📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The small town of Saint Maximin, nestled in the heart of southern Oise’s stone quarries, possesses a particular cultural heritage (troglodyte houses, old open-air quarries, mushroom farms, etc.) that it showcases in a "House of stone" Museum.
After eleven previous successful workcamps, the work goes on! Activities will be planned with the municipal youth commission and you will be participating with them to excursions to the seaside or to Paris for instance. You can expect many exchanges!
💼 What the programme involves
This year, the site aims to restore a hiking trail on a calcareous “larris” in the heart of the town. This larris is an extraction residue of stone quarries that has been covered by vegetation over time to finally become a natural area. Your role will be to reopen the trail by cutting and exporting the plants, to reuse some species (such as hazelnut) to create natural barriers, to create some steps, etc.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep under tents separated for boys and girls, at the football stadium, which will serve for all daily life needs: kitchen, bathrooms…The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together.
📍 About the location
Saint Maximin is located in the South of Creil, in the “Oise Pays de France” Regional Nature Reserve. Several walks are planned in the heart of the Chantilly's forest and in its castle.
For more information: http://www.saintmaximin.eu/
⚠️ Requirements
Bring working clothes and shoes. For the accommodation under tents, bring your sleeping bag and floor mat. Please feel free to bring some food specialties, pictures, musical instrument: things you like and want to share with the group and the local community!
ℹ️ Additional information
Meeting Point:
Chantilly-Gouvieux train station.
Closest airport:
Paris