Summer Camp Ardèche, France
Super Saturday - Ropes course, beach party, BBQ, canoe commando!
Great day here at camp with the A-Team!!!
Things started out as usual, with breakfast at 8.00 and a tent inspection. Yesterdays overcast clouds had vanished into a lovely sunny morning, and after tent inspection, the French students got ready for class while the River Adventure campers jumped into the Moose-shuttle and headed off to the Indy Parc, the local high-ropes course! Once they were there, they spent the morning climbing, crawling, wobbling, and zipping inbetween trees attached with harnesses to the wires. The favourite activity was a 250-m zipline!
After having packed lunch there and coming back for an hour of free time with phones, the afternoon casually rolled into one of the chillest afternoons of the session - the beach party! Counsellors set up activities from swimming to tye-dye t-shirts, to archery, slackline, dreamcatcher making, juggling, and more! Campers were able to float as they pleased between the activities, or just simply kick back with their friends and enjoy the tunes.
When it was about time for dinner, Alain brought down the BBQ and started it up! Very shortly, the mouthwatering smell of grilled sausages and meat patties was wafting across the meadow, and it was all we could do to keep the hungry campers at bay. When all was ready, we laid out tressle tables, and set up a dinner station for campers to collect their food and eat wherever they liked on the lawn. Summer fun!
Finally, after dinner had been eaten and cleaned away, the campers reconvened for the final event of the day: Canoe Commando. Campers had to hide behind strategically placed canoes on the lawn, sneaking forward without being seen by counsellors. At the end of the field they had to retrieve a pool noodle and return it without being seen. Congrats to Sasha and David for rescuing the noodles for their teams - great fun!
Campers are preparing for bed now, and tomorrow we'll be doing the mini descent, the first of our Canoe voyages down the beautiful Ardeche. Stay tuned!
- Breakfast: Cereals, fresh fruits, yoghurt, bread
- Lunch: Wraps with a selection of meats, cheeses, and salads
- Dinner: BBQ - Sausages, meat patties (veg option available), quinoa salad, carrot and raisin salad, coleslaw, green salad, breads. For desert: grilled pineapple
- Subject to change. Vegetarian options always available.
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Latest photos from Ardèche, France
- Beach Party
- Indy Parc Ropes Course
- BBQ
- Canoe Commando
