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 McShane

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 Schultze

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 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