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I'm Maddy, I'm a hard working chap who loves to immerse myself into different cultures, trying new things and meeting new people.
Always looking to gain new skills, share the ones i have and get stuck in!
I get along with pretty much anyone and fit in easily to most environments, Im stoked to have the opportunity to meet like minded people and share new experiences.
Ive been blessed so far in this life to be able to travel across Europe and flown around the globe experiencing so many different cultures and meeting amazing people!!
I love surfing, climbing and just generally being outdoors! I Practice yoga daily which i find helps a lot with surfing, climbing and generally feeling good! being outdoors is where i like to be most of the time. I love being by the ocean or out in the mountains, just outside!!! Also love music! I play guitar and love a jam session.
I have plenty of experience in hands on work, i love working with my hands and have worked as a gardener, painter and decorator, surfboard shaper and finisher, climbing instructor and labourer. I’m not shy about getting stuck in.
I've been travelling with workaway for about 7 years, I previously had a couple's account with a travel partner, But now i've started a single account to continue.
With my travel partner we did around 20 different workaway's across the globe and had majority positive experiences, made friends we will never forget and still stay in contact with and see to this day.
Travelling and doing workaway has been such an inspiring experience, I want to continue that lifestyle and absorb as much positivity and knowledge as possible from the people i meet and places i experience.
I look forward to hearing from you, and hopefully will be seeing you in the near future.
Interests
Water sportsYoga / WellnessVegetarian or veganVan lifeSustainabilityPhotographyNatureMusicOutdoor activitiesLanguagesMountainHikingGardeningDrawing & paintingCharity workDIY & craftsCultureCarpentryBeachArt & design
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Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerMore details about my language interests
would love to learn Spanish!
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Languages
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Charity Work
Art Projects
Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills
Painting (Worked as a painter and decorator for a hotel)
Indoor Climbing wall instructor
Gardener (Veg patch and general tidying)
Woodwork / carpentry skills
Farm work experience
Photography
Art! i love to be creative - Drawing/painting/sculpture
Some computer skills on both windows and mac
Silk screen printing
experience with basic animal care
Festival work (setup, bar work, kitchen help, ticketing, organisation, venue building prep)
Guitar
Age
36
What else ...
I have worked an array of different jobs between travels, all jobs working with my hands, most recently running a educational garden project for people with learning difficulties, growing fruit and veg alongside general garden up keep.
As well as working as a gardener I'm also working as an indoor climbing wall instructor, which i love! i really enjoy the teaching aspect of the job and sharing my knowledge with others.
Over the years i've had the pleasure of working on many different projects, From small farm projects, self sustainability projects, off grid living, festivals, house repairs, building and many many more.
I studied art at university and love to be creative in all aspects of my life. I have experience working with a surfboard shaper down in Cornwall, i was primarily fibre glassing, top coating and then finishing surfboards.
workaway has opened many different doors to many different things for me.
One of my first trips was a tour of Europe visiting 10 different countries in my old classic mini and working on an organic eco farm along the way, after this i got the bug!
Now armed with a van after travelling across Europe for a year with my previous travel partner i'm ready to hit the road again!
I have a website with a few bits of different projects i've worked on over the past couple of years too, check it out: www.bearbone.co.uk
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Feedback
The work was ideal for me and consisted of sprucing up the interiors of there wagons. We had great conversations during my time helping out. Rachel and Rob really do care about there workawayers.
They were very… read more
Firstly the food is amazing! She is an amazing person and even more of an amazing chef!!
The work I did during my short stay was some maintenance on the rooms and the restaurant. It is always a pleasure helping and staying with… read more
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The work was ideal for me and consisted of sprucing up the interiors of there wagons. We had great conversations during my time helping out. Rachel and Rob really do care about there workawayers.
They were very… read more
Firstly the food is amazing! She is an amazing person and even more of an amazing chef!!
The work I did during my short stay was some maintenance on the rooms and the restaurant. It is always a pleasure helping and staying with… read more
During his time with us he helped trim back the olive trees. Rebuild a wall, sort out firewood and helped me repair things around the house topped off with built me a blanket chest that is… read more
Well firstly this isn't my first time staying with these guys in there house in the mountains!
I stayed here 6 years ago so it felt a lot like coming back home to see the family again.
The work here is great, Nice hands on work around the farm. While i was here we were pruning the olive trees,… read more
I truely feel like i have a Family here, everyone i met during my stay was ace!
The guys who live there permanently are amazing, infinitely patient and full of… read more
I will miss my time spent with these guys and all the great people I met there.
I helped to build a new gate for the side entrance of the building which was a fun project… read more
Joan goes above and beyond to make you feel welcome, she is always making great conversation, listening intently to your answers and all whilst running about making fabulous food. Oh the food!!! There was always so much of… read more
As soon as i arrived i felt at home, which os amazing when your actual home is on the opposite side of the globe.I spent ten days here, which really wasn't long enough, but helped as much as i could in this time and Jana, David and Hannah made certain that we saw the local highlights. We shared great conversations, tranquil… read more
We had the pleasure of hosting Maddy during 'establishment' stage our Rainforest Retreat and are reaping the rewards of his conceptual thinking and hard labour.
The… read more
The food was ace, a variety of different vegetarion dishes that we loved, not to mention the cake that we had cake pretty much every single day aswel, haha.
During my stay the… read more
Maddy has a wonderful positive manner and is a pleasure to have as a guest.… read more
