Summer Camp Ardèche, France
It's a beautiful day
We were greeted with yet another warm and wonderful day here in the Ardeche. Courageous campers have found themselves high up rock faces, deep down caves and cliff jumping into the most refreshing river water.
Activity Groups 1 and 2 spent the entire day at a Via Ferrata course, an hour drive hour at the pretty village of Theuyts. Climbers took charge of their own safety, clipping into ropes whilst climbing and traversing up, down and all around the beautiful river gorge.
Teams of 4 or 5 worked together to ensure buddies were clipped in correctly, and encourage those who felt a little uneasy. There was an exhilarating Tyrolienne zip line from one side of the gorge to the other, and the activity was completed with a well earned swim and cliff jumping the cool, clear river.
The group Les Francais enjoyed their daily French lesson in the morning, covering terminology of the activities been taken at camp, playing the traditional French game of Petanque, and making mosaics of map of France.
After lunch, the group was given the opportunity to get muddy! Gary, our very own camp village cave guide extraordinaire, took the team through the underworld, studying all kinds of cave formations and wading through cold pools of water.
The evening finished off with the 'Egg Shoot', a fun game show where teams had to earn 'Village Camp Thuro' money to purchase goods and build a protective casing for a raw egg. The casing was tested by being shot out of a catapult and walloped into oblivion! Great team work and entertainment.
- Breakfast: Cereal, bread & fruit
- Lunch: Baguette, meat, cheese & salad
- Dinner: Creamy chicken pasta, salad & apricot pie
- Subject to change. Vegetarian options always available.
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Latest photos from Ardèche, France
- Caving
- Via Ferrata
- Swimming
- Egg Shoot
