Coach 1 - The long journey home

We woke up to rain this morning and packed all our belongings up and loaded the coach up. We headed to Chocolaterie de Beussent.
We were shown how chocolate is made, and in turn how they make moulded and coated chocolates.

Of course no visit would be complete without the opportunity to try some chocolate and visit the shop. I suspect that lots of chocolate has made it home as gifts for families - if so, enjoy!

We made it the Le Tunnel on time for our train. The girls go the chance to show their passports to the Border Force staff as we had to get off the coach and go through immigration before boarding the train. This was especially exciting for Molly from 1st Rawcliffe who had never been abroad before, so her passports was very new!
The coach was the first vehicle on the train and we were lucky enough to have an empty carriage in front of us. The Train staff allowed the girls to go into the empty carriage and play games - that was so exciting some of the leaders joined in too!



We got off the train quickly and headed down the M20, only to meet a traffic jam as there was a lorry on fire and they had shut the road. This meant we had to follow a diversion, which in turn meant a delay in getting home - most of us were 2-3 hours late! The girls coped really well with the delay and it was really sad to see groups leave the bus and return home to their families. I'm sure all were really pleased to see parents and share their adventures!
Thank you all on coach 1, especially the leaders (pictured below) for an exciting and wonderful trip!