Help with gardening in La Bastide-Solages, South of France

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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.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  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.

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  Aide

  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

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
  
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  Hébergement

  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.

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  Autres infos...

  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.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  I have broadband and a large study with two desks and chairs, and multiple other spare desks and chairs in other rooms

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Large tarmacked parking area, but it is gently sloped, not flat

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  4 hours a day, 5 days a week

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