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Well I havent camped since Whitsun, and am soooo... excited getting all the camping gear out, and making the trailer bigger this week.

We go on Saturday, only an hour away from home, but I cant wait!

I have borrowed wellies and waterproofs, because the forecast is rubbish for Saturday and I fully prepared now for pitching in the peeing down rain.

But I will definatley not be cancelling because I know what the forecasts are like, you can never tell wether you should take notice or not, so I think it is better to carry on as planned but just be prepared! ( Oooh I sound like a boy scout / brownie!!) Haha!

The forecasts are so changeable and quite often wrong, that you can only take them with a pinch of salt. We have been forecast plenty of rain down here, but when it hasnt come its been really quite hot and sunny.

Well heres hoping and wishing everyone else planning to go away this next few days, that we do get less of the rain and more of the sun!!

Happy camping!

We are with you :) Finally made our minds up  this afternoon - we are going!!

Heading off to Swanage in the morning. First time in the new tent. Had it for a few weeks and desperate to get her up.

We have great confidence in our tent, it withstood Whitsun very well! Torrential rain and gale force winds on a seafront site.

And we shall be prepared for all weathers, which does mean taking slightly more stuff. But thats not a problem, with the newly extended trailer!

Have just sent an e-mail to the site though, to see if the pitch is available tomorrow, but its a bit of a longshot, I am sure they were booked, and my husband has still got to work tomorrow evening, so would mean we would have to pitch in afternoon, then he would have to travel back to work, then return after work or join me and kids again in morning. Will have to wait and see on that one!

Either way we are off Saturday morning! We have got friends going there on Friday, so if its really bad we can sit in there tent and drink wine, til a dry spell comes along!!! (What a shame!!)

We've off to Brighton this afternoon for the first family camping trip. I'm ignoring the changeable weather and the forecast of strong coastal gusts over the next few days. Will just have to bang those pegs in a bit further!

we are off this lunchtime.cant wait. only hour from home. but so many different opinions on weather. but at least we should get tent up dry.

forecast good for next week so will get tent dry sometime at home. got a very big garden so no problem

We are still going this weekend and never thought any differently and I have just looked at Accuweather and all the days are now sunny spells which is a big change to what it has said for the last week which was very poor.

Forecasters what do they know???

Keep smiling and be happy!

We're off to Fforest fields on Sunday, OH has been panicking about the weather, but after proving to him that every cottage, static and chalet in the UK is booked up for next week, he's feeling happier about camping, knowing that we don't have any other option!! 

I don't care either way, we'll make the best of it and whatever the weather camping is always far better than being tied to the house and feeling obliged to do housework!