Bread & Cheese

Today we ventured to places we've never been to before on the Normandy trip.  First up was Mr LeBlanc's goat farm. Monsieur used to be a chef before he followed his dream and bought the farm.  He spoke to the children in French (slowly) but they understood everything which, I think, surprised them somewhat.   See our twitter post for a snippet of the talk:

Year 7s discover that they know enough French to learn about goats - what a fantastic morning at the La Saffrie, thank you Monsieur LeBlanc #proudtotravelinpink pic.twitter.com/pa8f8nTvHA

— Brambletye (@Brambletweet) June 26, 2019

We went to visit the animals and the  children were able to groom, feed and milk (?!) the goats.  Not everyone was keen but Will C was awarded a certificate for both milking and being game enough to drink fresh, warm goats milk.  Bea did the same for the girls.

After a lovely picnic (goat's cheese baguettes), we set off off to the boulangerie school.  Here they teach children how bread is made. Children were given dough to knead and manipulate into loaves.  Naturally, Brambletye pupils were pretty creative.  While their creations baked in the bread oven the children  were treated to a French farce "Le Boulanger qui rit" in a charming theatre in a converted barn.  

We finished the day for a run around on a very windy  Gold Beach.  Large waves were rolling in and Mr Gomm reckoned they wouldn't have been so very different on D-Day.  Our hostel is in a village which marks the furthest point where the allied troops ,who landed on Gold, reached on the eve of the first day of the invasion.   The children will be learning more about that tomorrow when we go to Arromanches.

A very windy Gold beach (photos can be deceiving!)

A lovely day.  They should sleep like logs tonight!