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D iscover farm life 16 A Dash ofDiscovery ◆ The teaching farm in Liart - D2 In an old farmhouse built in typical style, the Maison de la Thiérache visitors’ centre set up a teaching farm almost 15 years ago. It is the starting point for a range of activities - theme afternoons, walks with a pack donkey and "kids’ mornings". Information: Maison de la Thiérache - 08290 LIART Tel. +33(0) 324 544 833 Website: www.fermepedagogiqueliart.fr ◆ In the depths of the countryside - A2 Claudie Boulet-Pierquin has opened a family holiday centre in Regniowez that has been accredited by the Ministry of Youth and Sport. During the school holidays, Claudie, a retired teacher, organises holiday camps for children between the ages of 6 and 11 and offers customised hospitality throughout the year to suit people of all ages. With her husband, Bernard Boulet, a dairy farmer, Claudie and her staff teach people about a dairy farmer’s life and the world of farming in general through tours of the farm, nature rambles, snacks with farm produce and scientific activities on sustainable development adapted for visitors of all ages. Claudie and Bernard’s teaching garden grows the vegetables used to make real “Au Cœur des Champs” soup for adults and children. Evening meals with the farmer are a great opportunity to share and discuss experiences. “Au cœur des Champs” is a member of the national "Accueil Paysan” and “Ecole et Nature” networks. Disabled access. Information: “Au Cœur des Champs” - 2, La Songière - 08230 Regniowez - Tel. +33(0) 324 294 302 Email: aucoeurdeschamps@west-telecom.com - Website: www.aucoeurdeschamps.com ◆ Bienvenue à la Ferme - La Ferme de Girondelle - C2 In the village of Girondelle, in the depths of a lush valley in the Thiérache area of Ardennes, Pascal and Pierrette Brosse welcome you to their farm with their "Bienvenue à la ferme" rooms and table d’hôte meals. Enjoy a snack and discover the taste of real farm produce. The snack is made up of local specialities and includes a drink. With advanced booking: Tour of the farm, light meals, farm snack, birthday “tea”. Information and bookings: Mr. and Mrs. Pascal and Pierrette Brosse 4-6, Grand’rue - 08260 GIRONDELLE Tel. +33(0) 324 543 132 - Email: pierrette.brosse287@orange.fr Website: girondelle.free.fr ◆ Renwez Forest Museum - C3 Renwez, across the border in Ardennes itself, is famous for its forest museum. The timber reception building on stilts houses 7 electronic museography rooms on various subjects using models, puppets, a cinema, information on the planting of conifer forests, flora and fauna etc. Outside, using an audioguide in 4 languages: museum, walks in the 11 hectares of forest, 35 worksites including wooden figures illustrating the various types of work carried out in the forest. A collection of more than 4,000 tools and machines. Several unmissable events such as the two wood chopping competitions and the mushroom exhibition. Souvenir shop, refreshments. Meals available with advanced booking. Conference or meeting room. Disabled access. A very instructive, cultural and interesting place. Musée de la Forêt “Janine and Henri Vastine” Route de Sécheval - 08150 RENWEZ Information: Tel. +33(0) 324 548 266 Fax: +33(0) 324 548 120 Email: musee-de-la-foret@wanadoo.fr Website: www.renwez.fr 17
◆ School Museum - C3 Housed in the old classroom in the village of L’Echelle is a school museum that recreates the atmosphere of a good old country school with equipment from bygone days to show visitors what schools were like in the last century – blackboard, abaci, teacher’s desk, school desks with their porcelain inkwells, glass-fronted cupboards etc. Visitors can flick through old exercise books, school books etc. In this setting, certain people wanted to relive or discover the atmosphere of the famous "qualifying examination". On several occasions, other visitors nostalgically wrote with dip pens and purple ink on "school" paper. In addition to visits, other initiatives allow visitors to think back to the old days and appreciate the changes made between then and now. Musée de l’École d’Hier 1st floor of the castle - 08150 L’ECHELLE Information: Tel. +33(0) 324 330 299 or +33(0) 324 358 022 Email: musecoledhier@orange.fr ◆ Priory workshops - A2 A small museum illustrating the life and work of Father Bonaventure Fieuillien. Exhibition of the Father’s work. Les Ateliers du Prieuré 24, rue de l’Europe - 08230 REGNIOWEZ Information: Tel. +33(0) 324 541 478 18 A Nugget ofNature North-West Ardennes is a land of contrasts, unusual for the three geomorphological units for which the Ardennes are famous - the Pre-Ardennes peaks (Thiérache), the Pre-Ardennes depression (Sormonne Valley) and Ardenne (Rocroi Plateau). The Rocroi Plateau To the north-east of the area is the vast Rocroi Plateau carpeted with woodland and dotted with clearings large and small in which villages and hamlets have been built. It covers an area stretching from the Belgian border to a line between Signy-le-Petit and Renwez. The average altitude is approximately 350 metres but is much lower to the south and west. The geological nature of the subsoil makes crop growing difficult. The Rocroi Plateau has various ecological locations including the “rièzes”, peat bogs with particularly interesting flora and fauna. Thiérache Ardennaise To the south-west of the area is the eastern edge of the vast natural region of "Thiérache” which stretches over the départements of Aisne, Nord and Ardennes and juts into Belgium. This is an area of rolling hills and dales. The highest point is the Butte de Marlemont (292 metres). Thiérache Ardennaise is nicknamed "Little Normandy" because of its hedgerows, pastures and stock breeding. Numerous rivers rise in this area e.g. the Audry, Aube and Serre. Sormonne Valley The Sormonne Valley is a corridor filled with meadows and fields of crops. It lies between the Pre-Ardennes peaks in the south and the uplands of Ardennes in the north. In fact, it corresponds to the Pre-Ardennes depression. It is wide upstream from Laval-Morency and downstream from Sormonne, but becomes narrower and rugged around the town of Chatelet-sur-Sormonne. The River Sormonne flows diagonally through the area in a north-west to south-east direction before joining the River Meuse in Charleville-Mézières. 19
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