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We’re an early-retired couple who love travelling, meeting new friends and exploring new destinations and we've been Workawayers for about 7 years now. We both enjoy this lifestyle immensely and helping /sharing with those that we meet along the way gives us great pleasure. In fact, we’ve made some friendships with our previous hosts that we still enjoy to this day.

We are both easy going people and enjoy working hard but also like learning about the places we are staying and the people who live there. We maintain our lodgings and keep a clean, tidy living space. We’ve also enjoyed housesitting for pets and smaller livestock when hosts/owners are away.

We've built and planted raised garden beds with cages, cultivated and renewed neglected gardens, provided forest management and have taken care of horses, sheep, goats, chickens, cats and dogs - pretty much the whole menagerie! We are both motivated and organised and also have experience in joinery and property caretaking.

Both of us are able to legally stay in the EU & UK for any period of time and we have our trusty wee car to get us around.

If you think our skills and experience could benefit you just let us know and we look forward to helping you out!
Centres d’intérêt

Soin des plantes

Bricolage / artisanat

Dev. personnel

Animaux de compagnie

Fitness

Activités en plein air

Dev. durable

Nature

Montagne

Histoire

Randonnée

Ferme

Cuisine et alimentation

Livres

Art et design

Culture

Musique

Jardinage

Cyclisme

Menuiserie

Plage

Animaux
Langues parlées

Anglais: Courant
Hollandais: Courant
Allemand: Intermédiaire
Compétences et connaissances que nous aimerions partager ou apprendre

Ça nous intéresse :

Aider à la maison

Nous avons des connaissances :

Jardinage d'entretien

Éco-projets

Accueil / tourisme

Langues

Tenir compagnie à une pers. âgée

Nous pouvons apprendre aux autres:

Projets DIY créatifs

Petits travaux d'entretien

Aider dans une ferme

S’occuper des animaux

Projets artistiques

Garde de maison et d'animaux
Quelles sont vos compétences ?

Eric is retired from public service and has experience in varied building projects, maintaining a medium sized holding with regular forest management for firewood and general upkeep of grounds and maintenance/repair of equipment. He also has a background in blacksmithing and MIG/ARC welding (mainly for repair of equipment and commissioned pieces). He plays a mean accordion as well!

Karin is a recently retired physical (physio)therapist and is an accomplished professional artist specializing in painting, mosaic glass, pottery and basket/willow weaving and enjoys sharing her love of art with others through group classes as well as one on one learning.

We both enjoy cooking and keeping a tidy home wherever we travel to. Prior to retiring, both of our careers involved dealing with the public from all walks of life, so we’re quite comfortable interacting with and meeting new people.
Âge

59 & 64
Autres infos...

We both enjoy active leisure pursuits like hiking, bicycling and exploring the local areas where we're staying.
Informations complémentaires
- Fumeur
- Permis de conduire
- Allergies
  No known food allergies.
- Régime alimentaire spécial
  No

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13 avr. 2026

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Help out with the house and ...)

We stayed with Karin at the end of March this year and helped around with getting the gardens ready. We were happy to help clear out spaces and organise some firewood for later use. The area was beautiful and very easily walkable for sightseeing and grocery shops. Karin’s setting is absolutely lovely overlooking the water and offering amazing … read more

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4 janv. 2023

Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer ()

It was a joy to have this couple to stay. They both took to the list with Karin helping with tree maintenance, painting and spending time with our son. Eric waded through the joinery list and had some good creations, in particular sliding windows in the stables. Something that had been on the list for years but no local joiner would come for a … read more

(Excellent )

5 août 2022

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Join our family north of ...)

We stayed with Malcolm and Jenny and really enjoyed their hospitality as well as their local knowledge. They recommended some great castles and gardens to visit on our off time and we had a great time when we were “on duty” working around their house, outbuildings and land. Moreover, it was a pleasure doing the work as they had the proper tools to … read more

(Excellent )

2 oct. 2022

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Help us with our eco projects ...)

We really enjoyed our time with Paul and Nuala. They were great hosts and looked after all of our needs and the cottage that we stayed in was well above expectations. Paul is a great cook and suffice it to say our belt notches increased for the time we were there! They were both excellent resources about the area and we shared many interesting … read more

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2 oct. 2022

Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer ()

Eric and Karin are an absolute joy to work with. They exceeded our expectation on the work they did which covered everything from garden work, building work, willow weaving, welding, woodwork and roofing. Very sociable, easy going, responsible and attentive to detail in all their work. We highly recommend Eric and Karin to any Workaway host.

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13 avr. 2026

Laissé par le workawayer pour l'hôte (Help out with the house and ...)

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4 janv. 2023

Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer

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5 août 2022

Laissé par le workawayer pour l'hôte (Join our family north of ...)

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2 oct. 2022

Laissé par le workawayer pour l'hôte (Help us with our eco projects ...)

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2 oct. 2022

Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer

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4 août 2022

Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer

Eric and Karin came as workaways and left as friends. They worked tirelessly to help me finish my house. Always cheerful, funny, helpful, kind and hugely skilled, spending time with them was an absolute pleasure and I miss them. They laid floors. built hen houses, put in windows, constructed a child's willow house and so much more. Thank you for … read more

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10 juin 2022

Laissé par le workawayer pour l'hôte (Eco building project, ...)

We had a wonderful three week stay with Sam and really enjoyed her. She’s a brilliant host and we’re the better for having met her. Her accommodations (a caravan in this case) were comfortable and cozy with everything needed for workawayers. She’s a great cook and we shared many delicious meals together along with interesting conversation.
It was … read more

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17 févr. 2022

Laissé par le workawayer pour l'hôte (Come and join us, a menagerie ...)

We enjoyed our time - we stayed for three weeks in the lovely Scottish winter. Surprisingly, it was only a few days that we thought we were going to be blown away! The work day was always done at 1pm with a tea break in the morning for all volunteers, workawayers and staff.

Speaking of staff - they were absolutely terrific. Especially Thomas … read more

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24 janv. 2022

Laissé par le workawayer pour l'hôte (Permaculture garden and ...)

We stayed with Tanya for two weeks and feel very fortunate to have shared so many great conversations where we exchanged ideas about her vision for her land, buildings and what the future may hold - for all of us! Without hesitation we can say Tanya’s cooking was exceptional and mealtimes were always something to look forward to.

Her ideas about … read more

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23 janv. 2022

Laissé par l'hôte (Permaculture garden and ...) pour le workawayer

I enjoyed having Karin and Eric stay at the farm immensly as they are so friendly and positive, great company and fun to be around. It is mindboggling what Eric and Karin were able to do in what was only a little over two weeks and I am so grateful for all the improvements and transformations they brought upon my place with their manifold skills. … read more

(Excellent)

23 mai 2019

Laissé par le workawayer pour l'hôte (Help to bring the natural ...)

We stayed for 2 1/2 months in the spring of 2019. To say that we had a great time would be an understatement. Both Josie and Fritz are great hosts. Their mealtimes were always the highlight after a good days work. Josie and Fritz were very accommodating and the setting of their home on the River Barrow is one of the nicer places that we’ve found. … read more

(Excellent)