Well, it is the end of the summer so now I can finally write a bit about what I did during July. As you know, I am part the "Eclaireurs et éclaireuses de France" (EEDF). It is a branch of the french scoutism but it has the particularity to be a secular group. Being a scout counts enormously for me because people are always great and we learn values that nowhere else we can learn. It is such a good school for people who wants to learn more about others and even themselves.
This year, we did a camp right on the Mont Ventoux. It was awesome because we were on the hill and we had a wonderful view from up there. The camp is organized so that we, the older (the "Ainés") , are a bit apart from the kids so that we can have different projects and have our own camp. Going on a scout camp basically consists of dealing with what we have, sleeping either in tents or outside, learning to use nature to build things are when we only have this and mainly being with others. Most people who aren't interesting in scoutism think we are just a group of weird kids who eat flowers, poop in the trees and don't take showers but as you know stereotypes are often wrong! (ok... it happens that we forget to take showers for somedays but...).
What I like the most during the camp is the "explo" we got to do. It consists of leaving the camp for 4 days with our small group (we were 8) and without our chief. During these days, we have a map, an itenerary, a tent and the necessary to live and we hike. This year, we went on the crests of a mountain and we slept in different villages. It was quite difficult because we didn't take enough water at the beginning and it was very hot but we managed to finish it! I loved it!
Anyway, after 20 days living like this, it was kind of hard to come back to reality but it's true that sleeping in a bed is not that bad haha.
Here is a picture of our "explo", it was great :
Well... I can only say, bravo. I won't lie, I don't know anything about the scouts (and I had a way more religious image of it in my head), but this actually looks great and I would love to try at least once in my life.... Buuuuuuut I think it's going to be way too difficult for me ^^'
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Celine. Scouts are the best (I am one). And it is amazing. I went this summer to You're up. The European scout gathering. It was just amazing. I am fond of the scouts.
ReplyDeleteLooks great, and the Ventoux is the scene of my own greatest sporting achievement, so doubly good! (Mr Leah)
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