Workawayers & Wells

Things have slowed down coming into the spring and summer of 2009. We are focused on the baby due in early June. But we also decided around this time to join a website called Workaway . You basically get requests from people from anywhere around the world of any age, happy to come and stay with you and do some work in exchange for accommodation and food..Simple.
We had are first 2 volunteers arrive in April of 2009...A french teenager and a young guy from California.
Then in May we had Gaston come to stay with us and help out.

Gaston from Argentina helped us out in May 2009.

Pictures of the house from the top of our large Pine Tree in the garden.

Best fresh Organic produce in Donegal.

 

Just before our baby arrived in June we had Trey and Danielle come and stay for a week.

Repointing the walls on the gables at the end of the house that was exposed to the harsh winter previous and rebuilding the chimney.

Makes a big change in Ireland to actually need shelter from the sun, but it was a roasting hot week.

Lily Anne arrived a few days later...

In July Ian decided that he would turn his attention away from the house and do something that was looking like a major job. We had 4 volunteers lined up to arrive any day and hoping that with that much man power we could build a well.

This was what the original well looked like after the large tree stump next to it was taken out.

The tree stump that was taken out of the well.

All the stones that were shifted from the surrounding area.

Mat & Ramsey, just 2 of the 4 volunteers who helped us out building our well over the month of July/August 2009.

Read Mat's view on the project here: http://matburich.blogspot.ie/2009/11/donegal-dreams.html

 

The water quality is excellent and pure.