1. Describe your project, your place, and its inhabitants (including animals):I live on Fair isle.The most remote inhabited isle in UK. Island 3.5 miles long x 1.5 miles wide.Approx 59 residents .
Lots of community working together to bring in Haylage and tend to hill sheep.I have aprox 120 sheep and 6 chickens.
I also run a successful self catering business.
2. List the activities that WWOOFers will participate in and what you want to teach them:
The student will learn all about crofting life and animal husbandry.Learn how to put up fencing,Clipping sheep,Dosing sheep. Painting fencing.Feeding sheeep,chickens,ferret.
Learning seamanship skills and helping with lobster traps.Fishing for mackerel and various other fish for smoking and vacum packing.
Learning to ride a quad bike and driving a tractor.Including learning how to reverse trailers.
Learning how to fillet fish.
Simple joinery and building skills.
Socialising with islanders and tourists .We are a very sociable bunch.Lots of barbicues in summer months.
3. How will you feed and house WWOOFers? Please describe your accommodations and plan for meals:Student will be well fed and can put shopping on house account.Lots of home cooking from scratch.Kitchen has many cooking gadgets.Real coffee machine.Student can either stay in caravan which is hooked up to house electric and is very comfortable.Or in house when no other guests staying.Island has 4G phone network.There is also fibre broadband.
4. What could a WWOOFer's day look like at your site (time slot for participation in activities, expectations...)?Days are very varied and lots of fun.Weather will often dictate the day ahead.
A certain level of fitness is required.Working days will vary in time,but there will certainly be plenty free time for having fun.
5. Play the guide! Talk about your own hobbies (music, cooking, etc.) and those possible around (hiking, swimming, etc.): I am a very active 56 year old with lots of hobbies.Photography,fishing,Swimming,Cooking meals for friends.Hosting barbicues and music nights as i have digital decks.
I was born here,but only returned to Fair isle about 5 yrs ago.My family have been here since 1560s. Very proud of isle history and very much community minded.
often take tourists on tours around isle on my boats.I have 4 boats,canoe and paddle board.Plenty spare wetsuits and snorkle equippment.
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Learning opportunities
Poultry farming
Sheep or goat farming
Aquaculture
Wild foraging
Meat processing
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Beer, cider, wine, or juice making
Traditional crafts
Renewable energy production
Mechanics / tools / technology
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
14.6
Hectares
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36
Acres
