Howard & Alexandra

Royaume-Uni
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Information de voyage

Actuellement, nous sommes

en voyage
Description

We are motivated by the outdoors and in particular the great outdoors.

Happiness for us comes from physical activity (bikes, walking, gardening, skiing etc) and achieving the challenge of going the extra mile.
Centres d’intérêt

Yoga / bien-être

Nature

Sports d’hiver

Sports nautiques

Technologie

Sports d'équipe

Voile / bateau

Soin des plantes

Activités en plein air

Montagne

Langues

Événements/vie sociale

Randonnée

Jardinage

Fitness

Cuisine et alimentation

Art et design

Bricolage / artisanat

Cyclisme

Menuiserie

Bénévolat

Livres

Architecture

Sports d'aventure
Langues

Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Français: Intermédiaire
Hollandais: Intermédiaire

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
Howard has a general interest in European languages.

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Compétences et connaissances que nous aimerions partager ou apprendre

Ça nous intéresse :

Langues

Accueil / tourisme

Nous avons des connaissances :

Travail associatif

Nous pouvons apprendre aux autres:

Jardinage d'entretien

Projets DIY créatifs

Aider à la maison

Petits travaux d'entretien

Aide informatique / Internet
Quelles sont vos compétences ?

In the 30+ years we have been together we have renovated several properties. We run our own property portfolio and rental business and do our own maintenance on all our properties. This highlights how happy we are doing diy tasks.

We are very keen gardeners and have worked on gardens in the UK, South of France and Colorado where we lived for 10 years and built a new garden from scratch.

Howard volunteers with the National Trust where he works with the Estates team increasing his hard landscaping skills. Alex has a keen eye for interior design.
Âge

68 & 60
Autres infos...

Having lived in the Rocky Mountains for 10 years we are keen mountaineers. Our hobbies include skiing, hiking, via ferrata, rock climbing, mountain biking and road cycling.

In the past we have played competitive tennis, squash and volleyball to moderately high levels.
Informations complémentaires
- Fumeur
- Permis de conduire
- Allergies
  No
- Régime alimentaire spécial
  No

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7 août 2026

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Chalet-hotel located in a ...)

We spent three wonderful weeks in the French Alps with Paul, Jess and their friendly hotel team. Our first week in May involved renovating a bathroom and putting together a large raised vegetable bed. Our second stint of two weeks in July were spent on general garden duties. Paul and Jess are very kind welcoming individuals who let us organise our … read more

(Excellent )

6 août 2026

Laissé par l'hôte (Chalet-hotel located in a ...) pour le workawayer ()

Howard and Alex were a pleasure to host and they have helped transform our garden in their 2 stays with us. They are always ready to help, and bring hard work, enthusiasm and an eye-for-detail approach. And still have enough energy left to be hiking or cycling in the afternoons!
Was great to have them around, and they were super easy going, … read more

(Excellent )

27 juil. 2026

Laissé par l'hôte (Beautiful space in Haute ...) pour le workawayer ()

A great Workaway duo.
Howard and Alex were hardworking, energetic and great company.
A great mix of skills, enthusiasm, practicality and good humour. They worked on our garden and the difference they made was evident-thank-you. They love to be outdoors and did lots of cycling in the area. I would recommend highly- I love when people have … read more

(Excellent )

24 juil. 2026

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Beautiful space in Haute ...)

Our workaway experience with D and E has been incredibly rewarding and stimulating. They are kind gracious hosts and fun to be around. Their home is set in spectular surroundings with stunning views of among among Blanc.
Our work involved primarily laying a path of oak timbers and preparing the garden for further grassed areas. We also worked on … read more

(Excellent )

15 oct. 2025

Laissé par l'hôte (Join us at our beautiful ...) pour le workawayer ()

Howard and Alex were a great pleasure to host. They drove up with beautiful smiles and intelligent conversation, and it was all a great experience to have them here! They are respectful, kind, generous, educated, independent, self-starters, experienced, and knowledgeable volunteers with years of DIY experience and organizational skills.

Howard … read more is a cheerful gentleman who worked on tasks ranging from setting up the flame throwing weeder to sorting out an installation issues with our French-speaking staff (he speaks excellent French!). He helped install an extremely heavy antique fountain basin for our rose garden, stacked yards and yards of wood, polished our pots and pans until they had mirror finishes, laundered bedding weekly, carried out errands to the hardware store and supermarket, helped move furniture around, took out trash and compost, and regularly helped set up and clear up after meals, among many other tasks. He's brilliant at new table games (Qwirkle and Spoons) and an excellent competitor. He took on clearing pasture manure responsibly, with a team and with Alex, and everyone enjoyed his company. He's a team player who showed, and received, respect and appreciation.

Alex, Howard's wife, is a bright and cheerful personality whose "good morning" greeting blows the cobwebs away. She is inspiring and possesses an infectious warm personality. It feels good to be around her. Her strengths lie with organization. She understands where things need to go, what makes sense where, and employed this skill especially well on her last 3 days with us to help us organize a newly decorated and very large living room into a comfortable and intimate living space. She demonstrated this skill daily when clearing the dishwasher to put things away, with pressing laundry, and preparing rooms for new volunteers. She was a very big help with our large rose garden, watering and weeding, and deadheading. Her hidden talent is with cooking. She makes a delicious spaghetti meat sauce and beautiful salads. Like her husband, she is kind, intelligent, and generous, and an excellent conversationalist. She mentored new volunteers, and passed on her knowledge to incoming volunteers.

Again, Howard and Alex were a great pleasure to host. They were respectful of all our house rules, every single one, especially on the weekends. We truly hope to see them again, and we wish them well with all their future adventures!

(Excellent )

15 oct. 2025

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Join us at our beautiful ...)

We have just returned from an amazing and enriching workaway here. We spent a month at the chateau and would happily have stayed another month with Micaela and John, our superb hosts.

From the moment we arrived we knew we were in for a fun and stimulating workaway. John and Micaela are incredibly kind, generous and welcoming individuals. They … read more

(Excellent )

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Communication:
(5.0)

Compétences:
(5.0)

A respecté les règles de la maison:
(5.0)

7 août 2026

Laissé par le workawayer pour l'hôte (Chalet-hotel located in a ...)

(Excellent)

6 août 2026

Laissé par l'hôte (Chalet-hotel located in a ...) pour le workawayer

(Excellent)

27 juil. 2026

Laissé par l'hôte (Beautiful space in Haute ...) pour le workawayer

(Excellent)

24 juil. 2026

Laissé par le workawayer pour l'hôte (Beautiful space in Haute ...)

(Excellent)

15 oct. 2025

Laissé par l'hôte (Join us at our beautiful ...) pour le workawayer

(Excellent)

15 oct. 2025

Laissé par le workawayer pour l'hôte (Join us at our beautiful ...)

(Excellent)

18 mai 2025

Laissé par l'hôte (Collaborative projects and ...) pour le workawayer

Very good experience hosting Alex and Howard. Between them, they have excellent gardening skills, creative instincts and very good work habits. On the social side, they proved to be excellent pickleball players and warm generous guests "hosting" a lovely meal for the host and another workaway simultaneously in residence. Come back soon Howard and … read more

(Excellent)

10 mai 2025

Laissé par le workawayer pour l'hôte (Collaborative projects and ...)

This is a fine house and exceptional Mediterranean garden in a beautiful and convenient location a few kilometres from the sea. The property has superb views to the coast. There is an abundance of towns, villages and beaches to be discovered by foot, by bike or by bus/car.

The hosts are a particularly interesting and sociable couple. Nicky is a … read more

(Excellent)

16 mars 2025

Laissé par le workawayer pour l'hôte (Join our family and help us ...)

Spending time working with Seton and his wonderful family on their super small holding was time very well spent.
- the work was interesting and rewarding.
- guidance was provided when needed, and we were left to our own devices when appropriate
- superb location if you like to be active in fabulous rural surroundings
- cycling their crazy 2.4 … read more

(Excellent)

14 mars 2025

Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer

Howard and Alex are fantastic. We thoroughly enjoyed having them to stay and really apreciate all the work they did. They attacked our garden with so much energy it was staggering and still managed a 30 km cycle in the afternoons! The lovely thing about them was that they know what they are doing and they would just get on and do it. They are also … read more

(Excellent)