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26 Mar 2024
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Description
We are running a farm in the mountains (873 meters, Plateau de Sault ) and breed "castillon" horses respectfully towards all living beings. We apply subtle communication where we invite the horses to work - riding, pulling wood and a horse carriage.
The castillon horses are an endangered with only 700 individuals left on earth. We have around 8 .
Our project is done out of passion.
Freya and Charles - two friends and neighbours - working together for 6 years. We are both passionate about horses, smiling and laughing a lot. We are looking for self-motivated people with an eye for things that need doing, and we need help in participating in the daily work. At the moment we are restoring the stable, creating horse-boxes inside, preparing winter cutting fire wood and fence making to prepare nice places for the horses.
We have started growing an edible hedge, and more planting works needs to be done.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
- Learning to work with leather
- To learn to " listen and understand the horses ans to ne understood by them.
- Initiate subtle communication and equipedagogie
- Learning about foraging and medicinal herbs
- And have a great time
-Learning about eatable Wolf plantes ans permacultural gardening.
Help
We have a lot of work and could use help with permaculture and general maintance around the garden.
other jobs that we need help with :
- gardening (knowledge in permaculture appreciated)
- fire wood
- fences
- horse brushing
- maintenance of riding and working material
- field work
- cooking
- cleaning
- renovation of buildings (painting) and beautifying the
surroundings
- scratching horses
Languages spoken
Danish: Fluent
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Accommodation
We provide accomodation and full board (breakfast - lunch - dinner)
In the summer months we can offer space in our caravan or you can bring a tent and set it up in the beautiful surrounding nature or in our hayloft with a stunning view, for a little more shelter.
In the winter we can offer a small room, dormitory style (we have good mattresses).
What else ...
- Light and joyful communication and being together
- Organic food
- A warm house
- Calm and beautiful surroundings (first shop at 3 Km)
- Bicycles
- Amazing hiking (we have the maps)
- Skiing not far in winter time
- And a lake and climbing walls 8km from Montplaisir
- Possibility to explore caves and hot springs in the region
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours a day 5 days a week
Feedback (9)
Charles is an incredibly charismatic and patient man, and even though we could not speak without the help of Google
Translate, it was hardly needed. Very… read more
I learned so much about life, horses, french-danish-culture ;-), honest and clear communication, myself and the beautiful landscape of the Plateau and Pyrenees.
I still carry the connection to the land, the horses, to you, to your beautiful… read more
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Charles is an incredibly charismatic and patient man, and even though we could not speak without the help of Google
Translate, it was hardly needed. Very… read more
I learned so much about life, horses, french-danish-culture ;-), honest and clear communication, myself and the beautiful landscape of the Plateau and Pyrenees.
I still carry the connection to the land, the horses, to you, to your beautiful… read more
I've been to many places with workaway, but Freja's is among my favourite for sure!
Kindness, openmindness... I learnt a lot, in the garden, in the house and with the horses.
Peace, quietness, respect of animals and nature as a whole.
Freja and her friend Charles are wonderful people :)
Can't wait to go back!
Nous sommes restées 2 semaines avec mon amie et le temps est passé si vite.
Aucune journée ne se ressemble , tout dépend des besoins et des priorités.
Son meilleur ami Charles est lui aussi une personne en or. La… read more
