Posts Categorised by 'Red Group'
Husky Dogs To Geneva Lake – Red Group
5th July 2012
Hearing the excited bark of a pack of huskie dogs, we knew that the 6am breakfast had been worth it as we eagerly anticipated our ride on the sledge. Today, we ventured up thousands of metres to the bizarre sensation of stepping foot on snow during July. In fact, for some of our campers, this was the first time they had ever seen snow! We had wrapped up so warm that even the extreme cold and a little rain could not deter us from exploring the perfect white landscape as we travel the wilderness by huskies.After we had reached
our destination, we rewarded the dogs with plenty of love and attention before heading back into the warm for a well-earned packed lunch.
Next, Lake Geneva was calling our name. We descended the mountain by ski lift and two cable cars to find that , in the valley, the sun had come out. We all grabbed our swimsuits and jumped in to the pool. The bravest of us took on the challenge of the diving boards into the lake to find the pontoons a perfect place to dry off…or get soaked again by the boys’ water guns.
A few hours and ice-creams later we boarded the coach for the last time today. We were glad of a refreshing shower and a rest on our return. We experienced an internationally diverse cuisine for dinner, which presented us with Bruschetta for starters, Sweet and Sour Chicken or Veggie Bolognaise for main and a taste of ol’ Blighty for desert with Bread and Butter pudding. Yum – thanks chef Dean!Evening entertainment included some amazing card tricks from one of the campers along with the chance to learn some camping songs in preparation for next week. Can’t wait for orienteering tomorrow.
Red Group Make ‘Pizza’ With Their Archery Skills
4th July 2012
Red Group – Archery & Climbing Wall! With the Blue Group out at the glacier, there were just nine campers in the younger half of the camp. After plenty of toast, Nutella, cereal, fruit and eggs we headed to our language classes of French, English, German, Spanish and Italian. We then hit the tennis courts to practise our ball skills with Rosie and Oli who are both fantastic tennis players from the Camp Suisse Staff.
It was then back to the dinner hall for our campers to discover the wondrous delights that lunch had to offer our hungry stomachs. Delicious tortellini and cheese toasties with Caesar salad was on the menu. After lunch, we gathered next to the water trough; filled our bottles and then followed Sarah, one of the activity team, to the Archery Field where we were first given a briefing about Archery and then a demonstration. Many of the campers’ shots hit right on target too! “Pizza Making” was our favourite game, where each colour of the target represented a different part of a pizza – yellow represented cheese, white was the base, while red symbolised the tomato sauce… I ended up with a “pizza” of 2 bases, olives and chicken!
The climbing wall session began at 15.30 where we had great fun scaling up and down the wall. Due to the small group, everyone had plenty of opportunity to get involved and make use of the 7 different automatic belays so we all had lots of fun and there was hardly any waiting around time! For dinner there was a choice between Camp Suisse Chicken Curry or Roast Vegetable Lasagne with breaded mushrooms for starter, the usual unlimited salad bar and fruit salad with cream to complete the meal. The great variety of choice ensures that nobody ever goes hungry, for there will always be some gastronomic delight to tantalise the taste buds of all our campers! 🙂
The evening activity tonight was Casino, where we had a few table of games like Roulette and Blackjack, then there were other fun games to play like Jenga, Twister and Snap! Everyone enjoyed themselves after an action packed day! Roll on the Glacier tomorrow!
