Summer Camp Ardèche, France
Day 1 at camp
The first day of camp is well underway!
The campers were woken at 7.30 this morning, and surprisingly, no-one had to be kicked out of bed in time for breakfast at 8:00!! (yet....). After breakfast, everybody raced back to tents to prepare for the first Tent Inspection, where the kitchen babes Coco and Dodo inspect all of the tents on their cleanliness and award points. After inspections, we all quickly got ready to head off to the morning sessions: French lessons for the language kids, and caving, climbing, and canoeing for the others. I followed the cavers and we had an awesome time, getting stuck deep in the mud amongst the stalactites and stalagmites, crossing through icy water, playing games in the pitch black, and taking cool photos with candles and time-lapses!
Every group reconvened at camp for lunch before the afternoon missions: rotating around to hiking, caving, climbing and canoeing. The canoe groups are learning the fundamentals for the mini- and grand-descents, and every camper is taking note on their favourite activities for the option days. I followed the youngest River Adventure team R1 (Diego, Fawal, Marc, Mo, and Eliott), on a hike up to the top of the cliff beside the VC campgrounds. We painted a flag beforehand and posted it at the top, before calling out to Moose who was shouting back to us from the field below!
At 1700, everybody made their way campwards again for Apres, which is free time for swimming, arts and crafts, chilling out, and playing football. After dinner we'll be playing Kankun - a game involving a lot of running around and screaming (I'm still not clear on the rules, but it looks like a lot fun!)
- Breakfast: A selection of breakfast cereals with fruit, yoghurt and honey. Baguette with butter and jam. Orange and apple juice.
- Lunch: Wraps with a healthy selection of salads, hummus, cheese, salami, ham, eggs, avocados, sauces, pickles, and veges!
- Dinner: Tonights dinner is a delicious spaghetti bolgnaise, with greek salad, pasta salad, potato salad, and a selection of breads, olives, and pickles. Desert is freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies. Mmmm!
- Subject to change. Vegetarian options always available.
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