Sheldon

Sheldon!

After my pleasant trip in London, I went back in Honiton , but no in combe farm (like I said previously, I decided to leave the farm)  and the father (jammie) of a  nice family was waiting me to go to Sheldon, 10 miles from Honiton towards North.

It was very different that Combe farm, because… it’s not a farm!! It’s more like a big house, with a big garden, some chickens and 2 pigs! They call this “smallholding”! there was no others woofers, but there were 3 children and they were very kind even if  I did not meet people of the same age of me!

My accommodation was a beautiful mobylhome (very big, with everything to cook) at the bottom of the garden, so I was quite independent to do what I want, but the problem I had not so many  things to do!

So, I had been here for about a month, to work 6 hours per day and 5 days per weeks! So many differents jobs to do, because there was the usual work (cut the hedge, feed the chickens, do the weeding) but also some work a little more interesting:

-repair the roof of the stable

-paint the roof and the walls of the house

-destroy the walls and take the isolation off of second floor

The father rebuilt the inside of his house himself, so lot of different jobs to do inside and he taught me lot of small things to be more efficient when I work and it was very instructive for me to help him in these big tasks, and it is very pleasant to get feel useful even if some time I was a little awkward in my work!

They gave to me the means and the tools (very good tools) to make my job well like the famous old jeep and its trailer to make a big pile with the branches and other rubbish in the middle of the field to burn every things after

I had nothing special to do the evening, so I helped Max (the oldest kid, 13 years old) every day with his math, and otherwise, just I played with the children, watched the tv, read a book, and wasted lot of time on my laptop!

I am just a little disappointing they did not kill the pigs (they have planned to do it) but I think they have waited for one or two weeks more for its become bigger! It would have made me a big dinner, and I wanted to see that!

But to resume it was a lovely family, helping me for everything I need to ease my stay, sharing their pastime with me and thank to this I had a wonderful stay!