Profile information
Travel information
I am currently
Travelling
Activities i am interested in:
In British Columbia
My next destination:
Canada - from May 2025 until Jul 2025 View all
Description
UPDATE MAY 2025:
I'm all sorted for May , June, July 2025 but thank you for looking at my profile.
I'm an energetic, physically fit, single, English middle aged lady with loads of life experience, wishing to "Workaway" between May-July 2025. I'm happiest when I'm out in what is called "countryside " where I come from. I've just finished renovating my old Victorian house and garden whilst also working as a Support Worker in our nearest Accident and Emergency Department in a large 1,000 bed hospital. I've got Level 2 Horticulture Qualifications from the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) and have had a special leaning towards "The Recycled Garden" for over 25 years. My current garden is created from a wilderness and operates under the mantra of permaculture and of course, "recycling". I grow most of my own veg.
From 2002-2008 I worked in a UK hotel, then started running B&B in my own house for 12 years alongside running ski chalets all over Europe for 6 winters. I love an adventure!
I grew up rurally with seven of our own horses and I still live rurally, helping my farmer friends with haymaking, lambing and cattle. I am still involved with the horse world. I rely on a log burner for the much of my heat so I do a lot of log chopping!
The charity work I do mainly revolves around farming; I update a (Wordpress) farming website, promote agriculture, edit a newsletter, assist in promoting education in farming/agriculture and a few other random things.
I'm lucky enough to ski for most of January; I also play outdoor tennis several times a week all year long. My three adult children and grandson don't need me day to day so I'm free to travel where and when I want, which I want to do 'cos I can!!
Interests
Culture
Pets
Sustainability
Events & social
Languages
Plant care
Team sports
Hiking
Dancing
Mountain
Gardening
Charity work
History
Music
Winter sports
Outdoor activities
Nature
Farming
Books
Animals
Languages spoken
German: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Charity Work
Some knowledge of:
Life at a Farmstay
Animal Care
Languages
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Able to teach about:
Gardening
Being an elderly companion
Helping around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
House sitting
Teaching
More details about your skills
Good with animals - I had my own horses until I was about 20, which is when I started travelling
Loads of gardening experience - and qualifications. Won award for "Recycled Garden"
Comfortable with conversation at all levels
Farm experience - love the outdoors.
Practical skills,
First Aid qualified - and many other competencies as I spent 4 years in Emergency medicine
Spent years in hospitality - hotel, B&B, ski chalets. Very happy teaching "the young" my skills which have been acquired over many years
Age
66
What else ...
Not especially interested in alcohol - but being English I could never live without a cup of tea!! Like reading all sorts of books which I get from giveaway shelves or book exchanges
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Hay fever etc. Well controlledSpecial dietary requirements
No
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Cathy is a very good worker.An expert at shovelling ….thank you very much!!
Any task that was asked of you to complete you found a way to finish.
You were such a great helper a long side to Hans!
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Cathy is a very good worker.An expert at shovelling ….thank you very much!!
Any task that was asked of you to complete you found a way to finish.
You were such a great helper a long side to Hans!
A very special thank you for sharing your… read more
