Explore the rich culture of Brittany while helping to improve and restore a beautiful old rural stone house and large garden

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  Descrição

  We are a British couple in our 60s who live part of the year in the UK and part of the year in Brittany, western France where we have an old house and large garden - we are fit and active but still working part-time so need help with looking after the house and garden. The house is in a small traditional village in a beautiful rural area with farms, forests and lakes, about one hour drive from the coast. The nearest town with all amenities is 5km away. There are bus services connecting the village to this town, other cities and railway stations. The area has many good bike and hiking routes as well. The house is a very old stone house with exposed stone work and wood beam ceilings. It has an interesting history over hundreds of years and a lovely peaceful atmosphere. There is a large open plan living room and kitchen, separate dining room, two other small sitting rooms, five bedrooms and four bathrooms, wood burning stoves and other forms of heating. We have family and friends in other parts of Europe and in the UK who like to visit, so sometimes there will be other people here. It can be very cold and wet here in the winter and summers are unpredictable - we have had hot summers and cool rainy ones too - very similar to the Atlantic weather patterns found in Cornwall and Devon in the west of the UK.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Interesses

  

  Sustentabilidade

  

  Cultura

  

  Política/justiça social

  

  Culinária e comida

  

  Cuidar de plantas

  

  Música

  

  Livros

  

  Yoga/bem-estar

  

  Caminhada

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Fitness

  

  Dança

  

  Ciclismo
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  Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

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  O que é isso?
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  There are many and varied festivals - music, arts and celebrations of Breton culture- throughout the year in the region, and locally there are opportunities for active pursuits such as forest walks, hiking and cycling. The local village also has various festivals and celebrations at different times of the year. The nearest town has restaurants, a cinema, two bookshops and a weekly farmers market with good local produce - fish, meat, cheese, organic vegetables, Breton specialities, clothes, wooden artifacts, jewellery etc. Our own pursuits - we enjoy reading, listening to music and walks in the local countryside and just relaxing with friends over dinner and a glass of wine. One of us has Indian heritage and cooks a range of Indian food and would be happy to share these skills and knowledge. Is also experienced in nutrition especially for Type 2 diabetes, and has some knowledge of functional medicine, medicinal plants and healing foods. We have travelled and lived abroad over the years in Europe, Asia, Africa, the USA and Australia and through Workaway would value meeting new people from these and other places and perhaps getting new and different perspectives on history and culture.

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  Ajuda

  There are many improvements which can be made to this old house even though it is already comfortable to live in. So we are looking for people who would like to help in this way and have skills with painting walls and ceilings, repainting wooden doors etc, and restoring furniture. There is a lot of help needed in the garden both clearing and maintenance and replanting and someone who knows how to plan and create a garden would be good, especially helping in harmony with the environment. There is always wood to chop too. We like cooking and good food and love French food and wine - we would like to share these interests with any workawayers and so someone interested in cooking and sharing cooking skills and enjoying meals together would be lovely as well but not necessary. We both work part-time (mostly remote working from home) so may not be available all the time but will enjoy doing some of the tasks together as needed so we can learn together and share skills. We speak basic French but would like to improve with native French speakers or happy to learn something of other languages too.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Inglês: Fluente
  Greek: Iniciante
  Francês: Iniciante

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  Acomodação

  Double bedroom with private bathroom - both heated. All bedlinen and towels provided. We will share the rest of the house - kitchen, living room, sitting room, dining room, garden. We eat a wide variety of foods including meat and fish and try to use local produce as much as possible and organic when we can find it and avoid factory farmed meat poultry and fish. Strict vegetarians and vegans might find it difficult to share the cooking and meals. All the bedrooms are on the first floor - there is one flight of wooden stairs which are steep. There is fast fibre broadband throughout the house. We would prefer non-smokers.

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  Algo mais...

  We are also still getting to know the local area/ region and would be willing to explore together with the workawayers or give them lifts to explore themselves if a reasonable distance, or there are local bus services if they want to go off on their own. There are local facebook groups with plenty of information about what is going on, and a tourist office and guides in the local town. We tend to go to bed around 10pm and get up around 7.30 to 8am so ask for quiet evenings after 10pm. We don't have regular mealtimes or help time - each day is different - so flexibility about eating and help hours would be good.

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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Pode hospedar nômades digitais

  We are also digital nomads so at some points there may be pressure on the wifi - we may need to work out if we can all be online together but the broadband is pretty stable.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  Mais de 2

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  Horas previstas

  4hours a day/four days a week