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Description
I recently returned to a home we bought decades ago deep in the French countryside, on a hillside overlooking the River Tarn, I have multiple bedrooms in an 18th Century farmhouse, one cat, and 5 acres to restore from brambles and overgrowth to flowers and vegetables. The location is beautiful, the leftovers in multiple outbuildings abundant, six bikes, a table tennis table, a bar billiards table, an old croquet set. I have been a journalist, worked all over the world, and still travel, am a native English speaker with passable French. Happy for work aways at any time of year, keen to find someone looking for a warm winter stay with lots of space.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The house is set in a regional park, in Cathar country. My own interests, and a lot in the house, are African. I still work in development, now specialising in climate adaptation, agriculture and health. I am also a longstanding journalism trainer and happy to support any budding and particularly research-based writer. Meanwhile, all around, are beautiful and Medieval French villages and, a bit further away, Albi.
Help
A lot of ground clearing, pruning, some cleaning, painting, putting in new fences, restoring and adding paths, restoring the old vegetable garden, some cat sitting, maybe some French learning
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
One twin room with ensuite toilet and shower, or two interconnected doubles with shared use of whole-home bathroom, or full length attic bedroom with built in box bed upstairs from bathroom. All with use of kitchen, large living room, wood-burning stove and oil-filled radiators, terraces and courtyards.
What else ...
Beautiful waking country, canoeing on the River Tarn and fetes in the summer, tennis courts in the nearest village, many cafes and markets all year.
Please apply if you have a verified ID.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I have broadband and a large study with two desks and chairs, and multiple other spare desks and chairs in other rooms
Space for parking camper vans
Large tarmacked parking area, but it is gently sloped, not flat
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
4 hours a day, 5 days a week
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