46 Things we found out on our trip to Normandy
1. There are no icebergs in the English Channel
2. Rosie B makes an excellent face pack out of mud
3. Jessica K can be passed off as a French girl.
4. If you sit near Lois, be prepared to have a ringing in the ears for the next two hours (Just ask Mr Britten.
5. Remy enjoys nothing more than watching a DVD in the bathroom!
6. It is cheaper to send a postcard from France to England than it is to send a postcard from Portsmouth to Nottingham!
7. Alex H thinks sucking sweets on a ferry stops your ears popping!
8. It is impossible to take a bad photo of Faith.
9. Ben W can learn a foreign language in two days.
10. James S refuses to pay to use a toilet – quote “I’m not paying to do my business!”
11. Dans tu fas! = In your face!
12. Rohan can make a bed sheet out of email messages.
13. You can never be too wet or too muddy.
14. “Joan of Arc had big boobies!” Ben W
15. “She should be called Booby see her!” James P
16. Victoria will eat absolutely anything.
17. Isabella can make a skirt out of newspaper.
18. Isobel is never happier than when shopping.
19. Francesca will put nail varnish on everything but her nails.
20. Miss V is unsteady in the mud.
21. Mr B can survive a week without a towel!
22. Mrs Birdi will be tackling Mount Everest next year – as long as it’s sunny!
23. Cameron is the inventor of the cottage pie sandwich (patent pending)
24. Jessie P has developed a taste for cider.
25. Katie M will swim anywhere.
26. Anna W is hoping to represent GB, in canoeing, at the 2020 Olympics.
27. You can never have enough sockets.
28. Children can communicate with the aid of an electronic gadget.
29. Tatziana hates being cold.
30. Amelia will store her clothes anywhere except her drawers.
31. During the week, Anushka ate more snails than croissants.
32. Money burns a hole in Sarah Sunman’s pocket.
33. Annabelle’s leg has the same properties as a mood ring.
34. Lewis has a dream that all bread will be snowman shaped.
35. George knows the difference between a French and Belgian moustache.
36. Harvey is a clothes horse.
37. Don’t stand in front of Remy when he has a bow and arrow in his hand.
38. Diesel is cheaper than petrol in France.
39. Wine is cheaper than beer, cider and PowerAde.
40. Pip is determined to prove that “Man can live by bread alone!”
41. Maddy has a future in the army due to her ability on the assault course.
42. The French birds love William D
43. Georgia is a name that no Frenchman can spell.
44. Alana would rather crawl in mud than eat another snail.
45. There is not enough space to describe the adventures of James P. Here a few key phrases – airfix buying, coat losing, photo taking, card trick performing, snail eating, snail spitting, canoe capsizing, nightmare tidying…
46. David Walliams got to France quicker than we did and he swam!
