Heike Lahusen

Lucky Heike came from Germany to enjoy the foals, especially Signature's lively colt, Bismillah, in the late spring of 2013. Hopefully her experience with the horses at Gadebrook will help her with her vet studies back in Hanover. Click on photo to view Heike with Bismillah

Hannah Bönemann

Hannah brought huge enthusiasm and energy to the stud in February 2013, got up close and personal with the stallions, including Binley Prince Salim at his dressage tests, and learnt "join-up" with the youngsters.
She'll be back.

Nerea Atorasagasti

Kindergartan teacher and mature English language student Nerea, from the Basque region of Spain, spent ten weeks in early 2013 learning English and helping with the horses - in very chilly weather. She was always good company and an excellent student.

Johnny Duarte

Johnny from France lugged barrows of water and hay to the fields every day to help us through a bitter winter 2013 - and invented the tyre hay feeder. Thanks Johnny.

Erwin Mansilla Hernandez

Cheerful Erwin from Chile kept us smiling through a cold December 2012 while we struggled with flooded fields and muddy horses. He made particular friends with filly Palmyra who flirted with him outrageously. Please come back for a return game of Canasta!

Philippe Pacreau

Hard-working and conscientious Philippe from France helped enormously with the horses and the farmwork for a month in December 2012, and kindly tidied up the garden too. He was pretty partial to English crumpets too.

Marlene Luther

Medical student Marlene came for her third visit to Gadebrook from Germany in October 2012 at the same time as Lina. Together they helped with the horses and got to know Jazmyn and her colt foal Samba.

Lina Schill

Lina from Germany came to Gadebrook for two months in August 2012 and was immediately immersed in helping at an endurance ride in stewarding the Crabbet Show at Equifest and in helping to prepare for the BEF Young Stock Evaluations, together with Sandy Lyons. Her hard work and enthusiasm are grately appreciated.

Sandy Lyons

From Ireland via London - Sandy is steeped in horses and helped enormously during a very busy August 2012 with endurance rides, the Crabbet Show and the BEF Youngstock Evaluations assisted by Lina Schill, WWOOFer from Germany

Elisa Bibard

Helpful and hard-working Elisa from Angers in France enjoyed meeting the horses in August 2012, including Palma Benay from Australia, and Jazmyn's foal Samba by Sambist

Lothar Greger

Lothar joined us from the Austrian Organic Farmers Association to improve his English as my student and to help with the foals and the fields in spring 2012 - and brought his own kayak and bike to explore the area. His enthusiasm and hard work is much appreciated.

Ina Jain

Ina came back for her third visit in April 2012 and was awarded - on her last day - by the arrival of Pepelka's colt foal Samarqand.

Birte Schultz

Birte, now on her fifth visit to Gadebrook, in early April 2012, brought her sunny disposition to the many tasks at Gadebrook stud, what fun it is to have her back!

Anne Tesch

Graphic designer Anne from Germany worked her socks off helping on the farm and learning about the horses for two months in early 2012 - a joy to have around the house and the stud.

Sanne Boland

18-year old Sanne Boland from Australia is already world-travelled and a great asset to Gadebrook Stud for the 2 months at the end of 2011

Sophie Burger

Sophia from Germany, a class-mate of Sarah's, worked really well with the horses in the autumn of 2011

Sarah Duscha

Sarah came from Germany for English lessons and stayed to give us lots of help with the horses in the summer of 2011

Marjolaine Herbin

Marjolaine Herbin joined us in June 2011 for 3 months and immediately got to know the foals, including cheeky 2-month old Tango (Sambist x Jazmyn)

Lorenzo Mattei

Ever-helpful Lorenzo from Tuscany arrived in time for Jazmyn's foal, Tango, in May 2011 and had a magic touch with all the horses

Moises Treviño

Hard-working Moises came over from Barcelona in April 2011 and helped get the farm ready for spring and the mares ready for covering

Pierre Louis Picq

Pierre helped in the run up to Christmas 2010 in wintery conditions of frozen troughs, snow-covered fields and hungry horses. He also made friends with our latest addition, Biscuit, the ginger kitten

Hannah Löhrer

Hannah's two visits covered an English learning session - an excellent student and WWOOF holiday where she accomplished so much with the young horses - and also Al Wajbah (click photo)

Birte Schultz

Birte paid a welcome return visit to Gadebrook for a 4th time to renew her bond with the foals, to meet kitten biscuit and to catch up with the latest news

Christina Leinweber

Christina is the sister of Ramona who had WWOOFed at Gadebrook the previous year - nice to know we are a family affair! Christina was very able at both handling and riding the horses

Nelly Sicre

Nelly from France joined us in August 2010, replacing Katja and helping with training the foals and learning about Arabian horses and stud work. Here she gets to know Palma Benay from Australia

Franciska Hanneman

Franciska from Germany spent all too short a time with us in July 2010 and we hope she will come back to enjoy the Arab horses she loves so much, including Al Wajbah

Katja Ramseier

Katja from Switzerland spent six wonderful summer weeks at Gadebrook tirelessly working with the horses and poo-picking the fields (oh joy!), all the while studying hard for her English exams under Anne's tuition. (www.learnenglishinengland.co.uk)

Petyó (Peter) Zlinszky

Peter joined us from Hungary and within half an hour was helping the vet inseminate a mare - in at the deep end! He loves the horses. especially the foals Wahiba and Mandarine.

Ina Jain

Ina returned for 2 wonderful weeks to help with covering, and caring for the foals, including Kaalif when he had a tummy bug and needed medicine

Adam

For laid back Adam from Australia, the answer lies in the soil. He planted trees, strimmed the ever-growing weeds and created manure piles at every corner

Alison Walker

Alison makes a welcome return to Gadebrook in the spring of 2010, having endured the worst of the winter here previously.

Ina Jain

So many new experiences for tireless Ina from Germany, including handling the new foals and Crabbet mare Palma Benay. We hope she will return to Gadebrook

Marine Veron

Lucky Marine from France - the best weather, coverings, visiting mares - and three new foals; what WWOOFer could ask for more!

Udo Krauss

Fun-loving Udo, from Romania, pictured in a rare serious moment with Jazmyn, spent a lively month at Gadebrook in March 2010 before returning to his walking guide duties in the Carpathian Mountains

Jenny Harris

Jenny from the west coast of the USA joined us in the mud of February 2010 to help us train our youngsters with natural horsemanship methods. Kalish can't wait!

Emmanuel Dumouchel

Manu from France soon caught the canasta bug, hardly putting down the cards to eat each evening! However during the day he worked very hard in the fields and in the stables to help us through February 2010. His repairs on the fencing should keep the horses out of the orchard for a few more years.

Sarah Schwinn

Sarah came from Germany in mid-winter 2010 to learn more about handling horses and farm work - plus the joys of crumpets and canasta.

Sarah learnt to plait manes, using weanling filly Silver Sunbeam for her model, seen here with bay weanling colt, Rizaam by Sambist.

Ricardo Aruda

Ricardo - our first WWOOFer from Brazil - has been a wonderful helper in a dark and difficult winter, hacking ice off the troughs, carrying hay to the mares and poo-picking endlessly, then beating us at canasta

Alison Walker

Alison came from the USA in January 2010 and has been so capable and keen she will return in May, to see the new foals, to continue training Sunbeam (right) and to try to win at canasta

Sophie Urbaniak

Sophie from France helped in the worst of the winter weather 2010 fighting snow and winds to look after our pregant mares and youngsters, for which we thank her

Stéphanie Soth

Stéphanie whose family come from Cambodia, was a bright light over Christmas 2009 with her partner Dorian, a fire eater from France - who in fact did indeed set fire to the living room (bellows too close to the wood burner creating a hotter Christmas lunch than we needed!)

Eric Butler

Eric from the USA joined us in December 2009 on the first leg of his European adventure, and learned about horses, stud work and country pursuits in general

Lee Mueller

American vet student Lee "commuted" from her course at Glasgow University in September 2009 to help out at Gadebrook and learn a little about equine medicine

Hélène Fovez

Hélène from Lille in northern France energised the stud in so many ways although she struggled with English at first. She was happy to help with all tasks and rejuvernated the lawns between helping with the mares and foals.

Hélène also helped school Rhapsody in Blue

Marlene Luther

We were delighted to welcome back Marlene from Berlin in 2009 as she had previously spent two months with us in summer 2008. Her English has improved and her help with the horses was invaluable. She was reunited with kitten Chaussettes and helped feed three month old filly Silver Sunbeam (pictured)

Wayne Stoker

Wayne cheerfully hacked and axed his way through the Gadebrook undergrowth in the summer of 2009 to clear the land of weeds and overgrown bushes. Thanks, Wayne

Ramona Leinweber

Ramona from Germany stayed too short a time with us but helped re-seed the bare patches that Sambist dug in his field - and she finally got to ride Pepelka

Célia Auqier

Célia from France was a cheerful addition to the stud to help with the foals in Summer 2009. Her happy disposition and skill with the horses made her visit a pleasure.

Sam Gutierrez Galve

Sam, a journalism student from Barcelona, put a huge amount of energy into clearing the weeds from the land, trimming the hedges and driving the quad bike to clear the rubbish. Once he had watched the Fawlty Towers series, he understood why everyone said 'Que?' when we said he was from Barcelona.

Thomas Stranner

Thomas, originally from Austria, but now living in Dharamsala, the home of the Dalai Lama in India, brought a wonderful energy and commitment to Tansor Lodge Farm, strimming, digging, burning, clearing and planting to transform the fields and garden. He hardly expected to help with foals and covering - so a new experience for him!

Lucia Beuzenberg

Lucia, our first WWOOFer from the Netherlands, worked tirelessly - but was rewarded with a new colt from Rizaari and the birth of Silver Heart's filly in the field one sunny April morning.

Birte Schultz

We were delighted that Birte was able to return with her usual cheerful, helpful manner and wonderful sense of humour. Such a shame Rizaari foalded late and she missed the birth. But she did get to handle the eagle when the falconer came to hunt rabbits

Ines Berg

German Ines, now teaching in Austria, stayed too short a time but was a valuable helper - on the farm and in the kitchen. The hanging baskets she helped create have brightened the farm. She promises to return in August to see them in their glory.

Elsa Demoulin

Elsa arrived from Belgium in a snowstorm in February 2009 and worked tirelessly with the horses and in the stables. She seemed to enjoy her stay as much as we enjoyed having her with us.

Amanda Bourne

Amanda from South Africa rejoined us for three weeks in winter 2009 to help manage the farm during Anne's absence in Oman.

Claudia Csacsinovits

Thank goodness for Claudia from Austria who came for two and a half snowy and muddy months at the beginning of 2009.

Lucie Thiollier

Lucie from France celebrated Christmas 2008 with us, between mucking out, coping with horses and supporting the FitzWilliam Hunt.

Anna Melki

Anna from France joined us in November 2008 for some muddy poo picking and horse training with Rhapsody in Blue.

Jennifer McLennan

Canadian Jenni from British Columbia joined us in November and taught Bright Dawn the 'Spanish walk' - between cycle rides, yoga and apple stews.

Adam Laboudi

Haynet-filler and apple-picker extraordinaire, Adam, from Toulouse, joined us in October 2008 for two weeks.

Birte Schulze

Another wonderful German volunteer, Birte - and Kalish - helped with blackberry-picking, weeding and so much more in September and October 2008

Mélanie Jobin

Mélanie Jobin returned to Gadebrook in August 2008 and rides a horse, at last: Archie, belonging to Felicity, our work experience student

Kristina Klopp

Kristina from Germany with Palma Benay from Australia; we hope she enjoyed her stay as much as we enjoyed having her here to help during September 2008

Marlene Luther

Kitten tamer Marlene from Germany shared her time between feline and equine duties for two months in late summer 2008

Gesine Ahlsweig

Gesine, from Hanover, shown mucking about on the muck heap, joined us in July 2008 to help with the foals

Camille Dubus

Camille, from Lille, improved her English while helping us in June 2008. Her gentle ways worked well with our horses

Amanda Bourne

Amanda from South Africa stayed in June and July 2008. She really appreciated the Gadebrook way of handling the horses and we welcome her promised return visit

Marjorie Cox

Marjorie from San Francisco, swapped the design world for work in the fields in June 2008 - with a little help from Bright Dawn!

Daniela Polenz

Nurse Daniela, from Austria, was the ideal person to help inject a sick foal during her stay in May 2008

Yukino Yabe (2nd visit)

Yukino, from Japan, returned for another month in April and took the chance to drive Jackie's miniature ponies

Miriam Bross

Miriam, from Germany, a tireless and valuable member of the team at Tansor Lodge Farm in March 2008

Katie Robbins

Katie, our first WWOOFer from Canada, in February 2008 coping just as well with a ferret as with the rest of the animals

Andrea Hennecke

Andrea Hennecke from Berlin in Germany meets 2-year old Rhapsody in Blue, December 2007

Yukino Yabe

Yukino Yabe, our first WWOOFer from Japan, joined us for Christmas 2007 and New Year 2008

Kathrine Eriksen

Kathrine, our first WWOOFer from Denmark, helps feed the weanings, Nov 2007

François Chassagne

François, from France, our first chap and a hero he turned out to be. Here with his favourite mare Silver Aura, Nov 2007

Ziggy Greenwood

Ziggy, from Southhampton, our first English WWOOFer. Always cheerful but doesn't impress Zaharina! Oct 2007

Elena Niederführ

Elena, from Germany. So many fences to paint, so little time!

Stéphanie Richoz

Stéphanie, from Switzerland, hitches a ride on the quad bike with Gadebrook groom Vicki Chalkley, Aug 2007

Mélanie Jobin

Mélanie, from France, with stallion Sambist. Our very first WWOOFer arrived in time to cover Jazmyn on 14 July 2007