26/04/2019 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad Eventually the day came when the chicks could be moved from the kitchen, where they were getting on my nerves, outside. Brilliant! I really did think it was my Birthday and the constant noise and smell was, at long last, going to be a thing of the past. A…

09/04/2019 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad From just the 2 cats, there are now 2 cats, 10 chicks and Vaquita the Border Collie who is great company and a real bundle of energy. The next morning Fede called in and we set off for the livestock market in the pickup. The pickup, or maybe it…

04/04/2019 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad The farm. I described it in my previous post as an ‘overgrown sub-tropical jungle’. I estimated it to be approx. 120 metres long and about 15 metres wide, sandwiched between two other properties, with no other dwellings close by. I’ve just found out from Fede that at the end…

02/04/2019 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad The journey from Montevideo to Durazno to get to my placement volunteering on a farm there was difficult to say the least. My hosts Fede, short for Federico, and Fefe, short for Stephanie, were hosting a couple there through ‘Warmshowers’, which is the cycling equivalent of ‘Couchsurfing’. The invitation…