📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Peyrilles is located in Lot. This town of 600 inhabitants will welcome this year its first workcamp! This municipality, hidden at the door of Quercy, gives its inhabitants an exceptional living environment. In the heart of the green valley of the Lot, numerous Perigordian buildings surround the castle of Peyrilles which is restored and maintained by the local people. The local associations and the communal employees work regularly to preserve these places where many local events are organized. An english speaking community has been established on the town for a few years now, attracted by the natural and cultural treasures of Peyrilles.
💼 What the programme involves
The municipality has chosen to organize the working time mainly on the first two weeks of the workcamp with a weekend work to help organize the local festival. And so the volunteers will have their last week as free time.
The first two weeks the volunteers will be divided into two groups: a work on the roof of the Chapel Bonnet (2 km from their place of accommodation): roof tiles replacement. Scaffolding will be set up on the first day of construction. Under the supervision of a municipal employee, the volunteers may work if necessary from 7 am, if temperature is too high. - a work of development of the path leading to the castle: clearing and laying steps, concrete base and then laying of log. The supervision will be done by volunteers of the heritage association of the castle of Peyrilles (English speaking). On 03 and 04 August the town organizes a local festival with a country meal on Saturday and a dance party on Sunday. The young people will be invited to participate in the organization of this weekend especially during the installation of the tables and the help to the service of the meal on Saturday. On Sunday a help for the storage and installation of the party will be asked. The following Monday they may be asked to participate in the storage and cleaning of the party.
From Tuesday, August 06, volunteers will have a deserved rest after 7 consecutive days of work.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be housed in two communal apartments located in the heart of the village, 3 bedrooms each. You will be divided by 2 per room (some rooms will be equipped with two single beds and other with double beds). In both apartments you will have access to sanitary and shower. For meal preparation, you will have access to a municipal kitchen. You will cook your own meals: do not hesitate to bring specialties or recipes to discover the other members of the group! You will be required to participate in daily tasks (kitchen, dishes, cleaning etc.). The association can not take care of you if you arrive before the start date of construction, or beyond the end date of stay.
📍 About the location
Peyrilles is an active town : the inhabitants are mobilized to organize many events on their commune. You will be invited to participate in each of them! The bread oven is lit several times a year in order to organize festive meals with the whole community. You will have the opportunity to cook some pizzas! The restaurant Mourgue http://www.restaurantmourgues.fr/ in the heart of the village prepares "la Mique levée", emblematic dish of the Lot that you will have to discover. You will have the opportunity to discover the surroundings with the village of Rocamadour, and the chasm of Padirac.