Summer Camp Ardèche, France
Wednesday - ancient caverns, archery, waterfights!
Another cloudless & breezy day at the Ardeche!
The day began early, with the River Adventure team receiving crisp white Village Camps T-shirts to put on for the first excursion out of camp! After quickly eating breakfast, the crew got to miss out on Tent Inspection with the Kitchen Babes because the bus was arriving at 8.45, to pick them all up and take them to the Caverne du Pont d'Arc, an incredible replication of the Chauvet Pont-d'Arc cave located very close to our camping grounds. The cave contains the oldest known examples of homo sapiens art - cave paintings made with charcoal, of lions, buffaloes, bison, owls, horses, mammoths, and more, all dated from about 36,000 years ago, during the last ice-age. It was a mezmerising hour, being guided through an exact replica of the cave and learning all about the works of art.
After having lunch there, the river crew returned at about 2.00 PM to join the French Language students for the afternoon session of outdoor sports. The french-language students went off to check out some caves, while the river crew split into three groups: one for archery, one for frisbee-golf, and one for swimming. Later we all convened to play volleyball and soccer out on the field.
After coming back for dinner, we had the second night of our 'Secret Friends Box', a box that people can put special anonymous messages to other campers that then get read out after dinner. There are so many new friendships starting at camp! Moose ran a jingle-competition, where several groups came together to write songs that will introduce Secret Friends time for the rest of camp, and the winner went to a last-minute solo performance from Faisal!
After that, everybody went out for a 'water games' on the field, which involved a secret stash of waterbombs (the games devolved VERY quickly into all-out water fight anarchy...) Luckily I'm staying dry in the office but will venture out soon in search of photo opportunities... See you soon!
- 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: Sweet and sour pork with rice and a vege option (tofu and mushrooms). Sweet chilli cold noodle salad, soy and ginger brocolli salad, green salad, olives, pickles, and bread. For desert: doughnuts!
- Subject to change. Vegetarian options always available.
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Latest photos from Ardèche, France
- Archery
- Caverne du Pont d'Arc
- Frisbee Golf
- Waterfight
