We are famous for picking the wrong weeks to holiday weatherwise. People who know us, avoid going away when we do - unless they WANT rain and gales! But do you know what guys we are off to Cornwall for 10 days on Thursday and look at the weather forecast. Yippee! ( Or have 'they' got it wrong again?)
From having spent the last thirteen years 'down there' I can say that it has started to rain the nearest weekend to the 20th July (when the snappers break up) for three of the last four years.
I would avoid the two weeks after that like the plague, but the queues on the M5 coming out of Gordano tell me that it doesn't happen.
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We are in Cornwall at the moment got Sun burnt yesterday and today we got drenched!
------------- Easter - Burford
May - WoodFarm Dorset
June - IOW
Aug - can't decided
October - Yorkshire
Plus many more weekends at every possible chance!
please dont use all the sun up....we arent there till August!!!
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Feb 2014- Lady Heyes
April 2014- Jasmine Park
May 2014 - Jasmine Park Again....
July 2014 - Gwithian
Oct 2014 - Beverley Park
Jago, I thought we were the only ones who made the bad choices. We chose France instead of Cornwall this year, and the weather was mainly wet. We arrived at Lac d'Orient to the pleasure of an 'orange alert'!!!
Happy days!
Bertie.
Yes we too have enjoyed France in the rain. We found if you can make your stay long enough and travel around a bit - like top to bottom - you eventually find some sun and see a lot of beautiful France.
Quote: Originally posted by Jaygo on 03/7/2013
Yes we too have enjoyed France in the rain. We found if you can make your stay long enough and travel around a bit - like top to bottom - you eventually find some sun and see a lot of beautiful France.
Will have to report back on weather in Cornwall.
Well, out of just over 6 weeks, we had about one week of fine days, and about half of that was with sunshine. We did not move around much, because others returning from various areas were reporting much the same situation.
Plus, the van got bogged down and it took me all of one day to finally get it decently positioned, so we stayed put at Lac d'Orient for four weeks.
Several caravanners/motorhomers said they thought the French campsite owners/managers have become a bit lax outside their July/August peak period, and recommended Germany and Austria as better value. I did feel that some of the criticism was justified.
Bertie.
Yes we noticed that last year,French campsite owners do little to improve pitch conditions even 4* campsite pitches can be quite rough and ready.
What a terrible shame about your holiday,it is so expensive now to get your 'van and selves over there plus all the organising and travelling, hope you fare better with future trips.
We go the end of the month. Have been going down there since 1965. Whatever the weather you can have a great time. But I must say when the sun shines, there is no greater beach than Crantock. We have given up what the weather forecasters say now. We just take each day as it comes and make the best of it whatever the weather is doing.
We have given Cornwall a miss this year as August was so poor there last year, and the year before. You can cope with a bit of rain on holiday, you just role with the punches, but the persistent daily drenching does get boring in the end. So this year we have put our holiday eggs in a French basket. Only Benodet in Brittany but keeping everything crossed. Like the OP we are sort of famous for it being bad weather whenever we go away so we'll see.
Quote: Originally posted by Jaygo on 03/7/2013
Yes we noticed that last year,French campsite owners do little to improve pitch conditions even 4* campsite pitches can be quite rough and ready.
What a terrible shame about your holiday,it is so expensive now to get your 'van and selves over there plus all the organising and travelling, hope you fare better with future trips.
At Lac d'Orient, they started bulding work quite close to where pitches were in use - and I,m talking large lorries, JCB, cement mixer. Into June, a great deal of hedge trimming and mowing commenced.
They also closed off the newer amenity block, and some visitors had a long walk to the showers, often in pouring rain.
For the future, we will probably revert to landing at Cherbourg, or even St Malo, and blow the extra cost.
Landing at Calais or Dunkerque makes getting down to central/southern France a long trip.
Bertie.
Don't use up all the sun please, we are off to Hayle at the end of August...The laws of probability say we are due at least one reasonable summer!! PLEASE :)
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