These are so funny I am in stitches, emvid yours is hillarious!
When I was in my late teens my sister and I went on a cheap camping coach hol to France.We didnt have a clue about camping and on the coach there I was doubled up in pain with cystitis, my sis's legs swelled up like tree trunks. On arrival I was administered morphine but I think the nurse overdosed me on it as I just passed out and slept solidly till morning. My sis sat on her bed crying feeling alone with no one to talk to in a stange place. The next morning we thought we would explore the area on bikes so set off to the nearest village, as it was baking hot so we didnt bother wearing anything but our bikinis. Feeling adventurous in the town I tried to mount the kerb on my bike ( showing off! ) the bike came to a sudden halt and I went right over the front falling in a heap flat on my face in front of the post office. When we got back to the tent, me all battered and bruised we found we were overun with ants and didnt have a clue how to get rid of them.The tents were very close together and there was a really weird couple next door and we could hear them having sex every night despite having their aged mother in law with them who always looked the most dishevelled in the mornng!
Just gotta say thanks for the hilarious stories and Im still desperate to go camping for the first time even more so after reading this. Is not a camping bad experience but when me and OH were first married, we had no dosh, I was 6 months preggers and we saved for a week down to devon. We had an old banger with a rusty roof and thought we would head off West. on the way we pulled over cos I needed the loo so we pulled into a car park.. We were walking along the pavement a bit and all of a sudden a big van carrying pensioners on a day out carreered up the kerb, Hubby quick as a flash pushed me out the way as it was heading for me and it hit him on the shoulders, he went flying into a bush. The van continued up and down the kerb then re joined the road. An old guy was driving but didnt even stop. Luckily oh was ok just a bruised shoulder. we carried on our way and got to Torquay. We parked up and decided to look around for a nice B+B. Next thing we know some lads in front of us started Fighting, just missing us, the police turned up as it got nasty. we eventually found a B+B which was nice. Next morning we decided to drive up to next tourist spot along the coast. Big mistake we drove forever as all booked up and eventually found one quite late. Nets looked ok so we asked if they had a bed for the night. It was quite dark so didnt see much but went to a room that was out of the fifties, smelled of cheesy feet, dirty sheets and horrible. We was so tired we stayed but were kept awake all night by someone snoring loudly in the next room. Next morning, brekkie was swimming in grease so didnt have it and the place was filled with "homeless" people.Think it was an emergency home! We decided to hunt for somewhere decent and headed off for a late breakfast somewhere nice. When it came to paying OH gave his debit card which came back refused. We had got paid that day so knew there should be money in the bank. We were so embarrassed but the owner said the machine was always going wrong so she used one of those manual card machines instead. We had to draw some more money out anyway so went to the nearest bank only to be told there was no money in the account. It turned out our landlord at home had mistakenly taken 2 lots of rent out by mistake. As we were now skint and had to get back from devon to Portsmouth we decided to set off home. Not long into the journey the car started to make funny noises but we kept going and was just approaching the Rownham services (for those who know it)when thick black smoke poured from the Engine. As I was driving I pulled into the garage at the services then flames started coming out. We jumped out the car ran inside and said our cars on fire! Next thing we know guys are running out of the petrol station with extinguishers - probably not the place to stop with a car on fire!! It got pushed over to a safer spot and we waited for the AA man to tow us home. Car was a write off as expected. We laugh about it now, but could of ended a lot worse!.
We've never had a really bad holiday but have had several minor hiccups.
We went camping last year for my husband's 30th with another couple. We arrived late on the Friday as we had been sat in traffic for over an hour to find out friends attempting to pitch a large tent they'd inherited. Not only was it a particularly difficult tent to pitch but as we arrived they managed to snap the elestic one of the poles. With our help and the help of another friendly camper we managed to resucitate it after a lot of struggling.
We then discovered that our airbed had developed a puncture so we fixed it with our handy airbed repair kit. After leaving the glue to dry whilst we bbq-ed in the dark we attempted to inflate it with our noisey electric pump. As it was about 11pm we did this in the car to reduce the noise, not the easiest of tasks, only to discover lots more holes. My OH (who likes his beds comfy) refused to sleep on the ground in the tent so decided to sleep in the front of the car. For some reason I decided to keep him company. (Tent would have been comfier!). Unsurprisingly we woke early to discover we had forgotten any mugs and I am unspeakable until I've had my first cup of tea.
However the rest of the weekend was good and OH enjoyed his birthday despite the little hitches.
Quote: Originally posted by Beccylovespurpl on 10/7/2007
We've never had a really bad holiday but have had several minor hiccups.
We went camping last year for my husband's 30th with another couple. We arrived late on the Friday as we had been sat in traffic for over an hour to find out friends attempting to pitch a large tent they'd inherited. Not only was it a particularly difficult tent to pitch but as we arrived they managed to snap the elestic one of the poles. With our help and the help of another friendly camper we managed to resucitate it after a lot of struggling.
We then discovered that our airbed had developed a puncture (that'll teach me to be smug about their tent!) so we fixed it with our handy airbed repair kit. After leaving the glue to dry whilst we bbq-ed in the dark we attempted to inflate it with our noisey electric pump. As it was about 11pm we did this in the car to reduce the noise, not the easiest of tasks, only to discover lots more holes. My OH (who likes his beds comfy) refused to sleep on the ground in the tent so decided to sleep in the front of the car. For some reason I decided to keep him company. (Tent would have been comfier!). Unsurprisingly we woke early to discover we had forgotten any mugs and I am unspeakable until I've had my first cup of tea.
However the rest of the weekend was good and OH enjoyed his birthday despite the little hitches.
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Topic: Worst camping experience?
