After an early rise and a long  journey we arrived at the Chateau de la Boudonnière. We had a small tour of the Chateau grounds before we had our supper.

During the day, we were divided into several groups.  There where lots of very enjoyable activities for everyone.

The climbing wall was fun and  challenging.  The assault course was enjoyed by everyone. A very well done to Olli Tipple for being the only one who crossed the stream on a rope at the end of the course.

We also had French lessons and fabrication du pain which were then baked in the afternoon and we had them for supper.

The food was the most amazing food that any of us had ever tasted. We had a 3 course meal for Lunch and Dinner, and we had to explain everything in French before we could start the meal!

The delicious fresh French bread was certainly popular at every meal time with us often going up and asking for ‘Je voudrais encore du pain, s’il vous plait’

The Chateau looked fantastic with all the trees with different coloured leaves and we just loved trampling them under foot. The best thing about the grounds was the mini ferme with rabbits, peacocks, ducks and hens which were all free to roam around the chateau grounds.

Our day out was great. We went to the market and completed a questionnaire and then we were each given some pocket money to spend in the market. We bought all sorts of things including hats, giant baguettes, grub of course, and souvenirs to take back home. Afterwards we made our way towards the Mont St. Michel, but we stopped off for our picnic lunch first, which went down really well.

At the Mont St. Michel we counted the steps up to the top, and we stopped off at the lucky well in our tour of the ramparts. We visited the Abbey at the top, and the views were awesome, especially as it was such a sunny day! Afterwards we did a bit of souvenir shopping before heading back to the Chateau.

The end of the week came too soon, and the final evening was our talent show. Even the teachers did a skit! Our return crossing on the Brittany Ferries boat called ‘Le Mont St. Michel’ was really good and we were able to watch a couple of movies. We arrived back to school in the afternoon exhausted but really happy after a brilliant week. Thanks especially to Monsieur and Madame Westcombe but also to all the other staff.

Alice Day & Charlie Line