Yesterday we were having too much fun with the Spencers to be fill in the blog… sorry!
After a completely promising start… stew pumped me a coffee, and delivered it to my bunk! the sun was shining and the children were lovely!
The day started with a leisirely cycle into the local town. It was only about 1Km from the site, but there were 4 children and 4 adults to coordinate on this mammoth task! Once we had found the right cycle path we were sorted! Mainly downhill, along the side of a pine forrest, the cycle was easy and fun. Penny and Holly really enjoyed each others company, and Henry certainly enjoyed the “unicycle ride”! we arrived and abandoned the bikes just outside the small market. Just as we had finished the bikes a man on an accordion stated playing… it was like a scene from “Allo Allo”… with a beautiful cobbled street and a church to match the moment could’t have been more french! The market itself was a little disappointing… with a few sweet stalls, once cider stall and some random toys. As we moved through the handful of stalls, we could hear what I can only describe as the french derek from the frog and frigate, sitting on a bar stool playing acoustic guitar outside a bar with a pint of beer. We decided that we would find a spot, grab a coffee or an oragnina and enjoy the moment! The girls played marbles, the boys wanted the guitar in fascination and the grown ups just chilled for a blissful relaxing moment, including a French version of the Rolling Stones’ Sympathy for the Devil!
We cycled back to the campsite… it’s enormous. We decided to do a lap of the site, and saw an idea for a break later in the year, the coolest tree houses which you had to climb a ladder! amazing and definitely one for my bucket list!
Time to head back for a lunch of pate, cheese and still warm bread…. after which the girls chilled a bit more and played marbles whilst the boys enjoyed a game of football. Katie and I sat down and meant to read our books… but just ended up putting the world to rights. Stew went for a pint with fraser too!
We gave the kids and early tea, before heading over to the “ibiza pool party” which was very cold!!! the children loved staying up late at the pool and the loud music, and fraser enjoyed the slides. We headed home and got the children warmed up and snuggled down for the night…. before we decided on a takeaway pizza for ours. Spenny and I decided it would be fun go on Henry’s unicycle – or better known to most as a tag-a-long bike! hilariously with me on the front and Spenny on the back we cycled down the path, how the bikes survived I have no idea… photos to follow….we decided to walk!
A lovely, less cold evening followed probably with a little too much wine, and very happy mummies and daddies! cracking fun!
This morning was a similar affair in terms of a leisurely get up, this time we had to pack freckle up and get ready for our departure. We were packed quickly and then headed over to the pool for a morning of fun! slide races, wave pool fun, mummies being dunked and children with huge smiles were all the order of the day. around lunch time we headed back for a repeat of the previous day lunch before all squeezing into Freckle and headed to the ice cream parlour for a last event as a gang…. as we waved goodbye to Domain des Ormes and the Spencers, we looked forward to our favourite place, Noirmoutier and all the fun that would have in store.
We made good time on the journey, and I obvs loved the Nantes bridge!! (goes without saying). Once arrived, camp was set up in super quick time…. the sun was shining, the sea was blue and we headed to the little restaurant on site and had a fest of mussles and pizza, fraser found some friends to play table football with and life literally couldn’t be any happier for team adamson this evening! I absolutely LOVE IT here!!!
I will update again tomorrow! Promise!

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