Like many, the managers of the Les Terres de Belle Rive campsite in Candes-Saint-Marton were surprised by the force of the flood in Vienne over the Easter weekend. In a very short time, sixty places and accommodation that the camp offers were found under two meters of water. With the season just starting, they need to clean everything and put it back in working order their equipment. Faced with the scale of the task, managers launched an appeal for help.
Two weeks after the flood, a twenty volunteers have already come to their aid. Thanks to their help, Emmanuelle Riou and her companion estimate already able to reopen the playground and part of the accommodation from their campsite on Saturday, April 20.
“Thanks to them”
“We got help from family, of course our friends, but we also saw people coming that we didn’t know or who weren’t campers.recalls Emmanuelle Riou, owner. Thanks to them. Clean up, put everything back in its place, it goes by itself, but we go much slower and we will be able to reopen there next Saturday (April 20). It’s thanks to them.“The camp is starting to take shape around that.
Part cabins swept away by the waves during the flood they already found their original place six meters from the shore, behind the trees. We managed to set up the tents and mow the field. “Now you need to check which appliances are still working and find dishes to replace the ones that were taken away.”, enumerates Flore, one of the volunteers who came to help clean trailers.
“We have to reopen, it’s our working tool”
Like her, there are a total of around twenty of them who took turns working with the managers during the two weeks after the waters rose. Some, like Laëtitia, a friend of the managers, do they took advantage of the downturn start cleaning”while water can still help us move the heaviest thingspp. We were up to our waists, but it wasn’t cold“, he recalls.
AND more than an effective helping hand in the face of greatness damage estimated at 50,000 euros by Emmanuelle Riou. “That swallows up all our cash. So we need to reopen as soon as possible so we don’t miss the start of the season completely.“