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Find a piece of paradise in a tranquil French mill house

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The experience

You'll be helping us in our gardens, potager, and orchard doing work that we're finding difficult to get done due to time restrictions. Sometimes the work will be very physical, other times repetitive, but always important to us.

Ours is a relaxed household where, apart from your helping hours, you won't be expected to do anything more unless you want to.

We're a non-smoking household - that includes the grounds too.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Requirements

Beginner English or Beginner French

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We ask you to work 5 hours a day, 5 days a week, Monday to Friday. Training in the safe handling of tools and equipment will be given but it should be noted that we do not possess formal training qualifications. We will work alongside you wherever possible.
All food will be supplied and you have access to kitchen to make hot and cold drinks. We may ask you to prepare some food for us all. We eat fish, dairy and a small amount of meat.
Help yourself to the breakfast which will be laid out for you - but we might not sit down and eat it together. We prepare lunch and dinner which we eat together.
Laundry facilities are available.
We will ensure that you get to see some of the surrounding countryside and towns, given current covid restrictions.
We will collect you from our nearest train station. Our home is not accessible by public transport.

Activities & Shift

8.30 until 14.00 (or earlier if you prefer to work whilst its cooler.)
Monday to Friday. Please plan to arrive at the Moulin on a Sunday.

Tasks - cutting firewood. Filling planting holes in the orchard to restore it back into meadowland. Strimming. Turning the compost heaps. Seed sowing and plant propagation. Weeding, pruning and shredding green waste. Simple DIY tasks such as painting. A small amount of housework including sweeping, hoovering and dusting. Some food preparation.

Rules

There is no smoking on any part of the property.

The dogs don't get fed treats - it makes one of them really ill!

Bring your own booze and chocolate!!

We prefer our volunteers to arrive on a Sunday if at all possible.