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14 ago. 2023
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Hospedagem min. solicitada: mínimo 1 semana
Detalhes
Descrição
We are an English retired couple with a modern country property in 2.5 hectares, at the Mediterranean end of the Pyrenees, in a quiet and spectacular location near Prades and Mt Canigou, .
We have owned the property for 30 years. As it is in an area with very low rainfall we use our piped irrigation extensively between April and October, supplied from the Canal de Bohère feeder system.
We have a large family in UK.
Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado
Prática de idiomas
Ajuda em projetos ambientais
Jardinagem
Construção/faça você mesmo
Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras
Ajuda a cuidar da casa
Manutenção geral
Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado
Olive and chilli husbandry. Exchange of cooking skills. Language practice.
Ajuda
Olive orchards and a chilli pepper nursery, grown using organic methods. Our olive harvest is picked by hand from our 100 mature trees, from ground level and the higher branches from A-ladders.
Help us outside: watering, weeding, maintaining olive tree bottle traps against olive fly. Tilling, picking and pruning. Ditch clearing. Monitoring our extensive piped watering system. Olive harvest is in Oct/Nov.
Some light building work. Painting.
Swimming pool maintenance. Even containing the local over-attentive wild sanglier (boar) tribe who like to come and dig when the soil is wet!
Idiomas
Idiomas
Inglês: Fluente
Francês: Fluente
Alemão: Intermediário
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Acomodação
Compact guest studio with its own kitchen (induction hob, fridge and freezer) double-bed and shower room, and with underfloor heating. Fibre internet. South-east facing it has its own entrance and small terrace..
We also have a double room with its own outside entrance, bathroom etc but no kitchen facilities.
While the studio can be self-contained, we normally all eat together at a long table on our large terrace unless the weather is dire.
Algo mais...
The quiet small town of Prades is 2.5kms. Our nearest bus stop (and supermarket) are 2kms - a half-hour walk, Prades old town centre has several shops, restaurants and cafes (3kms) and 3 supermarkets near the bypass. Street markets in Prades on Tuesday (general large) and Saturday (local produce).
Local attractions include beautiful slopes of Mt Canigou (2784m) which our guests find wonderful for hill-walking and running! Villefranche-le-Conflent (historic Vauban-walled town with artisan shops), , Eus (village reputed to have the most sun in France). The Cerdagne plateau & ski area (via bus or scenic Yellow Train ride from Villefranche near Prades or by bus). Our 12m long pool with solar heating in the summer. Two mountain bikes.
To reach Prades from Perpignan there are frequent (1 euro) buses and TER train, both depart from Perpignan TGV station (c.1 hour) . Ryanair fly to Carcassonne, Bezier and Barcelona year round, with frequent Perpignan and Girona flights in summer. Bargain Flix, Blablabus and Oui buses from Barcelona.
Mais alguns detalhes
Acesso à internet
Acesso à internet limitado
Temos mascotes
Somos fumantes
Pode hospedar famílias
Pode hospedar nômades digitais
Fibre - at a reasonable speed
Espaço para estacionar campervans
Este anfitrião pode fornecer espaço para vans.
Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?
Mais de 2
Horas previstas
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Comentário (8)
They were really very kind and good to me, made me feel very comfortable and I learned a lot from the daily tasks on the property.
A special mention for the lunches and dinners that we all shared… read more
The work was mainly tasks in and around the house - as it is… read more
Candy is a fantastic cook, and all her meals were such a treat. I was always left feeling full and comfortable after every dinner - "soporfic" as they love to say! James has a great sense of humour that never failed to make me laugh, and is… read more
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Precisão do perfil:
(5.0)
Intercâmbio cultural:
(4.3)
Comunicação:
(5.0)
They were really very kind and good to me, made me feel very comfortable and I learned a lot from the daily tasks on the property.
A special mention for the lunches and dinners that we all shared… read more
The work was mainly tasks in and around the house - as it is… read more
Candy is a fantastic cook, and all her meals were such a treat. I was always left feeling full and comfortable after every dinner - "soporfic" as they love to say! James has a great sense of humour that never failed to make me laugh, and is… read more
The work was very varied, and never very difficult. It was very satisfying to be able to help Candy around the garden and house, every day was different. In particular we really enjoyed learning to prune the olive trees and strim the… read more
They live in a beautiful area with superb views of Mount Canigou.
My work was interesting and varied and i was happy to have helped them.
Great hosts and kind people
* There are many projects going on in and around the house. Most tasks are not very hard or physically tiring, and there's plenty of work, which allows you to vary between tasks. We would have loved to do some construction work in the studio,… read more
