New Website !

Last but not least, the new website of Les Valades is finished !

You can discover it at the same adress : www.lesvalades.com

It is still available in french, english and dutch language.

Now you can find a better description of the campsite and of the locations, with a lot of photos.

You can even consult our availabilities and make your reservation online !

Visit of the Valades

Here is a visit of the quiet atmosphere of Les Valades in low season : discover the campsite area, some of our wooden chalets and the lake with the swimming-pool...

Pottery workshop

This morning we have taken advantage of the weather which is very good since the beginning of the month

So we have made a pottery workshop with red clay that you leave to dry.

Children made different kind of pots and littles vase and bowls that they could bring back at home.

Speedboat on the lake

Yesterday morning, while the campsite almost waked up, I could try my new toy : my radio-controled speedboat.

It is ideal on the lake, because there is no wave and no current or perturbations, so you have a good control of the machine.
Moreover, the island and the trampoline make a nice itinerary to follow.

Sit on a pic-nic table or just stand on the little sand beach with the feet in the water : a very quiet and relaxing morning !

Barbecue party at the lake

Tuesday evening, the barbecue took place on the edge of the lake.

We were numerous and we very well ate.

To conclude the evening, we made a great fire. Everybody was delighted, and also us !

Victory of the fisherman scarecrow !!!

Sunday 29 in the evening, we went to the presentation with my father and surprise... we have wun the first price of the competition 2007 !!!

Prices succeed one another, and we didn't expect any more to win, but we were very happy, and came back to the campsite, proudly brandishing the trophy, and sharing our joy with the participants.

We will celebrate this victory tomorrow evening, at the occasion of the barbecue party on the edge of the lake.

The trophy will sit imposingly in the reception

Scarecrow time

Every year we participate to the scarecrow festival in Meyrals, at the end of july.

You can have a look on the festival website here : http://epoufest.meyrals.free.fr/


This year the campsite is represented by a fisherman : "Le pêcheur des Valades".

So parents have decorated the fisherman-scarecrow, and the children have made all the fishes imprisonned in its net.

See you on the 29th of july for the results of the competition !

Peter Pan week (3)

Third part of the Peter Pan week this morning : activities for the smallest children.


Soap bubbles


Dance

deftness games

Pirate parlour game


Even the Hook Captain was here !

Each team has been rewarded at the end of the morning.

Peter Pan week (2)

This morning children have finished their characters, and they could proudly posed.

The Peter Pan week (1)

The week is punctuated by games and animation around Peter Pan.

On monday, children have watched the movie "Peter Pan" in the reception.

And today they have done the first part of the Peter Pan workshop : they have made little characters that they will paint tomorrow morning.

Workshop : glass painting

Yesterday morning we have organized a workshop for children : painting on glass plate.

The weather was sunny, we could install ourselves outside.

As you can see, the wokshop was adressing not only to children, but even to parents !

New games on the lake

This year there is a new aquatic game on the lake : the spinning top !

Children hold themself with the handle all around, and the round base makes the spinning top turning on itself.

But the trampoline has been improved, too, with a toboggan-slide !

Children will endlessly have fun this summer !

St Cyprien Bodega

Each summer, in july, you can witness Bodega evening in St Cyprien streets.

The Bodega is a Basque party (south west near Spain) organized by the rugby team of the village.

Refreshment stalls are installed in the main street of the village, but also tables and seats in order to eat.

A fanfare play lively music through the street : drums, trumpets, trombone, saxophone...

The atmosphere is very cheerful !

This fair meets more and more success from year to year, and is being multiplicated in Dordogne villages.

A place for children

This year we have fited up a place in the reception especially for children.

There were already some books and games, but now are there are much more because we have storage spaces.

Moreover, there is decoration, and if you lift up your eyes, you'll see chicken and differents animals^^.

Les Valades in Alan Rogers' guide

We have been in a famous english guide since last year : the Alan Rogers' guide.


Les Valades is introduced as a campsite "which seem to have been a well kept secret (...) with an abundance of well tended flowers and shrubs everywhere you look"


We are very proud of the appreciation they have done of the campsite, and we especially like the customization of their comments for each campsite.


You can have a look on it here :
http://www.alanrogers.com/campsite-info.php?SiteARNo=FR24420