The Humans!

The Humans are friendly! You are assured of a warm welcome, and patience if your English isn't good. We are an untidy lot though - be warned of that. Too much work and not enough hours in the day? Or perhaps it is simply the way we are...

There are usually two of us in the house, both in our 50's. Richard, who speaks Italian and Portugese as well as English, is often away, having business and family in Brazil, Italy and New Zealand. When he's here we try to take a little time off, and he spends quite a time on the computer dealing with his own business. He also writes, plays keyboard and guitar, and is always keen to find a partner for squash, badminton and chess.

My own main concern right now is the smallholding, which has a long way to go before it becomes established - so don't expect the beautiful, organised setting that I see on many of the other host's pages! My eventual plan is to use the produce from the smallholding to create textile art, so that fleece is spun and sold as wool for knitting and weaving, or to teach others to spin and knit, and so on. I also run a children's wildlife club, and hope to one day be able to hold educational activities on the smallholding. My hobbies centre around art, craft, writing, and avoiding having to play squash, badminton or chess! :)

Other people you are likely to spend time with... my son, Simon who is 22. He doesn't live with us, but is in regular contact. He spends much of his time restoring old tractors and jeeps. There's a chance to spend a bit of time helping him if you like trying to make a heap of scrap metal look like a vehicle once more, and move along under it's own power! The one in the photo below is just about completed. With him is Lottie, his fiancee. They are at a show, or exhibition, of old vehicles, the ones in the background do not belong to us.