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Description
Offering you the opportunity to experience a rural community up in the Grand Causse mountains with views of the gorge du Tarn,Larzac,Roquefort.
Permaculture is being setup when the terraces are created. There is a natural drip-fed stone well, and a natural pool to be added. Preparation of the ground and planting seeds, when the season & weather allow.Finish insulating roof and boarding,limeplastering end walls leaving stone exposed,preparation of walls:filling,sanding for painting,varnishing...iron steps being made for cellar.Wooden shutters...
*explore and soak up the culture, experience Aveyronnais food.*beautiful clean unpolluted air and nature all around you.Once the Capital of the region, with over a 1000 inhabitants. Now we are 65.
Types of help and learning opportunities
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Many of the workawayers talk with the locals, participate in village fetes....improve their language skills
Help
Repairs,sanding doors,varnish/painting,fixing loose panes of glass with wood beading.
Using manual or power tools. General clean.
Hours per day eg 09h-12h then lunch an hour and restart 13h-15h
If we get things done fast,there is more time left for you. to explore
*You can work longer mornings so you have the afternoons free for yourselves.
Depending on the day you arrive,will depend on which days you work and which days you take off. If you arrive on a Saturday,then you start Sunday.If you arrive on a Monday,then you'll start Tuesday etc. If you don't stay the week,then it will be difficult to have any time to yourself
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Accommodation
First floor: Livingroom, kitchen/diner. Second floor:4 bedrooms, two bathrooms.
I will supply your linen. You will be able to use the kitchen to cook or you can join me to eat if you are volunteering.
What else ...
Bouloc:grocery store.Saint Rome-du-Tarn:pharmacist,doctor.100m waterfall,beaches,swimming,canoes.Compregnac;truffles and vineyards! Couvertoirade,Brousse-le-chateau....
Puce Verte, school bus. Trains & buses in Millau.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
There is parking for campervans 200m from my house, but no electricity there
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (6)
karen, a very caring person,
working hours, flexible
She cooks great food for you.
good aperitifs with the neighborhood (especially with Yves)
the landscape of the Village with the snow, was poetic
Too bad I couldn't
finish installing the fireplace
others will surely come, to finish it
I wish you… read more
The village is beautiful and she is very knowledgeable about the area and everything there is to see.
The work and the hours were reasonable. The room was comfortable and the food was SO delicious!!
We loved everything about our stay there..
But, we'll have to admit that Fido is still the one who stole the show… read more
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karen, a very caring person,
working hours, flexible
She cooks great food for you.
good aperitifs with the neighborhood (especially with Yves)
the landscape of the Village with the snow, was poetic
Too bad I couldn't
finish installing the fireplace
others will surely come, to finish it
I wish you… read more
The village is beautiful and she is very knowledgeable about the area and everything there is to see.
The work and the hours were reasonable. The room was comfortable and the food was SO delicious!!
We loved everything about our stay there..
But, we'll have to admit that Fido is still the one who stole the show… read more
Karen is a wonderful host- kind, entertaining, a great cook, and she went out of her way to make my stay comfortable. I had to spend a few days in hospital and then some time recuperating during my stay, but Karen's flexibility in adjusting to my limitations was great, I was able… read more
Due to… read more
