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Just come back from a faboulous week at Forest Fields in mid wales. Sat evening and all sun very wet. Half of camp was watching Pirates of Carribean at Buith cinema. Mon and tues nights -2 but dry had a great time with ehu heater hot water bottles and a mixture of clothes. Hired firepit  for evening did bbq then fire on it till 12 oclock.You can put lots of layers on. Just go prepared.

Sounds horrendous!  Off for my first ever camping trip this weekend - just me and a 4 year old - hope we are a bit luckier.  I'm sure you'll appreciate your next trip all the more when you look back on this one.

Good luck for next time

Laurie

PS This website is rather addictive and I'm going to fail my course if I don't get back to the books!!

Can't predict the weather and I guess you can't predict how busy a site is going to be and the showers etc being out of order..... but I suggest you thoroughly research the site you plan on visit before booking again.

This site is great for that.

Quote: Originally posted by Bob™57 on 29/5/2007

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Yes, it will get better because next month is 'Flaming June'

I don't know why people are so surprised about the weather. The only surprising thing this year was the mini heatwave last month but even that isn't too unusual. I can remember very similar weather patterns when I was a kid and the poem about March winds, and April showers has always been pretty accurate.

The March winds remove old wood from the trees allowing new wood room to grow. April showers give the gardens a good watering for springtime growth of new plants and lawns.

My old mum always used to say, 'Change ne'er a clout till May is out'. What she meant by that was don't be deceived by the early warm weather because it will be changable right up to the end of May...and she was not often wrong.

The month of May is when the May blossom and cherry blossom is out and early apple blossom too. This is followed by a period of high winds which is natures way of removing the blossom to allow the fruit to grow

You can follow these weather patterns right through the year and if you accept that this is Mother Natures way of making this planet grow then perhaps you won't be too disheartened if you happen to make the mistake of taking your holiday while Mother Nature is working toward providing us with another year of rich harvests, green fields and sun-ripened fruits...

But it's a bugger innit?  

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Quote: Originally posted by retrocircles on 05/6/2007

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i think i would have demanded a proportion of my money back due to the showers being out of order & no hot water! in fact i may have asked for a refund & left! that's ridiculous!

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I actually read this and initially thought you had said you would demand a proportion of your money back due to the showers, retrocircles!

Seriously, it does sound like the worst possible first experience, ashleigh28, so good on yer for realising it was just a blip, and that next time is bound to be better (isn't it????!!! )

Maybe worth doing a campsite search, using the icon at the top of this page, to find a site with better (i.e. working!) facilities?

Best of luck, for next time.

Quote: Originally posted by Liddenham on 06/6/2007

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It sure is, Bob, but March winds removing old wood from the trees is a great deal less unsettling than May gales bringing the darn trees down!

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