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Well, up until a few mintues ago, it was lovely sunshine!!  Now its hammering it down.  We are off for a weekend trip only about an hour and half from home I suppose, but we're still going - hey we have waterproofs, the kids have all in one waterproofs and the dog well he'll roll in puddles!!! shake well and has a towel and as the OH says "none of us are made of sugar!!!" So it'll be alright.  We live in Cornwall and so are used to all  the rain, its warm rain though.

So where ever you all are and going, etc, etc have fun, smile and someone else will smile wiv you!!!

I was very close to cancelling a full paid for week in Cornwall in early July on account of the shocking weather forecasts. I am so glad that we decided to go in the end though as we only had one day of full on rain and the rest was pleasant and sunny! On our rainy day, we put on our best cagoules and headed to the Eden Project (along with every other holiday maker in the South West, LOL) as it was the kind of thing we wouldn't have done if the weather had been nice.As well, I guess you jst need to embrace the wetness: you are going to have to have frizzy hair and the flip-flops will have to stay in the suitcase for another day.

Can see though that a week spent in a tent if it constantly rains would wear you down. For those that rely on cooking outdoors, it can really be a problem. Having flashbacks to eating slightly underdone quiche in Normandy last year!

We haven't managed to go on any weekend camping trips as each time we've tentatively put one in it's peed it down and just hasn't been worth it as we only use a 2 man tent and there isn't much space if you can't embrace outdoors. Fingers crossed for next weekend!!

The funny thing with Devon is how much the weather varies from place to place - here in Chudleigh we have a kind of microclimate - it has been sunny and warm all day, but both times we ventured out  - to Exeter and then in the other direction, it was raining - back to Chudleigh and it was still sunny - this seems to happen a lot.  I think it is because it is SO hilly - we are inbetween Haldon and the moors and sometimes the rain just kind of misses us!  NOT saying we don't get any of course...

We decided against Cornwall and have booked into Stowford Farm Meadows (going next Tuesday) mainly cos when it rains in Cornwall there is SO little to do - apart from the Lizard where the walking is lovely - I find inland Cornwall a bit bleak and depressing in placesd - at least in North Devon there is stuff to keep us occupied and we are only an hour from home if it gets too awful.

I am getting really fed up with it all to be honest - 25 years of camping - and so many wet holidays. 

Jackie