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Last replied
23 abr. 2024
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Hospedagem min. solicitada: mínimo 1 semana
Detalhes
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We are a family of 5
3 children 20,27 and 29 we live in Brittany and have 9 hectares which supports sheep, horses, poultry a cow and have numerous cats, dogs and ferrets.
We have lived here since 2005 and have renovated our house from a ruin.
We have a 3 bedroom bungalow for accommodation and meals will be supplied in the main house .We are looking for people who have an empathy towards animals as ours are very special to us.
On the property are 3.carp lakes 2 duck ponds and wallow for the pigs
The area we live in is 1 km from Medreac village, 8 km to the nearest big town, and 35,minutes by car from the capital Rennes
Ideally we are looking for people who are prepared to muck in ,the jobs will be varied some will be interesting others not so but are necessary.
You must be prepared to muck in and will be expected to help at meal times.
We try and take you out visiting local sites if you arrive with no transport.
We don't work as a Monday to Friday workplace every day varies and can depend on the weather!
As we are an English family our main language spoken is English but the children speak French and we have many French visitors who are quite happy to let you practice French with them.
Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado
Prática de idiomas
Jardinagem
Construção/faça você mesmo
Cuidar de animais
Ajuda em fazenda
Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras
Ajuda a cuidar da casa
Manutenção geral
Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado
Many aspects of smallholder tasks, possibly lambing at certain time of year.
Various building work, demolition and rebuilding.
Cultural french living and integrating with local french.
Possibly learn to communicate in french as the children are fluent in french, english main language
Projetos que envolvem crianças
Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.
Ajuda
We are looking for people who are interested in turning their hand to anything. . Fencing the perimeter of the land, banging posts and attaching stock fencing.
Idiomas
Inglês: Fluente
Francês: Fluente
Acomodação
3 bed bungalow
Algo mais...
There is a bus service available in the village and a train station 8 kms away, lifts can be given.
It is a peaceful,rural area but the beaches are 40 mins away and the beautiful cities of St Malo and Rennes are about 40 mins away.
We are happy for the volunteers to just muck in with our family life and to enjoy the slower pace of rural France
Mais alguns detalhes
Acesso à internet
Acesso à internet limitado
Temos mascotes
Somos fumantes
Pode hospedar famílias
Espaço para estacionar campervans
Este anfitrião pode fornecer espaço para vans.
Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?
2
Horas previstas
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Comentário (16)
Settled in straight away, had many laughs!
Took on all tasks a real pleasure to host.
Very polite and helped in all house duties.
All the best on your trip around Europe
Paul and Libby
It was super to have a lovely head and back massage!
We wish you well on your French dream
The whole experience has completely fueled Bluebells love of the countryside and farm life.
Never a dull moment here, from hilarious sheep herding to searching for wanderlust cows!
The family are very welcoming and helpful, Libby is… read more
He was a polite very hardworking person, happy to get on with any tasks . Very contentious and a real pleasure to host.
Very sad to take Pablo to the bus today, he will be missed.
A perfect person!
Would be welcome back
Comentário
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Precisão do perfil:
(5.0)
Intercâmbio cultural:
(4.4)
Comunicação:
(5.0)
Settled in straight away, had many laughs!
Took on all tasks a real pleasure to host.
Very polite and helped in all house duties.
All the best on your trip around Europe
Paul and Libby
It was super to have a lovely head and back massage!
We wish you well on your French dream
The whole experience has completely fueled Bluebells love of the countryside and farm life.
Never a dull moment here, from hilarious sheep herding to searching for wanderlust cows!
The family are very welcoming and helpful, Libby is… read more
He was a polite very hardworking person, happy to get on with any tasks . Very contentious and a real pleasure to host.
Very sad to take Pablo to the bus today, he will be missed.
A perfect person!
Would be welcome back
Worked very hard during his very short time here and hopefully learnt a few skills.
Enjoys the outside life but was just as good at household chores helping at meal times.
Very good communicator and fully immersed himself in the workaway experience.
Having his own transport enabled Ian to spend his free time venturing further a field.
A pleasure to host
Daily workaway life is varied and interesting. During my 2 weeks I worked on a garden wall, making concrete slabs for the garden shed, cutting down trees (with the chainsaw) and fed the carp on a few occasions. There were a number of trips out to pick up sand, cement and… read more
Happy to have a go at all tasks and happy to work on his own competently.
He enjoys experiencing the local area and happy to go alone.
Highly recommended young guy with a lot to offer
Needs to be able to motivate himself with tasks that he doesn't really enjoy. He is prepared to have a go
Good luck with your future
The work is varied and sometimes quite fun. Paul makes sure you do different things so that it doesn't get to monotonous. Also, when… read more
His work ethic was wonderful a pleasure to host.
We would welcome him back anytime.… read more
I met wonderful people.
They made me feel like part of their family from the begining.
Task were diverses, some of them were hard work, but they were not difficult to carry out.
Paul, Elisabeth and their children are very generous, they offered me all the necessary and they were… read more
We would welcome her back.
Thank you for all your help
I stayed Here for 2 weeks and i loved been here.
We did differents jobs: Take care of animals, cutting trees, taking away bad herbs, level the Stones, other gardening jobs, picking up the CUCUMBERS.
I enjoyed very much doing this Kind of "heavy" jobs and enjoyed the fresh weather. Paul is Funny and very… read more
Laura spent over a month with us and we had lots of laughs, a pleasure to have as a work away and is welcome back anytime
A hands on type of guy, gets on with everyone and anything.
Really enjoyed hosting this young person as he made his way home.
Mucked into family life which is always a plus. Glad it felt like home from home!
The family are lovely and a little crazy at times which makes it more fun (which made me feel right at home)!
I got fully engaged into all aspects of family life and was fun to getting to know all the family members and their friends. They are good for a chat (-cough, Paul!!) and a… read more
Thank you for getting stuck in with any tasks and we are pleased you enjoyed your first workaway experience with us
Libby and Paul
Paul is jack of all trades, he has immense knowledge in all things analogue and mechanical.
Liz is practically a walking encyclopedia for all things concerning animals.
There is plenty of things to do and learn around here, such as fencing, putting in concrete pipes,… read more
Bloody hell I have learned a lot!
Fencing, stone work, gardening, animal care (dogs, cats, horses, pigs and sheep -> no plural form!), mowing the lawn, working with concret or destroying old clay buildings. Enough things to do for women or men. Enjoy calm countryside on a big… read more
Good luck for the future and thank you for all your hard work
Libby, Paul and family
