Join us in the outdoors in the south French countryside and stay in a lovely cottage in Gaujac, France

Infos

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  Description

  We're a dutch couple (76 & 60) living in the beautiful south west of France, since 2001. We've just moved in to another property with a slightly smaller house than before, but with looooots more land : 5 ha of meadow with fruit trees and a piece of wasteland. On the property there's also a guest house.
  We have 4 horses/ponies, a dog and 2 cats. Our animals are all considered family members. The 3 Icelandic horses and the shetland pony are very calm and love to be taken out for walks in the beautiful surroundings. Two of the icelandics are ridden.
  We are living in the farmhouse, and the guest house is mainly used by friends and family. In the future it will be rented out to a tenant, but until then it is available for workawayers.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Projets DIY créatifs

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Petits travaux d'entretien

  Aide informatique/internet

  Garde de maison et d'animaux
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Films et télé

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Ferme

  

  Langues

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Livres

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Jardinage

  

  Animaux

  

  Yoga / bien-être
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  - We consider workawayers as a temporary part of the family, so you are also involved in our social life. Our friends are openminded and multinational: French, British, German, Dutch, Belgian, South African.... and most of them speak several languages.
  - In our organic vegetable garden, I (Nynke) work as much as possible with the moon calendar. I can teach you a bit about it. I'm also very interested in astrology and Human Design, so I'm happy to share my knowledge, even if it's basic for the moment.
  - In the morning I usually do a half an hour yoga session, on the lawn if the weather is nice. You are very welcome to join me.
  - Our 4 horses/ponies play a big role in my life. We can learn a lot about ourselves from the way horses respond to us. I am happy to share their benefits with you in the everyday contact, by going out walking with the horses in our spare time. I'd also like to do some horse riding with a partner. We live in a beautiful hilly area and it would be nice to be accompanied by an experienced rider on my Icelandic horses. Although they're small, they are strong horses, however the rider shouldn't weigh more than 75 kg.
  - This is a quiet region where there is fortunately no mass tourism. You can still find many authentic villages around here as well as enjoying wonderful views over the foothills of the Pyrenees. For those who enjoy tranquility and space, nature and hiking as well as visiting authentic villages, markets, festivals or local museums, you will find this a charming and unique place to visit. The locals are very friendly!

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  Aide

  Since we have just moved in, there is still a lot of work to be done to fence off the estate for the horses. We would love to host Workawayers who have knowledge and experience with fencing. And/or who can drive a tractor.
  
  Throughout the year, the help will mainly consist in gardening and outdoor tasks, some animal care and house tasks in our private home. In the springtime that is: starting up the vegetable garden, pruning trees and hedges, splitting and stacking log wood, some help with cleaning and re-organizing in our private home.
  
  In general we do tasks together, but if everyone agrees, it can happen that you do tasks independently. The hours (start time) are determined in consultation. We ask you to help us 4 hours a day or otherwise but approx. 20 hours/week/person.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Hollandais: Courant

  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

  We'd love to host a couple or a pair of friends in the well-equipped guesthouse .
  There are two bedrooms with each two beds or one double bed, a bathroom and a sitting room.
  You take care of your breakfast and dinner yourselves and we get together for the hot lunch (mostly at 1 PM), and throughout the day for a coffee, tea and a beer. When we're having friends over for dinner, we'll have drinks and dinner together of course.
  
  If you want us to provide the errands for your other meals (other than the main hot meal we share) we can, but then it seems fair to us that you help 5 hours a day instead of 4.

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  Autres infos...

  We can fetch you at the airport (Toulouse Blagnac) or at a local bus or train station.
  But if you want to do some local sight seeing in this area, you really need a car!

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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

  We don't have an internet connexion yet. We're waiting for a decent fiber-optic connexion and meanwhile we're using the mobile 4G network.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Next to the guesthouse there's a shady place to park a campervan.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Your dog might have a great time here, and he's very welcome to stay. But only if he doesn't chase our cats! Our own dog (female) is very easygoing with other dogs.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

  

  The chicken gang (6 ans)

  Rooster, hens, chicks in all ages... We're having 14 all together and they provide us with delicious and healthy eggs. They sleep in the hen house but during the day they can roam freely.

  

  Tildra, Lif, Skumi and Caramel (34 ans)

  Three Icelandic horses and one shetland poney. The old mare Tildra (1992) came with us from Holland in 2001 and gave birth to her foal Líf in 2009. This mare had a foal in 2017 that we called Skúmi. And we bought little Caramel as a play mate for Skúmi in 2021.

  

  Roetsj and Dushi (13 ans)

  A male and a female cat, both arrived as stray cats some 12 years ago. Both neutered and very sweet, but a bit suspicious so they don't show themselves to strangers easily.

  

  Loupa (8 ans)

  The loveliest german shepard in the world. Too small for the breed (officially) but she has a huge heart for all living beings. Adults, children, other dogs, cats, free range chickens, ... she's very kind to all. Except for our Icelandic mare Líf: they really don't like each other. ;-)

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