Author Archives: La Giraudiere
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 websiteLa Giraudiere goes mobile
Well due to many enquiries about the working holiday or volunteers project arriving via mobile telephones and mobile devices La Giraudiere now has it’s own section of mobile website which is situated at the following link La Giraudiere Mobile website … Continue reading
All quiet at La Giraudiere
Hi all sorry been very quiet for the last 2 weeks but have been busy sorting out Sidney who has has a few problems and been very busy carrying out maintenance on the web sites and pages. Firstly thanks to … Continue reading
A Dune Day and a Working Man’s Dinner
Woke early and went to the Dune at Pilat (or Pyla). It was so much fun, but quite a workout walking all the way up and down. We went all the way down to the coast and ‘had a paddle’ … Continue reading
The Last Full Workday.
Brenda continued her week as mum. Elizabeth had little jobs to keep her busy all day. She cleaned up the steps, pulled some weeds and killed the moss. Gabrielle looked at the architecture and ground plans for La Giraudiere. What … Continue reading
Our Last Trip to the Market
Our day started with the usual Monday morning market in Chalais. It was sad because it’s everybody’s last trip to the market today.We also stopped by Denise’s friend, who sells cheese! We got a large slice of Beaufort and a … Continue reading



