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I thought Wales was bad that second week i was there but this tops that because it has not stopped raining for two days here and today had been the worse. I hate being stuck in but if i am off Wednesdays i go to the midweek carboot at Corbridge but the last two weeks it has not been on as the field is water logged like a lot of parts in the North East. I went digging instead today and got soaked but did not fancy going to the shops or going out walking either. If anyone is planning a holiday up in this area forget it for at least a few weeks as everywhere is water logged and roads keep getting closed and in some cases emergencey services are over reacting as they seem to panic at the least bit rain now, it is so bad that my parents have decided to not bother this year with a holiday in this country and have decided to use there timeshare points for abroad, they are flicking through the book now, i do not blame them one bit and i may join them depending on when they decide to go which will prob be around September, the second trip to Wales looks to be off this time.

We had better weather during winter and spring as at least it was dry, camping is no fun in this weather thats for sure.

We are due to start a 4 week summer UK tour at the end of this month through to the begining of September, leaving our daughter and her partner to look after the house in our abscence, the problem is that we have already had two of our sites cancell our bookings due to waterlogged pitches and today we recieved an email from the CC asking if we were definately still requiring our Sandringham pitch as they were struggling for spaces due to their grass pitches being sodden and unusable.

As long as we can get to our destinations safely then we shall still travel rain or shine, the only pitch I have some concerns about is on the CC Broadlands site, as the access road is prone to flooding and being so close to the river we could possibly wake up to wading through water in the morning.

We are due up on the West Ayton CC site mid September, and are hoping that it may have dried up a little by then.

Julia