Profile information
Travel information
We are currently
At home
Activities we are interested in:
House sitting, gardening, minding pets, painting murals and signs, craft and sewing assistance, teaching English to children
Description
We are an adventurous couple who love to explore the world and meet new people. We have travelled extensively over our 41 year marriage, have 2 grown up girls and 5 grand children. Our passion is bike riding, hiking, keeping fit, gardening, sustainability and learning new skills. We are happy to involve ourselves in working towards projects, assisting others in the daily demands of life, doing charity work and anything to help our fellow human beings. We are very easy going and enjoy life! In 2018 ,we spent 7 months travelling and stayed with 6 Workaway hosts
Workaway hosts in USA ,UK , France, and Italy
Interests
Culture
Farming
Books
Art & design
Cooking & food
Drawing & painting
Movies & TV
Music
Plant care
Sustainability
Nature
Outdoor activities
Gardening
History
Hiking
DIY & crafts
Cycling
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Beginner
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Babysitting and creative play
Eco Projects
Charity Work
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Life at a Farmstay
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Languages
Teaching
Able to teach about:
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Art Projects
More details about your skills
Kaye:Retired ,Early Childhood Teacher, English practice, gardening, knitting, bike riding, driving, cooking, babysitting, decorating.
Steve: Sign writer painter, house maintenance basic carpentry, gardening, artist, bike riding, hiking, tour guide, bus driving
Age
68 & 65
What else ...
We are family oriented people, love helping others and enjoy challenges. We hope to meet people from all walks of life to open our minds and have great experiences.
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
NoSpecial dietary requirements
No
Feedback
25 Jun 2025
Left by Workawayer () for host
(Help in my garden and home ...)
We were lucky to have a great week staying with Rachel and helping out with some odd jobs around the house and weeding the vegetable gardens to free them from their Spring growth. The meals were excellent and Rachel was great company to chat about the various overseas places she had worked in and travelled to over her life. Her daughter and… read more
(Excellent
)
17 Jun 2025
Left by host (Help in my garden and home ...) for Workawayer ()
Steve and Kaye were such a pleasure to host. They had excellent gardening skills and seeing the garden becoming more manageable day by day was a delight. I am so grateful for their help. They were good company too and we shared some enjoyable times during their stay.
(Excellent
)
30 Sep 2018
Left by host for Workawayer ()
Steve and Kaye were amazing workawayers. Great company, fun and laid back. They stayed with us for a week, cutting wood, gardening, making apple chutney and stripping some furniture. They have never-ending supplies of energy and always wanted to do more than we'd planned. They got on well with our dog Lias and took him off on some of their… read more
(Excellent
)
28 Sep 2018
Left by Workawayer () for host
(Stay in a self-contained ...)
Spent a great week staying with Amelia and her partner Piers at their beautiful rural property in Hampshire. They were warm and welcoming and made us feel at home. Our accommodation was wonderful, a very comfortable room with a private bathroom. The house is in a secluded valley surrounded by woodland, only an hour from London. We helped Piers and… read more
(Excellent
)
12 Sep 2018
Left by host for Workawayer ()
We had the good fortune to host Steven and Kaye for a couple of weeks in August and can highly recommend them.
They fitted in immediately as part of the family and were very willing to help with
whatever was thrown their way.
Between them they worked, in sweltering heat, to transform our neglected garden, helped with demolition work and we had a… read more
They fitted in immediately as part of the family and were very willing to help with
whatever was thrown their way.
Between them they worked, in sweltering heat, to transform our neglected garden, helped with demolition work and we had a… read more
(Excellent
)
3 Sep 2018
Left by Workawayer () for host
(Cat Lovers to join us in Midi ...)
We had a really great time with Mim and Jonathon and highly recommend a stay in Aurignac, south of France. Lots of variety in our jobs to do and at the end of each day a fantastic meal and a couple of Jonathon`s beers or wine to wash it down. Our room had a magnificent view towards the Pyrenees, a joy to wake up to each morning. Mim and Jonathon… read more
(Excellent
)
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25 Jun 2025
Left by Workawayer () for host
(Help in my garden and home ...)
We were lucky to have a great week staying with Rachel and helping out with some odd jobs around the house and weeding the vegetable gardens to free them from their Spring growth. The meals were excellent and Rachel was great company to chat about the various overseas places she had worked in and travelled to over her life. Her daughter and… read more
(Excellent)
17 Jun 2025
Left by host (Help in my garden and home ...) for Workawayer ()
Steve and Kaye were such a pleasure to host. They had excellent gardening skills and seeing the garden becoming more manageable day by day was a delight. I am so grateful for their help. They were good company too and we shared some enjoyable times during their stay.
(Excellent)
30 Sep 2018
Left by host for Workawayer ()
Steve and Kaye were amazing workawayers. Great company, fun and laid back. They stayed with us for a week, cutting wood, gardening, making apple chutney and stripping some furniture. They have never-ending supplies of energy and always wanted to do more than we'd planned. They got on well with our dog Lias and took him off on some of their… read more
(Excellent)
28 Sep 2018
Left by Workawayer () for host
(Stay in a self-contained ...)
Spent a great week staying with Amelia and her partner Piers at their beautiful rural property in Hampshire. They were warm and welcoming and made us feel at home. Our accommodation was wonderful, a very comfortable room with a private bathroom. The house is in a secluded valley surrounded by woodland, only an hour from London. We helped Piers and… read more
(Excellent)
12 Sep 2018
Left by host for Workawayer ()
We had the good fortune to host Steven and Kaye for a couple of weeks in August and can highly recommend them.
They fitted in immediately as part of the family and were very willing to help with
whatever was thrown their way.
Between them they worked, in sweltering heat, to transform our neglected garden, helped with demolition work and we had a… read more
They fitted in immediately as part of the family and were very willing to help with
whatever was thrown their way.
Between them they worked, in sweltering heat, to transform our neglected garden, helped with demolition work and we had a… read more
(Excellent)
3 Sep 2018
Left by Workawayer () for host
(Cat Lovers to join us in Midi ...)
We had a really great time with Mim and Jonathon and highly recommend a stay in Aurignac, south of France. Lots of variety in our jobs to do and at the end of each day a fantastic meal and a couple of Jonathon`s beers or wine to wash it down. Our room had a magnificent view towards the Pyrenees, a joy to wake up to each morning. Mim and Jonathon… read more
(Excellent)
4 Sep 2018
Left by host (Join us in the home of wine, ...) for Workawayer ()
The most wonderful couple full of beans, joy and hardwork. They made the time we spent together really enjoyable, mucked in and exceeded all expectations. I only wish we could have persuaded them to stay longer. Kaye made masses of delicious chutney and jam plus to die for biscuits as well as tackling head on the garden both vegetable and flower… read more
(Excellent)
3 Sep 2018
Left by Workawayer () for host
(Join us in the home of wine, ...)
We thoroughly enjoyed our time staying with Jane and Robin, on their rural property in the Armagnac region of France.Everything about our stay was interesting and fun to do and we shared lots of amazing meals prepared from the kitchen garden by both Jane and Robin. While there we got to help out with trimming back the fast growing creeper on the… read more
(Excellent)
15 Aug 2018
Left by Workawayer () for host
(Stay at a Gorgeous Estate in ...)
We thoroughly enjoyed our work away experience with Terry and Ernie in Bretagne. We were given freedom to work at our own pace at a variety of tasks. The accommodation was excellent in our own private apartment in the Manoir close to the Chateau, although we did provide our own meals. We had lots of opportunity to travel throughout Bretagne on… read more
(Very good)
16 Jun 2018
Left by Workawayer () for host
(Enjoy our home in a small ...)
Jane and Dave were the ideal hosts for us at their rural Lincolnshire home. A warm, friendly and relaxed atmosphere made us feel like we were staying with old friends right from the start. Dave and Jane shared their lifestyle and love of the local area. From taking us on guided tours around Newark, visiting near by attractions and towns and… read more
(Excellent)
15 Jun 2018
Left by host for Workawayer ()
Where to start.... the Anzac biscuits, the roast dinners, the apricot jam, dancing at the folk festival, sharing stories about our travels and our children, good company, incredible workers, the new compost bin, the greenhouse foundations, the tidy garden and garage, the mended toilet seat, the just knowing what needed to be done and getting on… read more
(Excellent)
14 May 2018
Left by Workawayer () for host
(Mature well travelled helper ...)
Linni and Trent were fantastic hosts for our very first Work Away stay. Right from the beginning they were warm and welcoming, even picking us up from the bus station on our arrival. The work involved was gardening, mostly weeding, and replanting garden beds. After working our designated time, we got to cool off in the amazing salt water swimming… read more
(Excellent)
14 May 2018
Left by host (Mature well travelled helper ...) for Workawayer ()
Steve and Kaye were the ideal workaway workers! They were easy going friendly with a positive attitude and great sense of humor. We were amazed at their unending enthusiasm and energy. They were both hard workers and willing to do whatever tasks were on our list which included weeding, digging, planting, pruning, painting and more. Kaye shared a… read more
(Excellent)
