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About La Giraudiere

The whole idea of the La Giraudiere project is for people of all backgrounds, all ages, all nationalities to have the chance to live together learn about each others lifestyle exchange their knowledge, experiences and skills whilst living and working together in France and at the same time helping, improving and adding to the Project for those to come in the future. To see the different types of volunteers work that has been done and what is still required visit our website

The chaux must go on!

Thursday 16th August 2012 This almost sunny morning, Yan is working on her map and the guys and Lynne have all been working together on the walls under gîte 4, with Mark and Paul doing the plastering, James doing to … Continue reading

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Quiet day in Brossac

Wednesday 15th August 2012 Today started off a bit cooler than the past week and we even had some rain in the afternoon which quickly dried up once the sun came out. Paul and Mark were busy making the finishing … Continue reading

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Getting down to business

Tuesday 14th August 2012 So it’s that time of week again – the start of the working week – and everyone carried on with their assigned tasks. Paul and Mark were busy on the wall of the disabled toilet under … Continue reading

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A busy weekend for those at La Giraudière!

Well this weekend at LG has been jam packed full non-stop of fun! On Saturday, Fiona, Lynne, Yan and Emily spent the day in the beautiful city of Bordeaux. We took Paul’s good advice about taking the bus tour before … Continue reading

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Yan arrives all the way from Hong Kong

Yan is a part-time artist from Hong Kong  who took a long eleven hour flight to Paris to then arrive at LG almost three weeks ago. In her first few weeks, she has been doing some gardening and trimming the … Continue reading

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