I was in Cornwall during the 1st and 3rd weeks of August - the often rather cloudy weather didn't put me off - came home with a serious tan - and the sea was the same temperature. :-)
we camped in the highland last year and the weather didnt put us off either. we seem to camp whatever the weather really upto october end of then we use the caravan, we start again in april with the tent
when we started camping the weather was allways fantastic, we were allways really lucky, setting up and packing away, we upgraded to a caravan, then i decided it wasnt for us, and we are back in a tent, and we have had crap weather ever since, its putting me off which is why we are looking at a bongo, we will still use the tent alongside it, will also come in handy as a second car, looking to insure just fire and theft over the winter months so it can just sit on the drive unused
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Quote: Originally posted by rattyhorses on 24/6/2008
we camped in the highland last year and the weather didnt put us off either. we seem to camp whatever the weather really upto october end of then we use the caravan, we start again in april with the tent
ah but you're so very organised rats..that was obvious at the weekend!!
------------- John
May....Le Port De Limeuil, Dordogne Aug....Trinite sur Mer, Sth Brittany
Quote: Originally posted by Sam Coleridge on 24/6/2008
I was in Cornwall during the 1st and 3rd weeks of August - the often rather cloudy weather didn't put me off - came home with a serious tan - and the sea was the same temperature. :-)
So...er.... actually in reality you camped in very warm weather with warm seas....sounds perfect to me!!...shudder to think how those fluffy clouds might have threatened your idyll!!
------------- John
May....Le Port De Limeuil, Dordogne Aug....Trinite sur Mer, Sth Brittany
Quote: Originally posted by rattyhorses on 24/6/2008
we camped in the highland last year and the weather didnt put us off either. we seem to camp whatever the weather really upto october end of then we use the caravan, we start again in april with the tent
ah but you're so very organised rats..that was obvious at the weekend!!
lol i have to be otherwise tons of stuff would get left behind like hubby did one year and forgot the tent lol i wouldnt mind but it was the only thing on his list
Last August in cornwall wasn't perfect. Had to batten down the hatches once or twice, and witnessed others who were stunningly lacking in any basic mechanical aptitude - I suspect they may actually have been reluctant partners trying to sabotage the possibility of any future camping trips.
Mind you, it's very early days yet for me and I was lucky enough to have perfect weather the first time I camped.
... plus I've got into this through watching Ray Mears, and site camping feels like a hotel in comparison.
Everyone seems to be most fed up with the weather, but guess what we can't do a damn thing about that and it's the same weather if you are in a tent or a caravan. I must admit I prefer the rain hitting canvas than tin!
As to the comment about living up North, I take exception to that!! We usually have a long break in the summer in Cornwall, not so great weather last year!! We aren't going this year, not because we've been put off by the weather, but because has taken 2 weeks off this year but split in 2. It's too far for us to travel just for a week! So it's the North Wales Coast and the Lake District for us. The only thing that will stop us is gale force winds!
I think it would be a shame to give up tenting, but I can understand where everyone is coming from. The reason we like it is because we are outdoors, no modcons, I would prefer to camp in nice weather but we live in Britain!! If it wasn't for the rain we wouldn't have such a beautiful green and pleasant land!!
The camping side and being in the beautiful outdoors was the main reason we took camping up. Didnt mind if it was raining, in fact love the sound on the tent, but having to try and pack the tent away dry or dry it when you get home found to be a pain in the neck.
Would like to add that when everyone had the horrendous rain in the summer last year, we enjoyed two fabulous weeks in Scotland (Fort William and Dumfries). Pity the hairy bikers and group of foreign scouts spoilt the Fort William stay.
Is it my imagination or do most of the people who have had bad weather live (and presumably camp) up norff??
Obviously, the solution is to get yourselves down here to civilization where the sun is...;-)
(I'll just take cover...)
I think you could be right. I've been camping since 1972 and the only times I've had really bad weather were my first year (we were backpacking in Snowdonia during dreadful storms and our little ridge tents were the only ones left standing one night) and last year. We usually have a few rainy or overcast days, but it's unreasonable not to expect that in Britain imo.
Mind you, I'm not convinced it's a north/south thing, as we often head north for holidays. I once had a holiday in the lakes where I came back so brown that no-one believed that's where I'd been, and it had rained solidly all week in London, and 3 years ago on the Yorkshire moors we had two days that were so hot we had to drive round in the car with the air con or sit in pubs most of the day as the dog was practically expiring outside!
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Topic: GIVING UP TENTING!
