📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
For historic architecture lovers, stand up for the restoration of the old tower in the town of L’Aigle.
L’Aigle is a lovely town very rich in history, known for its local gastronomy, its meteorite and, of course, its architectural heritage. Among all the listed monuments, the city suggests you discover a new one! You will help to clear, renovate and study an old building looking like a simple tower but which could finally be a former windmill. During your collective leisure times, thanks to different visits, hiking and local animation you will enjoy the beauty and charm of this natural and rural area of France. You’ll also be in touch with the inhabitant, who can’t wait to see you all coming for the first workcamp in their town!
💼 What the programme involves
You will be supervised by two leaders. In this first year, you will take part in the restoration of an old tower, and will learn old masonry techniques: weeding, masonry work, repair the joints of the bricks by using traditional techniques (e.g. lime mortar).
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be staying in a collective accommodation under tents in a field with toilets and a bathroom in a building. The meals will also be taken in the building. 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
L’Aigle is located 70 km North-East of the city of Alençon. For more information about the town: www.ville-laigle.fr/
⚠️ Requirements
You will work on small scaffolding; you should therefore be to be able to work at height.
Please bring gardening gloves, good shoes and working clothes. As the nights can be quite
cold, remember also to bring warm clothes. Don’t forget to bring a sleeping-mat, a warm sleeping bag (and a tent if you own one!). You will be using bicycles during the project. 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 on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
ℹ️ Additional information
Meeting point:
L’Aigle train station.
Closest airport:
Paris