Hehe, yes the weather is a massive let down to our country, but what can you do? I don't think the situation is helped by the exaggerated claims often made by the media in news reports. Presenters and editors in news papers often seem to sensationalise the weather forecast, even if it means completely contradicting it! My poor old nan often thinks that we are going to have blizzards when actually the forecast is for a dusting of snow over high ground I can't count the amount of times I have seen weather warnings on the Metoffice website but then very mediocre conditions when you look at the actual forecast! And its all open to interpretation too; people seem to love telling me that we are going to have a tsunami and/or hurricane whenever I'm planning on going camping. I wonder sometimes if they took psychedelics before watching the forecast! The lady in my local petrol station seems to take great pleasure in warning of impending doom if I'm going anywhere. On a hot day with wall to wall sunshine, "the traffic is going to be awful" is the reason for me not to go camping.
A bit difficult for families or people employed by companies with anal holiday rules perhaps; but the best way to get the most out of this country is to get away last minute as soon as it's nice! I remember last years April heatwave, but sure enough it passed for may bank holiday when I went camping Don't go on a bank holiday is my advice!
But all in all our weather isn't that bad. If it was wall to wall sunshine every day then how else would we strike up conversation with strangers on campsites
Boars/Wolves/Bears on a campsite!!!!Fipping Heck, have you never heard the screams coming from some tents when someone(usually a lady) discovers a spider(the size of a pin head) has taken up residence on the wall of their inner tent???
I've seen some freaked out by rabbits running about in the morning. Can you imagine what it would be like, if something a bit bigger was wandering around....
Jelboy.
------------- Campers of the storm,Into this world are born
Quote: Originally posted by jelboy53 on 23/2/2012
Boars/Wolves/Bears on a campsite!!!!Fipping Heck, have you never heard the screams coming from some tents when someone(usually a lady) discovers a spider(the size of a pin head) has taken up residence on the wall of their inner tent???
I've seen some freaked out by rabbits running about in the morning. Can you imagine what it would be like, if something a bit bigger was wandering around....
Jelboy.
Most disturbing thing I've ever encountered at night was a bunch of drunken cretins lighting chinese lanterns in the middle of a field full of Poly and Canvas...doubt there's a four (or more) legged creature that is as stupid or scary as some of the two legged ones.
Give me wolves,bears,vipers over them darn pesky midges any day...at least you get a chance to see the others coming before they start devouring bits of you
------------- March- Padstow
April- Forest Glade
June-Grizedale
July-Jedburgh
and lots more besides