{"id":2293,"date":"2013-06-28T17:02:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T17:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/?p=2293"},"modified":"2013-06-28T17:02:19","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T17:02:19","slug":"community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/community\/","title":{"rendered":"Many hands make for light work – community volunteering at La Giraudiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many hands make for light work – community volunteering at La Giraudiere<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed we were not, but after a cracking breakfast of\u00a0Master Crumble, it was all stations go this Wednesday morning! La Giraudiere\u2019s current band of intrepid chaps \u2013 Paul, Marcus, Rob and Dom \u2013 headed down to l\u2019etang Vallier, a nearby lake, geared up and ready for action. The task was daunting: to erect the mega-marquee to be used during Sunday\u2019s much-anticipated 13km\u00a0trail du Brossac\u00a0(watch this space!).<\/p>\n

Before long, we were joined by a veritable fleet of Peugeots, Renaults and Citroens, as a cheerful array of enthusiastic Brossacians made their way to join us in our collective endeavour. Hands shaken and friendly greetings reciprocated , the menfolk swung into action!<\/p>\n

With a remarkable organsiation and not a little bit of Gallic nous, our work proceeded at a genuinely impressive rate, as the poles, pegs and pins began to be put into place. The much appreciated \u00ab\u00a0casse-croutes\u00a0\u00bb of pain rustic, pat\u00e9 and camembert (perhaps even a fortifying tipple!) offered another opportunity for general discussion and French practice \u2013 as well as a hearty second breakfast!<\/p>\n

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La Giraudiere’s trio of suitably proud community volunteers!<\/p><\/div>\n

We got back to work, and were able to complete the job by mid-morning, proving that the old adage\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0many hands make for light work\u00a0\u00bb remains true. As a visitor, it struck me as fantastic that so many people were willing to come out at an early hour and get stuck in to help a local cause. In many ways, it\u2019s emblematic of the good-naturedness and dynamism that is evident in this community, which has been so welcoming to so many of us here at La Giraudiere.<\/p>\n

p.s. fingers crossed for good weather on Sunday! x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many hands make for light work – community volunteering at La Giraudiere Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed we were not, but after a cracking breakfast of\u00a0Master Crumble, it was all stations go this Wednesday morning! La Giraudiere\u2019s current band of intrepid chaps … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2301,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293\/revisions\/2301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}