📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
High up on the mountain, with a breathtaking view of the whole Auvergne region, you will have the chance to preserve a stone cabin used by farmers in times long gone.
The village of Anzat-Le-Luguet has a certain number of “burons” which today are in ruin. A “buron” is a small stone building, covered by thick-tiles or slate, that can be found on mountains and high-altitude pastures that farmers use in summer to make cheese, such as the delicious “Saint-Nectaire”. The first international work camp that took place here in 2015 started the renovation work. It's now your turn to continue working on this site, located in exceptional outdoor surroundings!
💼 What the programme involves
Your goal will be to rebuild all of the outer walls of the “buron” up to the lintel of the entrance door so that the roof can then be constructed. You will clear away plants from the other walls and pull down the parts of the building that are the most damaged and rebuild them on good foundations. Alongside a technical instructor, you will learn traditional building techniques using lime mortar.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be sleeping on mattresses on the ground in a big communal room in a former school in the center of the village. Group life will take place in the school with a kitchen, two large activity halls and a courtyard for eating meals outside. The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the preparation of dishes with good products from the market and local producers.
📍 About the location
This work camp is for those who love nature and the great outdoors! Anzat-le-Luguet village is part of the 'Regional Natural Park of the Auvergne volcanoes'. The village is in the heart of the Cézallier volcanic chain, whose highest point is very close: the 'Signal du Luguet' (1,551 m. high). A whole range of activities will be available to you during your free time: hiking, visiting volcanoes and peat lands, seeing local food producers at work, attending village celebrations and visiting an annual music festival on the weekend of 15th August, located 10 km away in a town called Blesle. For more information visit: http://www.tourismecezallier.com.
⚠️ Requirements
You should be a good walker as the workcamp is in an isolated spot. Bring work clothes, walking boots and a backpack. Nights can be chilly, so bring warm clothes and a good sleeping bag. You can also bring recipes from your home country, musical instruments and games. You will get around Anzat-le-Luguet on foot and by car. Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen during the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
ℹ️ Additional information
Meeting point:
Massiac train station.
Closest airport:
Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon or Paris