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03/9/2008 at 3:50pm
 Location: Worthing
 Outfit: Peakland pevril
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Booked at paid up for camp site in Dorset from Tom; met office sever weather warning for South west, forecast is rain and some more rain!! do we dare go? i it worth it?

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03/9/2008 at 3:51pm
 Location: tamworth staffs
 Outfit: avondale highlight 505le
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we are off so somerset on sat , we are going to risk it checked about 5 forcasts and some arent to bad , all saying different things but friday looks the worst


03/9/2008 at 4:09pm
 Location: Scotland.
 Outfit: Conway Camargue Lots of Vangos. .
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Sod the rain...what's the projected wind speed?


03/9/2008 at 4:26pm
 Location: Worthing
 Outfit: Peakland pevril
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Just checked several weather sites, wind is mid to high 20 mph, rain at 90, 80, 70% on the days we were booked, we lose £50, but wont have wet gear to try and dry. its been a rubbish year for sure, we have had wet on all our trips this year, may try later on...what a bummer

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03/9/2008 at 4:38pm
 Location: Dutch Mountains
 Outfit: Sharp talons beak and a hernia!
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Gogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogo!


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03/9/2008 at 4:43pm
 Location: Kent
 Outfit: Outwell Georgia XL
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I just phoned the camp in Pevensey Bay (Bay View) that we are due to go to Friday afternoon, explained that I quite liked my tent and didn't want it blowing all over the park and into the sea, they were really good and just moved my booking and deposit onto next weekend.

Great customer service and very understanding.

 

Perhaps you could put off until next weekend? Long range weather forecast looks good (but I suppose it could change between now and then).



03/9/2008 at 5:17pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Vango
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Go for it ! Makes a change from home


03/9/2008 at 7:18pm
 Location: boston
 Outfit: Kyham Indiana 8 Swift Challenger
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Quote: Originally posted by hobbit1 on 03/9/2008
Just checked several weather sites, wind is mid to high 20 mph, rain at 90, 80, 70% on the days we were booked, we lose £50, but wont have wet gear to try and dry. its been a rubbish year for sure, we have had wet on all our trips this year, may try later on...what a bummer
Yes but they forcast gusts of 36mph, get a sheltered pitch because it might get flappy if your in a nylon tent.

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03/9/2008 at 8:02pm
 Location: Reading
 Outfit: Beer Lake 6 +loft full of past tents
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We are off to Wookey Hole on Friday for four days, like every one else have checked the weather...the same as every other time we have been camping lol so just looking forward to getting out in our tent and making the most of it.

It failed last time out and just hope the shop did a proper repair, fingers crossed and hopping my signature is not true.



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Aaron & Mandy
Definition of a fool.. some one who makes the same mistake twice & expects a different result


03/9/2008 at 8:56pm
 Location: Weymouth
 Outfit: Swift Accord 510
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We should be off to Burton Bradstock but waiting to see what happens with the weather. So far it's been wrong all week as very little rain but lots of wind. Might just go Saturday if it picks up as I hate to see a pitch I paid for sitting empty.

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03/9/2008 at 10:11pm
 Location: Netherlands
 Outfit: De Waard Esvo (3) Hypercamp
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Quote: Originally posted by Freebird on 03/9/2008
Gogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogo!

Have you got a cookie stuck in your throat freeby? lol

Angie



03/9/2008 at 10:39pm
 Location: stoke-on-trent duck
 Outfit: swift coastline clas
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 we are going to porthmadog on saturday for a week dont know what the weather is going to like avent checked 


04/9/2008 at 1:16am
 Location: Coventry
 Outfit: Cabanon Elody & Julie & Combicamp
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Mmmmm, we were planning on going to Suffolk on Saturday for a few days, but are now considering Berwick the following weekend instead. Luckily we haven't booked a site yet - we usually leave it till the last minute to book anyway. 

If we risk this weekend, but the wind & rain turn out to be as forecast, I know it would put hubby off camping in anything other than calm sunny weather - so if next summer is like this summer, how would I feed my addiction?  



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06/9/2008 at 5:32pm
 Location: boston
 Outfit: Kyham Indiana 8 Swift Challenger
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I've Gotta Ask? - did you crazy people go camping in the west this w/e or did you change your mind.

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07/9/2008 at 8:39am
 Location: Weymouth
 Outfit: Swift Accord 510
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We didn't go but Freshwater changed our booking to next weekend, so we'll give it another go then!!

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07/9/2008 at 9:34am
 Location: Worthing
 Outfit: Peakland pevril
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Morning all

We didnt go, and seeing how bad it was here we think whilst dissapointing, it was the rigt move. We meant to ring the site, and our fault, however the owner rang us and asked if we were coming? when we apologised and explained; she said 'I waited till 17.30' and hung up!! We have no holiday left, so the best we can hope for is a weekend in October.. or like many it will be next year



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