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I am living on a family land in south of Morvan, a granitic area at the heart of Burgundy, part of the natural park of Morvan.
The place, and the village are very special for it's one of the 3 biggest granitic areas of France, so the natural site is classified and protected.
The main interest of the site is a preserved nature and biodiversity with lots of wild birds and animals and spring water.
There are more of 300 km of hiking paths from home .
The nearest village with shops is at 10 km .
There is a bar-restaurant just nearby us (1 km) with local specialities.
There are many places of interest about an hour's radius drive: the roman Autun, the medieval abbey and town of Cluny, the Celts capital Bibracte, Chalon on the Saône river...and of course Beaune, Nuits-Saint- Georges and the wine area...
The area is connected with Paris and Lyon with TGV fast train (station at 25mn drive from house) and with Dijon at the next village ( local train, about 1 hour).
Our place is quiet big (10 hectares of fields - 10 hectares of forests), with several buildings, spring water, fresh air, wild birds and animals...
Winter can be cold but summer is usually lovely, with cooler air than down in the valley. So nice when is getting very hot !
This land here is beautiful, strong and rough (due to the granite and the relatively high altitude for the area ).
I have a small permaculture garden.
A cattle farmer is actually taking care of the fields.
I came back in my birth area 10 years ago, after long trips around the world and many different experiences.
My plan is to allow this place to welcome more people for increasing the self sufficiency, about food and others and create a little community of like minded persons.
It's a good opportunity to enjoy the gorgeous nature around, help on my sewing projects (cf lower chapter about my professional activity), learn about gardening, and live close to nature, enjoy to prepare and tast nice food preservation and specialties from the garden, or help on building projects, and refit of all kind... and use dry toilets !
I have a wood stove as a warming system, so pilling wood is one of the requested task in winter...as well as checking the fire to keep us warm and comfy !
Here, life is pretty simple and basic but very enjoyable and comfy.
I am a professional handicraft creator : I am sewing cloths, hats, bags...from up cycled fabrics and sell them on art and craft exhibitions since 15 years.
I need someone to help me to prepare the next exhibition season : someone who knows at least a bit about sewing (how to use a basic sewing machine ; If you can use an over locker, you'd be more than welcome. But I can also easily teach you)
I need help with sewing if you already know a little bit about it. If so, I can teach you simple things you can help me with. Plus there are plenty of other tasks I need you to do to help me with my job. It's simple tasks but I need someone who get a certain interest with sewing and fabrics.
If ever you are not into sewing at all but attracted by the place, there are always plenty of other things to do. So please feel free to contact me as well.
I leave here with 2 very nice cats. Even though it's a quiet remote place, I receive some visits from friends, neighbors and customers.
I do yoga in a nearby village once a week and I have a personal almost daily practice .
I love walking and do it very often , except just before to leave for Xmas market...big rush !
My partner Michel is often at home as he bought and is refitting a house just nearby, but we don't leave together all year round.
I am interested and connected with native american traditions and spiritual path ; some sweat lodges are regularly led on my land by Michel and I and I travel often to attempt some "red road"(native american) meetings and ceremonies.
For sewing project, I'm asking for a commitment of at least a month , as it's requesting a lot of informations, even if you are a super pro !
But for other projects, I'm happy to welcome people for shorter time (about 2 weeks ) .
I'm opened as well to long term stays.
All kind of help is requested at this moment.
I also need someone very reliable to look after the house and the cats from mid-November till end of December, when I'm away to the Christmas market, and eventually as well in August. For this point, more information on request.
Hope to talk and see you soon 🤗
Claire
Je vis sur un domaine familial au Sud du parc naturel régional du Morvan, un massif granitique au cœur de la Bourgogne.
L'endroit, et le village sont vraiment remarquables : le site est classé et c'est l'un des 3 plus grand chaos granitique de France.
L'intérêt principal du lieu est la vie au cœur d'une nature et d'une biodiversité encore préservées.
Le site offre 300 km de sentiers balisés (les voies celtes) directement depuis la maison.
Le village le plus proche pour les courses est à 10 km.
Il y a une auberge bar restaurant à 1 km avec des spécialités locales.
Il y a plusieurs endroits intéressants à environ 1 heure de route :
Autun la romaine, l'abbaye et la cité médiévale de Cluny, l'ancien oppidum gaulois de Bibracte, la ville de Chalon sur Saône,.... et bien sûr la côte des vins avec Beaune et Nuits Saint Georges.
Une gare TGV (Le Creusot-Montceau) dessert la région, à 25mn de la maison et il y a aussi une connexion rapide (1h10) et directe en TER avec Dijon plusieurs fois par jours à la gare à 10km d'ici.
Le domaine en lui même est relativement vaste (10 ha de prairie, 10 ha de bois). Il y a plusieurs bâtiments éloignés les uns des autres, des sources d'eau potable, de l'air frais et pur.
L'hiver peut être assez rigoureux mais l'été est plus frais que dans la vallée grâce à l'altitude et au vent. C'est bien agréable par temps de canicule.
Cette terre est belle, forte et un peu rude (à cause du granit et de l'altitude relative).
J'ai un petit jardin en permaculture.
Un agriculteur voisin met des vaches sur la prairie pour entretenir le terrain.
Je suis revenue vivre ici sur ma terre natale il y a 10 ans après plus de 20 ans de pérégrinations diverses en France et autour du monde et pas mal d'expériences multiples.
Mon idée est d'ouvrir ce lieu à d'autres personnes pour augmenter notre autonomie, vivrière et autre, et de créer une mini communauté de personnes de même sensibilité.
Venir ici, c'est une bonne occasion de profiter de la nature magnifique, de m'aider dans mes projets de couture si vous avez des compétences dans le domaine (cf. plus bas à propos de mon activité professionnelle), de s'essayer au jardinage et à l'entretien des espaces verts, de m'aider dans la préparation de conserves et de légumes selon la saison et de les déguster, de participer à un projet de travaux d'entretien, rénovation, peinture...et d'utiliser des toilettes sèches !
Je me chauffe au bois, donc en hiver, il y a aussi des bûches à empiler et le feu à surveiller pour qu'on reste bien au chaud.
Ici la vie est simple et basique, mais très agréable et confortable.
Je suis artisan d'art professionnelle : Je crée et couds des vêtement, chapeaux, sacs...à partir de textiles de récupération et les vends sur des marchés et expositions depuis 15 ans.
J'ai besoin d'aide dans ce domaine : quelqu'un qui sache les bases de la couture (utiliser une machine à coudre simple, si vous savez aussi utiliser une surjeteuse, c'est top, sinon je peux facilement vous apprendre ).
Je cherche quelqu'un qui sache déjà un peu coudre. A ce moment là, je peux vous montrer plein de petites choses à faire qui m'aideront beaucoup.
L'important n'est pas d'être super pro, mais d'avoir quelques connaissances de base et un intérêt certain pour le domaine du textile.
Si vous n'êtes pas du tout intéressé par la couture mais que le lieu vous appelle, il y a aussi toujours plein d'autres trucs à faire ici. N'hésitez pas à me contacter quand même.
Je vis ici avec 2 chats très sympas. Bien que le lieu soit assez retiré, je reçois quand même de la visite d'amis, de voisins, de clients...
Je fais du yoga au village voisin chaque semaine et j'ai une pratique personnelle quasi quotidienne.
J'aime aussi aller faire des marches à pied très souvent, quand ce n'est pas le gros rush du départ pour le marché de Noël.
Mon compagnon, Michel, est souvent à la maison. Nous ne vivons pas tout le temps ensemble mais il est vient régulièrement travailler sur la maison qu'il a acheté juste à côté et qu'il retape.
J'ai un grand intérêt et une connexion personnelle avec les traditions amérindiennes et le chemin spirituel qu'elles véhiculent : avec Michel, nous menons régulièrement des huttes de sudation sur notre terrain et je vais souvent assister à des rituels et cérémonies à d'autres endroits.
Pour la couture, je demande un engagement d'un mois minimum, car cela demande beaucoup d'explication pour rentrer dans mon mode de création, même si vous êtes super pro.
Mais je peux recevoir pour une plus courte durée pour d'autres projets (environ 15 jours).
Je suis ouverte également à des séjours beaucoup plus longs.
Tout type d'aide est bienvenu en ce moment.
Je recherche également des gens de confiance pour garder la maison et les chats de mi-Novembre à fin Décembre pendant le marché de Noël. Eventuellement aussi en Août. Me contacter pour plus de détails sur ce sujet.
Peut être à bientôt ! 🤗
Claire
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Charity work
Events & social
Self development
Pets
Plant care
Books
Languages
Gardening
History
Cooking & food
DIY & crafts
Art & design
Animals
Camping
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Sewing and using an overlocker
French life, cooking...
Diy
yoga deck and practice
sweat lodge if matching with the planning
Nature, walking
Use a fire stove
Simple french countryside life.
....
Help
Depending on the abilities of each one, and of the time of the year and the weather, there are various things to be done as :
- helping Claire at the sewing workshop and on exhibitions when needed: someone who can use an over locker would be a precious help !
- gardening - wooding - weeding -grass cutting and trimming -
- helping with building and general maintenance , painting...etc
- fruit and vegetables preservation...
- helping in the house (cleaning, little diy things...)
- we need handy people. If you feel you cannot handle a hammer, maybe better you don't come at my place.
- the requested help (except for sewing) is mostly outdoor so please come with convenient clothes.
- Spring 2025 is dedicated to clear my dad's house and bring it back at my place.
So, less sewing and more DIY, sorting, cleaning, painting....
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
In spit of the fact that I speak fluently English, I can easily pretend I don't and talk to you only in French to help you to learn my mother language.
Accommodation
You will sleep in a comfy cosy heated caravan just next door to the house (cf picture).
You can use the hot water shower in the house and the dry toilets (out door)
The main living room and kitchen is open to everyone to enjoy the view or the wood stove.
Washmachine available.
Local, mostly organic home made food.
Vous dormirez dans une caravane confortable et chauffée en hiver, située juste à côté de la maison.
Vous aurez accès à la salle de bain et douche avec eau chaude dans la maison et aux toilettes sèches à l'extérieur.
La pièce à vivre et cuisine est ouverte à tous pour profiter de la vue magnifique et du poêle à bois.
Machine à laver.
Nourriture maison principalement locale et bio.
What else ...
-enjoy the yoga room upstairs for your everyday practice.
-enjoy 2 nice cats
-enjoy home made mostly organic and local food (flexitarian)
-enjoy the beautiful nature surrounding.
-treat yourself with a Coffee or a pancake at the nearby Auberge (local bar restaurant) and get used to the Locals rough accent.
-good internet connection into the house
-no smoking inside (possible outside )
-most of the time, I'm not providing alcohol (only for special occasions or friends visiting...)
-I don't have a television
-there is no public transportation arriving to our village . We can fetch you to the nearest train or bus station.
-I consider that the every day cooking and dishes cleaning is something we share, and which is coming on top of the requested 4/5 hours a day.
-I like the house to be quiet clean and tidy. So I'm expecting respect and support about this point.
- salle de yoga
- 2 chats super sympas
- nourriture maison, locale et bio, flexitarienne
- nature magnifique
- spécialités locales à l'auberge du coin
- bonne connexion internet
- non fumeur en intérieur
- je ne fournis pas d'alcool de manière régulière, sauf pour des occasions spéciales ou des visites.
- je n'ai pas de télévision
- pas de transports publics pour arriver jusqu'ici mais je peux aller vous chercher à la gare la plus proche.
- je considère que la préparation des repas et la vaisselle viennent en plus des 4/5 h par jours et sont à partager entre tous, sauf en cas de festin exceptionnel !
- j'aime bien que ma maison soit à peu près propre et rangée. J'attends des workawayers aide et respect sur ce point.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Here we have since very recently a very good fiber connection
Space for parking camper vans
All vans and small and medium size trucks. Water available and a flat park place.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
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He stayed about 2 months at home and share a house with him was very easy.
He is super respectful of the house rules, always on time, always trying his best.
We had a lot of good chats and I learned a lot about Russia.
Even if he was not always able to do the hard tasks I asked him to do, he was always trying his… read more
I never used Workaway before, and Claire was my first Workaway host. I stayed, I think a bit over a month, and it was magical. First of all, the location is so beautiful, I seriously consider moving there later - you will live on top of a mountain, surrounded by fields and forests.
The "cultural programme"… read more
She is such an easy going person, very well educated, who pays attention to details and do her best to help and fit into the host life.
I really had the feeling to welcome a friend.
She help me mostly at my sewing studio but was ready to do most of the tasks I would have ask, because she is helpful… read more
During my stay, I helped Claire with her recuperation project. She explained clearly what I needed to do and how to sew, so the tasks were easy to follow. Claire… read more
Elle est joyeuse, intelligente, attentive, intéressante...
Nous avons eu plein de discussions très enrichissantes.
Au niveau de l'aide qu'elle m'a apporté, elle est attentive, précise, méticuleuse et apprend vite.
Ça a été une magnifique rencontre et… read more
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He stayed about 2 months at home and share a house with him was very easy.
He is super respectful of the house rules, always on time, always trying his best.
We had a lot of good chats and I learned a lot about Russia.
Even if he was not always able to do the hard tasks I asked him to do, he was always trying his… read more
I never used Workaway before, and Claire was my first Workaway host. I stayed, I think a bit over a month, and it was magical. First of all, the location is so beautiful, I seriously consider moving there later - you will live on top of a mountain, surrounded by fields and forests.
The "cultural programme"… read more
She is such an easy going person, very well educated, who pays attention to details and do her best to help and fit into the host life.
I really had the feeling to welcome a friend.
She help me mostly at my sewing studio but was ready to do most of the tasks I would have ask, because she is helpful… read more
During my stay, I helped Claire with her recuperation project. She explained clearly what I needed to do and how to sew, so the tasks were easy to follow. Claire… read more
Elle est joyeuse, intelligente, attentive, intéressante...
Nous avons eu plein de discussions très enrichissantes.
Au niveau de l'aide qu'elle m'a apporté, elle est attentive, précise, méticuleuse et apprend vite.
Ça a été une magnifique rencontre et… read more
)& ses compagnons michel, foufouldou & mijolie(
m’ont ouvert leur paradis pour y danser.
Claire est genereuse, chaleureuse, amiable, pleine d’humour
& d’energie.
Elle a reussi de me faire envie a me mettre devant la nähmaschine -
meme quelques heures
par jour -
me confiait tailler son jardin
mesure a mesure -
& semblait d avoir… read more
She is a bubbly funny person but discret in the same time.
She knows to be very present, sees what has to be done but is never invasive and also likes to do things on her own .
She works at her own rhythm but likes to be always busy. So, at the end of the day she is… read more
They have been here for 3 weeks helping me with sewing.
They are on a fashion school so they are very skilled into all what is linked with art and crafts. They helped me a lot, were always eager to work and very respectful of the house rules.
They are happy and funny… read more
Claire a l'habitude de recevoir des workawayers de tous horizons. Elle s'adapte aux envies et aux compétences de chacun.
J'ai logé dans la jolie caravane (qui est en photo sur le profil) au milieu d'un énorme massif de rhododendrons !… read more
Un séjour super fluide .
J'ai trouvé que Teresa est une personne très adaptable et facile à vivre.
Elle n'a pas peur du travail et c'est quelqu'un de très méticuleux, qui aime le travail bien fait. Elle va jusqu'au bout des choses et fait toujours de son mieux.
Elle a de grandes qualités pour tout ce qui concerne… read more
She is a happy, easy going person.
Always trying to do her best to please you and to help.
She was here to help me with sewing. I must say she is more than skilled at that and I feel very lucky she have been here.
She had to leave earlier than previously planned, for family reasons. But she did her best to help me… read more
Help: Claire needed somebody to help her prepare items for sale (hats, gloves, mittens) for a Christmas market. It was all go in the workshop and right up my street (I am a proficiant seamstress). That said, Claire would have… read more
She make me feel like part of a family, I feel included like an old friend.
I had my own comfortable and clean little roulotte and… read more
We felt she was an old friend visiting. We were feeling super connected. She makes things be very fluid as she is both very présent and helpfull and not imposing hereself and being discret. Into the house, she is super… read more
She was perfect to help me with my sewing projects, quiet talented to assemble colors and patterns of the recycled… read more
my house was turned into a flower shop by the sweet care of mathilde...plus a lot of nice little attentions all the time...
and last but not least, this 2 are super hard and efficient workers...know what they do, selfsufficient...the dream team to help you !
thanks a lot and good lucke
She first thaught she had no special skills but I quickly discovered that as she is very clever and handy she can manage super well with most of the things she is asked to do...and even suggest good ideas or other ways to do !
she is very curious of people and things wich is very plaisant… read more
Uchon is a beautiful place full of very friendly people. Claire helped me make the most of it by showing me around and introducing me to her wonderful friends who were very patient with my broken french and made me feel at home.
The work was varied and flexible… read more
he is also easy going in every day life
i can recommend him to other hosts...
for the next host, don't hesitate to get them as they are… read more
a wonderfull person with a strong caracter ...clean, tidy, helpfull and open minded !
and good willing to learn english in spit of tony's accent from liverpool
good luck on your path
Bon accueil de Claire que je n'ai pas eu la chance de voir plus d'une soirée.
Tâches variées plutôt à l'intérieur parfois accompagnées par Tony jouant de la guitare.
Au plaisir de se revoir
Bonne continuation à vous deux
she is both happy and discrete, always positive, very hard worker, interested with everything, capable...
she quickly became a family member and the month she spent here sounded both like years and a day ...
even her vegan diet was not a hassle as she… read more
thank you to them two for all they did for… read more
