Kit List (Craigmount)

Overseas Adventure What to bring Your clothes are likely to suffer wear and tear and also get dirty and wet. Please bring several changes of old clothes for activities - not jeans. All tops worn during activities must cover your shoulders to protect you in the sun. General Additional items Suitable nightwear Down sleeping bag – Ideally could be compressed to fit in hand luggage Underwear – 2 pairs per day Towels x 2 – One for showering and 2 x Shorts/leggings/tracksuit older one for after wet activities bottoms for evenings 3/4 t-shirts/tops Bin bags for wet/dirty clothes 1 shirt/top for discos Sun cream – (MUST) Can’t leave for activities if you don’t have it 1 pair trainers for land-based activities Drinks bottle – (MUST) Flip flops/sandals for free Can’t leave for activities if you don’t have it time (optional) Jumper/hoodie for evenings Insect repellent Waterproof jacket Travel pillow (Optional) Can stuff sleeping bag case if necessary

For activities Small rucksack – Could be used as hand luggage Water shoes/old trainers (Must have toes covered for water-based activities) NOT WELLIES, FLIP FLOPS or Travel items OPEN TOE CROCS! Passport Shorts and T-shirts (3 minimum) EHIC 2 x swimsuits/swim shorts Pocket money – 10 euros a day max. (Bikinis not appropriate for Some Sterling £ for the Activities) (Optional) Rash vest Medication - (Inhalers/hayfever Sun hat tablets/travel pills)

Sunglasses – (Retainer strap if possible) Lost property Please label everything your child brings. Children are responsible for their own belongings – it may be useful to provide a list of items packed. Lost property is hard to track down after a visit and there is a small charge for returning items.

Flight Details

• Outgoing - FR4188 (Saturday 13th May)

(Meet at Craigmount for 5:00am –

Coach travel to Glasgow Airport. Arrival approx. 6:00am) • Departure: Glasgow Airport – 08:15 • Arrival: Airport – 11:45

• Incoming - FR1286 (Friday 19th May)

• Departure: Marseille Provence Airport – 09:25 • Arrival: Edinburgh Airport – 10:55

Departure details: Please arrive at Craigmount High School at 04:45am. We will be leaving Craigmount for Glasgow International Airport at 05:00am for our departing flight on Saturday. We will meet in the school car park.

Baggage: Hold Luggage baggage allowance is 15kg. All students will be allowed carry-on baggage up to 10kg (55cm x 40cm x 20cm) Remember it may be useful to carry sleeping bags in your carry-on baggage. More information on baggage available

Emergency Contact details

Emergency contact should be made to Craigmount High school 0131 339 6823 In the event of an out of hours emergency then the contact numbers for our residential sites are:

Please note these numbers should only be used Domaine de Segrais – 0033475386399 in the event of an extreme emergency. All general Mimosa - 0033467374570 enquiries should be directed to Craigmount HS and contact will be made from there.

Ultimately we operate a no news is good news policy but please follow us @CraigmountPE where we will hopefully update you on all the exciting things we are getting up to.

Trip Itinerary

Important information

An update from PGL:

Before you depart the UK we wanted to provide some information on current weather conditions in the Ardèche.

We are advising groups travelling to us in the next week to bring extra warm clothes and waterproofs as we have had a large amount of rain. We are also monitoring river levels, as they need to be within certain safe limits in order for the Ardèche descent to take place. We are hopeful that canoeing will be able to proceed as normal; however, should the bad weather continue, we have plenty of land-based activities available, so please be assured that we will still provide a fun and educational experience for you all.

The weather forecast for next week is more promising, so your stay at Mimosa should be unaffected.

Please note that past weather is not a direct indicator for future weather but it is worth being well prepared. Let’s hope the weather changes for the better.

Important information