FRANCE / Davina Weitowitz
We are a young German-Italian couple and have just moved onto an old farm in South-West France. Our dream: we want to be self-sufficient and run a small riding stable for classical dressage.
We chose the farm, because it is secluded and sourrounded by its own meadows and woods, close to the lovely ancient town of Angouleme (10 min.), a cycle ride to the charente river for canoing, swimming and fishing, 1 hour from the sea and of course it is right next to the Cognac region!
It is beautiful, but a lot of work: we are currently fencing 30 hectars of land for the horses (so far just our two), trying to keep up with grass cutting, eliminating invasive bamboo, setting up a veg patch and doing some basic maintenance on the house.
Do you see yourself helping with this? Volunteers will be accomodated either in the main house or the gite next door, which was renovated 2 years ago. Food is provided too. In exchange for 6 hours work per day, 5 days per week. Weekends are off….
If you are interested give us a call on 0033 545647589 (leave a message, as we are probably working in the field)….
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