📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
You will participate in the restoration of 3 springs : the eve’s spring has a poetic and inspiring atmosphere for those who know how to listen. Your mission will be to enhance and upgrade this place so that it’s natural beauty be restored, working consciously, respecting its rich environment, and paying particular attention to its flora and fauna. You will be brought to upgrade the place so that it makes people want to stop or stay there. At the Borel Spring, there is an old stonewall that has been invaded by wild vegetation. These small walls contain all the history of the region, particularly in Septfonds where over the years a dozen quarries were exploited. Your task will be to enhance this wall as well as to install a picnic table which is, in fact, also a very large stone. Finally, in Morgues Spring, where there is a an old lavatory, the work will consist of restoring this construction structure, sanding off the paint on the poles as well as applying coatings.
Also, with the help of a professional artist, you will create a Land’Art exposition around one of the springs. And in the context of the Fountains poetry festival, you will have the opportunity to make a show with a famous storyteller from the region.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In a dormitory with kitchen and bathroom in Septfond Stadium.
📍 About the location
Location: Septfonds, 90km Northeast of Toulouse, between Cahors and Montauban.
Leisure activities: The city will prepare friendly and festive activities for you. You will have the opportunity to participate in a group picnic and an evening outings to observe amphibians such as frogs and salamanders etc. In addition, you will be able to explore the village (dolmens, chapel, water fountain, memorial site, and old chapel manufactures) encountering the warmth of the inhabitants in the process. You will appreciate wandering around in the alleys of medieval cities such as Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, Bruniquel or Penne, or walking around Montauban, a village of art and history where Ingres -the master of Neo-classic painting- was born. In this wonderful region surrounded by the Aveyron Canyon, canoeing, hiking and swimming will highlight your relaxation time.
Closest train station: Caussade (Tarn et Garonne, 82300)