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Just got back from a weekends camping up in Staithes near Whitby.
Last week following the weather frcast, we were sorely tempted to call it off, but three kids looking crest fallen andeven tears from Eden, meant that we put on our "great great Brill Brill parents hats" and packed. Towards the weekend the five day outlook forcast on the BBC web site changed for white fluffy clouds with not a spot of rain to be seen!!
Set off early sunday morning. It was fine but not very bright. Got to the camp site (a little unpretencious famous five style basic site. Really laid back, few tents etc. ) only to be told that the owners might be selling up (booh hiss!!!)
Set the tent up and ... you guessed it, it began to rain.
No more rain for the next couple of days, but it was cold and grey and we were thasnkful for the tent heater we bought before stiing off. We had very very windy nights but the tent stayed put and then last night everybody apart from one caravan cleared off and we now think they all knew what we didn't....
the wind began to blow and the rain tanked it down.
Every thing is very wet. We stuffed the kids into the car this morning and chris and I tried to stuff soaking ground sheets, tent etc into the car and roof box, had to keep climbing into the car and warming our hands up. before making a mieserable journey home to ..... bright sunshine!
The garden and house are now covered in wet tent etc.
This is not the first time this has happened to us. We've been camping three years now and every year one of our trips is like this!
Last week following the weather frcast, we were sorely tempted to call it off, but three kids looking crest fallen andeven tears from Eden, meant that we put on our "great great Brill Brill parents hats" and packed. Towards the weekend the five day outlook forcast on the BBC web site changed for white fluffy clouds with not a spot of rain to be seen!!
Set off early sunday morning. It was fine but not very bright. Got to the camp site (a little unpretencious famous five style basic site. Really laid back, few tents etc. ) only to be told that the owners might be selling up (booh hiss!!!)
Set the tent up and ... you guessed it, it began to rain.
No more rain for the next couple of days, but it was cold and grey and we were thasnkful for the tent heater we bought before stiing off. We had very very windy nights but the tent stayed put and then last night everybody apart from one caravan cleared off and we now think they all knew what we didn't....
the wind began to blow and the rain tanked it down.
Every thing is very wet. We stuffed the kids into the car this morning and chris and I tried to stuff soaking ground sheets, tent etc into the car and roof box, had to keep climbing into the car and warming our hands up. before making a mieserable journey home to ..... bright sunshine!
The garden and house are now covered in wet tent etc.
This is not the first time this has happened to us. We've been camping three years now and every year one of our trips is like this!
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