wellies and waterproofs are the heart of our camping gear ...... we have had 4 camps this year and every one has been raining, windy and boggy ......... but like you sandi .... the weather does not bother us we are well equipped for it and just let it try and ruin our holiday ........ i find vodka and wine help anything
------------- A tent is like a newborn born baby..... to some they all look the same..... but if its yours it's beautiful.
:o) gillychick
Willows - Laceby March
Lee Valley - London May
Nanctol Wales June
Croatia September
undecided October
We set off at weekend in terrible rain, live near Durham. May have cancelled but grandchildren excited about our trip to Pickering.
Got there and pitched before drops of rain started.
Took wellies and wore them on site most of time, only because grass wet, not muddy.
Went to Scarborough on Sat and kids played on beach. we did have heavy rain shower but went in for cuppa then sun back out. After that odd shower then sun, all day.
Sunday sitting outside tent at 7am blue sky and warm, beautiful and so glad we went afterall.
At home it had rained all weekend!
Camped in -5 few weeks ago and wasnt too keen on that though.
I think camping with a dog puts a real dampener on camping in rain, we have a long haired German Shepherd who takes forever to dry at home when we take him out for an hour in the evening if it's raining never mind for days at a time in a tent. Not many indoor places accept dogs (Crich Tramway Museum- indoor/outdoor parts in the Peak District does if that's useful to anybody) so we tend not to go if weather is forecast like that at the weekend just gone.
Bad weather during our camping trip has never bothered us; we like it better than those scorchingly hot summer days where even the birds go quiet.
What really IRKS me, though: I work full time in shifts and a lot of night time work as well. But it seems that every day off I have it is poor weather, contrary to those nice warm, sunny days when I work. It's not even dry for long enough for a nice few hours of BBQ, which is my other hobby.
The only time we have ever bailed was when we were wild camping in Iceland one September and storms came. We had to drive at about 20mph as the wind was blowing our hired Landrover off the road. We doubted we'd be able to pitch our tent and even if we could it would be dangerous alone in remote sub-arctic areas in such conditions so we found a guest house for a few days until the weather cleared.
We have 2 children aged 6 & 2 and on our first ever tent camp trip in May it was -4 at night and rained during the day, we did 2 nights and enjoyed ourselves. You just have to make the most of it, and wrap up!!
The next trip was last week in North Cornwall, in which we had 1&1/2 sunny days , the rest were drizzly & windy, then we endured the storms beginning on Wednesday night & us adults didn't sleep all night, just laid there in 60. -70 mph winds watching our tent make very strange shapes! & the kids? well they slept through it!! Needless to say we decided to pack up, and leave on the Thursday morning, as we knew that the winds were getting worse.
It hasn't put me off camping at all as it was an experience you don't get sat at home watching rubbish on the tv, and the kids didn't really even notice the bad weather, guess they're used to it!
The rain doesn't put is off going camping, strong winds do. Winds can cause damage to your tent, rain could the odd leak nothing else. That said my 2 boys are 14 and 11 now, so they are happy to sit down and read. They're also happy to walk in the rain as long as there's a hot drink to have when we get back and dry off. Normally they like hot chocolate with wiped cream at the end of long walks or even half way if there's a nice cafe on route.
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Topic: How much does the weather affect you?
