we have been off wwoofing and i can now tell you it is definatly worth quiting your dead end job moving house and county to be with your girlfriend to wwoof. so if all you need to get the ball rolling to start wwoofing is a little encoragment let this be it you will never regret it as it will give you memorys and experinces you will cherish for years so get you and do it travel, wwoof, eat, talk, enjoy,
there are a few things ide like to metion i reccomend you bring while wwoofing this may change as we contiune wwoofing but hear is a small list followed by photos of our adventures this week
- socks. i never have enough
- camera. to remeber what you did with out it i forgett
- phone. to phone home if you get signal!!
- belt. dont know why but its been usefull to hang things off
- good knife and secertares. that are sharp you cant complain if yours are blunt
- mp.3 times on trains disapear
- water proof coat
- good quality boots
- welly boots
- smile dont cost a penny
this is the mud maid at the lost gardens of heligan in cornwall its such a odd sculpture
this is sophie and carol our wwoof hostess under train apple trees at heligan
this is miss brown (she has not got married yet) she stalks sophie when she dose the waters at coombe barton house
hear is a selection of fruit we picked in our time at coombe barton i enjoyed them all yummuy
to proove we didnt just go to the local supermarket here is a photo of sophie picking black currents
we were very lucky as in the feed room there was a nest of sparrows hear is a photo of them feeding they have grown so fast and are so big now i will be taking a photo just before i leave to keep a memory of them for the future
hear is a parent taking a breather to have his photo taken before feeding the young sparrows
emilly the goat some how over the last week or so i have turned in to a expert goat scratching post i dont do any thing and she rubs her head and down my leg
eden project we saw last week with the two domes and the "core"
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thanks for your putting your blog out there. My wife and i are leaving on a 7 month wwoofing "excursion". Did you have any trouble going through customs? any tips?
ReplyDeleteI am glad that our blog might be helpful :) we had a great time in our 4 months and highly reccomend it to anyone who likes the outdoors, is not afraid of getting dirty and working with animals and plants. We live in England and so we didn't have to deal with customs.
ReplyDeleteBut what I can say is that it totally depends on what you are going to bring with you. We only brought work clothes, some normal clothes to wear when your not working, sturdy boots, a pair of flip flops (to wear in the accomodation), toiletries, raincoat (a real must in England we get a lot of rain), waterproof trousers (also a must!), some things to do, i.e. kindle, laptop (I was writing the blog while we were away) and a folder of useful info (maps, train times etc), working gloves, we also brought a sharp penknife, secateurs, and a kneeling pad, although we discovered that these last two things most WWOOFing places have already so we stopped taking them with us after the first two places.
I would imagine the only suspect things would be the knife and secateurs. However, if you think you might have trouble with certain things then I suggest that you buy them when you get here and leave them when you leave? I hope this has been helpful and I hope you enjoy WWOOFing as much as we did. If there is anything else you might like to know please don't hesitate to ask. Sophie x x x
Thanks for the blog guys. I've just signed up for the Wwoof USA site, but I'm a bit worried about how easy, or hard it is to find work on farms? I'm a lifelong city slicker, and have no experience of working on farms and no obvious history of working with my hands. Now, I know that you are expected to contact the farms a little while in advance, but I'm worried about the prospect of being stuck in America with my money dwindling away, unable to get work.
ReplyDeleteHow do you go about getting work on the farms? Are they quite choosy about who they take on, or not? Can I go to America confident that I'll be able to find enough farms to take me on the route from New York to California?
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ReplyDeleteHey, thanks for the great blog.
ReplyDeleteI run www.wwoof-forum.com, a place where people can discuss WWOOFing, as well as sharing tips and experiences. I have just started this forum, so would value your feedback on this – is it something you think you would have used when WWOOFing?
Also, I'd be delighted if you would consider writing an article or introduction for the forum – I'm looking for submissions from people who have been WWOOFing and would be able to share their experiences. Hopefully the forum will become a crucial place where you can find out about WWOOFing.
Let me know your thoughts,
John