qualification to my skill set

Other interests -
Love reading
Love cooking (actually I've been told I'm quite a good cook!)
I build and airbrush scale models, mostly WW2 military and aviation subjects

Centres d’intérêt

Sports d'équipe

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Fitness

Photographie

Technologie

Bricolage / artisanat

Animaux

Art et design

Plage

Événements/vie sociale

Culture

Montagne

Animaux de compagnie

Activités en plein air

Nature

Voile / bateau

Dev. personnel

Dev. durable

Sports nautiques

Films et télé

Musique

Jardinage

Randonnée

Dessin et peinture

Camping

Livres

Cuisine et alimentation

Sports d'aventure

Langues

Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Français: Débutant

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
I think my capacity for learning languages is limited, although I made some small progress in Italian, but I would make a good English teacher!

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Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre

Ça m'intéresse :  

Enseignement

Éco-projets

Projets artistiques

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J'ai des connaissances :  

S’occuper des animaux

Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

Accueil / tourisme

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Je peux apprendre aux autres :  

Entretien général

Jardinage

Bricolage et projets de construction

Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille

Aider à la maison

Aide informatique / Internet

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

I'm a very practical person
Green - hate waste of any kind
Problem solving
DIY - I have entirely painted my own house, laid all laminate floors, some basic electrical work & some basic woodwork - made garden gates etc. Many other home maintenance and repair tasks.
In my 1st workaway stay I was trusted to look after my hosts home, 5 dogs and 14 cats alone for a full week whilst she visited her elderly father.
I'm a very good cook and sometimes bake my own bread
Gardening - I have experience - I have a greenhouse and grow tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, chillis etc every year. I used to grow lots of other outdoor vegetables but as there's now only 2 of us I only keep the greenhouse
I'm computer literate
I can get on with all age groups - kids to elderly

Âge

66

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Thanks if you have managed to read all of this!!

Informations complémentaires

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  Allergies

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  Régime alimentaire spécial