Our family looking at a new way to live and work.

We can offer many skills, qualities and experience, as we travel and explore. We are currently about to pick up our new home and come October we will start our adventures traveling across Europe.

WHO WE ARE

THE RUDDLE'S

THE RUDDLE'S

We are a everyday family of four, who like to have adventures and possibly make normal things epic.

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The children

The children

The kids are Bronwen and Marlin and as every parent knows, they fill your life in every way possible.

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Jenny Ruddle (me)

Jenny Ruddle (me)

Jenny Ruddle, Im a mother of two, a wife and everything else that falls into those categories of keeping family life going.

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Ben Ruddle

Ben Ruddle

Ben Ruddle is a skilled self employed builder, a father and a husband who supports my plans for a slightly different lifestyle.

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Contact us

  • Suffolk, Bungay, UK

Our current situation; looking for a home

Our current situation; looking for a home image
Currently we are in the UK. We are about to pick up our new home and come October we will start our adventures across Europe.  We will be looking for work as we go, manily using work away. We are happy are applying ourselves to anything, including building work, child minding, cooking, cleaning, gardening, animal care or house-sitting, we are very flexible and have many skills to lend. So if you are reading this and have a property that needs looking after, whether it be your home or a holiday let or even a small holding, then please get in touch or look us up on work away. 

references

Our Airbnb page.

Please read our reviews on airbnb.

Clients we have worked for.

We can offer a list of clients, both from I and Ben, if you wish to ask for reference's.

Places we have visited.

Here is a list of places we have visited over the years.

Gallery

  • Kids love a straw bale

  • SUPing the Ria Formosa

    Before the coronavirus became global, we were exploring the Algarve. This is Ben and Bronwen on the paddle board.

  • Hot Chocolate on the beach for sundown

  • Seeing the Seals in Norfolk Uk

  • Salamanca Square at night

    What an amazing square, we got to see it first at night, lit up and all shinny after the rain. What a first impression it gave us.

  • The Indiana walk we did, in Spain.

    Swing bridges, caves and tight passes, it did not disappoint.

  • The Indiana walk, Spain

  • Lanjaron castle, Spain

  • The Rio Chillar Walk, Spain

  • River Walk, Rio Chillar, Spain

    Amazing walk up this river, such a stunning and beautiful place.

  • The Rio Chillar Walk, Spain

  • From the top of Torre del Tajo

    From the top of an of a old lookout tower, Near Barbate, Spain

  • Canoeing and SUPing the Ribeira de Seixe

  • After canoeing and SUPing, a bit of fun in the puddles Odeceiex Beach.

  • Bronwen on her bike

  • We biked to the beach

  • Kids playing in the umbrella pine forest, Spain

  • Lanjaron Acequia walk, Spain,

  • The Rio Chillar Walk, Spain

  • Canoeing the ditches to the River Waveney, Suffolk

  • Our Tent and Bronwen on our first long camping trip.

    This is the first time we rented our home out in the summer and moved to the eco campsite up the road, we lived in this for 5 full on weeks.

  • Wheelbarrow rides through the grass.

  • Carnival

    Bronwen dances at the Carnival, Loule, Portugal

  • Loule Carnival

  • Silves, Algarve

  • Walking the in Algarve

  • Marshmallow time

  • Some of the flowers I grow for cutting and putting in our friends holiday lets.

  • Flowers I grow for cutting

  • Flowers I grow for cutting

  • The Porch

    This is a porch Ben built for a customer out reclaimed wood.

  • Before and after photos of refurbing doors and windows

  • The small office at Wainford mill.

    Ben restored this office, here are a few photos during restoration and afterwards inside the office.

  • The Office after restoration

  • The office after restoration

  • The Office during restoration

  • The office during restoration

  • A shower room, fitted Ben

  • A bathroom by Ben

    He made the bath surround out of old floor boards and sealed them with resin and vanish.

  • The Old Rectory, Suffolk

    Ben spent a year restoring this old rectory, it involved everything. Here are a few before and after photos.

  • The Old Rectory, Suffolk.

    After work on the outside

  • The Old Rectory, Suffolk

    The pump room, before work.

  • The Old Rectory.

    The pump room, with new floor

  • The Barn, Suffolk

    This is a Barn Ben developed into a large home. Here are some before and after photos.

  • A before photo of The Barn

  • The Barn

  • A before photo of The Barn

  • The Barn kitchen

  • The shower in the Barn

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Blog

Before and After

Before and After

I've been thinking about before and after. The changes this brings to our lives and how adaptable kids can be.

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The End

The End

This week I have been thinking about The End of things. Inspired by photos on social media of people completing things, like a craft, a lego build or a bike ride.

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