We leave for Anglesey on Tuesday morning, wet weather gear will be packed, hope to see some sun but a few days of rain we can live with. Being stuck in a tent with the sea but five feet away is way better than working in my book, THE sun is over-rated
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We always seem to come back a day early. I pay for 7 nights, but like the idea that I have a choice when I go on the last day. I would hate to wake up with torrential rain and know that I had to pack up by a certain time. This way we pack up and then go out for the day.
We seem to so far, touch wood, been luck with the pitching and packing days they have been really nice and the rest has been awful.
I find it hard watching the caravanners packing up as it looks so easy.
I've found a new way of NOT losing my money when I book a site. I book for the minimum amount of nights allowed (usually 2 nights). When I turn up I pay for the 2 nights but always let them know that if the weather stays ok then i'll stay longer. Ive never been refused yet.
SANDRA - Many thanks for the info. I must give that site a try.
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we didn't go camping for four days in Devon This week.
We did the 1st week of the Chy Carne Cornwall meet, we packed up mostly in the dry on Saturday, and stayed over in another's campers spare pod on Saturday night, but after looking at the latest forecast for Devon on Sunday - Wednesday, we decided it wasn't worth it, £88 (what we paid in advance for the site) is a small price to pay for a happy dry sleep when we got home.
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Oh I am feeling a bit fed up now. Have booked to go to Scotland next Monday for five nights and the forecast is rubbish. We have coped with weekends when it has been wet and our tent is very weatherproof but if it rains every day its not much fun.
We booked this in January and everyone is really looking forward to it. Guess we will just have to take the wet weather gear and get on with it. We cut one trip short last year because the forecast was really bad, gale force winds etc. I wanted to brave it out but OH insisted on getting the tent down before the winds came. He was right, driving home the weather was awful.
Guess you take the rough with the smooth when you are camping!
Hiya ANGEDAWS where abouts in Scotland are you coming to? In the north east its been nice, we came back early and its been glorious sunshine
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Quote: Originally posted by dezzie on 06/8/2009
I've found a new way of NOT losing my money when I book a site. I book for the minimum amount of nights allowed (usually 2 nights). When I turn up I pay for the 2 nights but always let them know that if the weather stays ok then i'll stay longer. Ive never been refused yet.
SANDRA - Many thanks for the info. I must give that site a try.
We're the same Dezzie pay for 2 nights then if we want to extend then we're not losing out on any money, The campsite is well worth it, cant wait to go back again next year
------------- Sandra
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We were in Pembrokeshire the same week (Nr Saundersfoot) and appear to have missed ALL of the wind! (The site was at the bottom of a valley)
Apart from the rain showers (and one day that was just horrid) we had no problems at all - I genuinely didn't realise that the wind had been that devastating..... we had a few moments where we felt it "getting up a bit" but nothing that caused us any concern, even for a second.
Went to St David's on the miserable rainy day, and did notice that one of the camp sites at the edge of the beach in Newgale did have a few outfits that looked like they had suffered from the wind, but I subconciously put that down to them not being pitched/guyed very well
I guess you were the lucky ones! As I say, our tent was not in the best of states before we even got there, but everyone seemed to be suffering the effects and site went from being fully-booked on the Saturday (change-over day) to half-empty by Wednesday! The perils of cliff-top / coastal camping I guess... Apparently the top ripped off a tent pitched behind us (on the Sat night I think?) - we completely missed this though, I think we were too busy trying to control our own...
I had my eye on that site in Newgale when we booked this one, but they didn't take bookings and daren't risk it - it never looked over-full when we passed it (drove past 4 times in all) so I think next time we may take the risk! I thought most of the tents seemed fairly unscathed, apart from the odd collapsed dome
It was actually fairly calm and dry by late Wednesday morning... but by then the damage had been done! Forecast was for more rain to come and everything soaked so not much choice really
Where was that? We're going to Freshwater East on Saturday - weather is looking good (amazingly) although I'll believe it when I see it
It was Caerfai Bay, St Davids. Lovely site - just a shame about the weather! Was our first time in Pembs. and we will definitely return, hopefully to a little more sunshine!
The first time, many years ago, was after four days of constant torrential horizontal rain straight off the Atlantic to our West Highland wild site on the beach. The tent was fine, but everything and everyone was sodden wet through, and even the paraffin stove was struggling to stay afloat. Brilliant experience !
The other time was when the combined moaning and whinging of the family about the really vicious midges persuaded me that peace would only return when we returned to civilisation. Even the dog was whining, and refusing to venture out past the mesh barriers on the tent doors. Not pleasant.
Quote: Originally posted by jaysere03 on 01/8/2009
I really carnt see the point in hanging around in a wet tent a wet feild with nothing to do.
I don't mind for the odd day or two. During the day we'll still go walking unless it's really so bad it's unsafe. We take the opportunity of cooler weather that means we can leave the dogs in the car for a little while and go and do things where we can't take them with us or go to pubs, or sit in the tent and read, play scrabble, do crosswords and Mr F will sometimes take the opportunity to play his infernal guitar (very quietly, I make sure of that!).
It's when it goes on for day after day it gets gutty, and even then it's the practical things that get to me. Last year we never got the dogs, our coats or our towels properly dry for about 10 days!
Its South West Scotland we are headed to, and it looks like the West is going to get the worst of the weather. We live on the Yorkshire Coast and the forecast doesnt look too bad here!! Mind you the forecast keeps changing and all the weather websites are giving something different so who knows. Never been to the area before so I am sure we will have a great time.
Hi Angela, we were like that last week with all the weather sites were saying different, it was pretty awful, we enjoyed ourselves during theday butnight was bad with hardly any sleep. Are you going near Ayr? Its nice there the Robbie Burns house is worth a visit
------------- Sandra
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I am venturing to Derby the last week in August with my daughter and grandson - hubby dropping us off and just staying the odd night as work allows. Feeling a bit nervous as never camped without a means of getting TT off site. Still if it gets horrendous will kip in the car and leave TT for hubby to pick up.
Amazing family weekend with old steam engines, classic car displays, market stalls, and full catering and bar. And camping on site - Save £25 by booking in advance.
Topic: We packed up and came home early :-(
