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Volunteer exchange in les Cevennes, South of France
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Country: France

Updated

Last Activity: 09/02/2012

Description

We are a couple who have swapped the office for the outdoors and are renovating an old stone farmhouse in the beautiful and spectacular mountains of the Cevennes region in the south of France. Our land is in a secluded valley just 5 minutes walk from a small village and 5 minutes drive from a medium sized town which has all the typical Southern French characteristics as well as lots of local idiosyncrasies. So far we live in a caravan in a barn while we work on the farmhouse and cultivate the garden.

Area

Southern France

Type of work

Other,
Building,
Gardening

Work

There is always a variety of jobs to be done in the garden, the orchards and the surrounding countryside; picking fruits and nuts: plums, cherries, blackberries, wild strawberries, elderberries, mushrooms, chestnuts, walnuts, grapes and apples. The valley is terraced with walls needing repair or rebuilding and the farmhouse has been empty for several decades so there is everything to do. We have put on a new roof and now we are putting in new floors and windows.

Languages spoken

English and French

Accommodation

We have a camping area for visitors on a terrace below the house with several tents each with a foam mattress and bed linen. There is mains water and electricity and a garden bathroom with flushing toilet and a solar heated shower. Shade for campers' siestas and picnics with chairs and tables is under large old cherry trees next to the stream. We eat in the shade or under the stars at night right next to the outdoor kitchen where we cook a la Francaise what we grow in our own garden and choose from the local seasonal produce.

What else ...

In 2012 we will need help from April onwards. If you have experience of gardening or building we would welcome your skills, if not we are happy to teach what we know and value your enthusiasm. We are here for the adventure and love to share it with our family, friends and visitors. Let us know if you would like to hear from previous holiday workers.

My Photo Album

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Mas de la Cuzelle in the Cevenne
Building steps down to the camping area
Wall building along the track to the house
Lorna clearing scrub
La touffe who adopted us
Shovelling
Shifting the concrete mixer
Picking cherries
Tommy mixing concrete
Host ref number: 1597461364b4

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