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stick the tent away! your time off is like many limited. have a look at other brakes.

then when we do (if ever) get some fine weeks weather go camping again.

on a positive note, we had five trips this year, varying from two nights to three nights, we were rained on once. The sites were all in Scotland! Heck, we even managed to use the outdoor pool on one site!!! Scotland, yes, Scotland!!

But, for now, it's over, were quitting while we are ahead.Until next year. <doffs cap and leaves>

Quote: Originally posted by julzgeraghty on 05/9/2008

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Come down to Norfolk Deb. It's been much drier here than the rest of the country this year

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Enclined to agree with you there julz, we camped North Norfolk Bank Holiday week, and on the Sunday were packing up, in bright warm sunshine. When we got back home to Northamptonshire, everyone said they were pitying us with all the rain, as it had thrown it down inland, but we were fine and dry at the coast

sparky69 not all of us are lucky enough to be able to just go off at short notice - OH works 6 days a week and has to book time off well in advance. We just never seem to pick the right weekends!!!

xtinexoop - I did let campsite owner know, would be very rude not to, would never just not turn up!!!!!  I am aware that the weather is not their fault and I never said it was!!! A courtesy call is in order even if you havent paid in full up front aswell! Treat others as you wish to be treated is what Ive always tried to live by!

Quote: Originally posted by DebT82 on 08/9/2008

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Thanks for your comments guys.  You have restored my faith a little.  But its just one trip after another picked wrong starts to get you down.  Im not necessarily a fair weather camper as I actually quite like the sound of the rain on the canvas its quite relaxing, but camping in a pool of mud, or indeed just a 'pool' and heavy downpours and wind speeds of 30mph+ is not my idea of fun.  These seem to be the kind of conditions forecast everytime we have a booking. I just cant believe our bad luck.

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I think the weather has been so bad this year that you need to have had very good luck not to have had bad weather most of the time!  At least last year the storms and rain were concentrated in the early part of the summer, and then we had good weather.

I'm sure next year will be better - it certainly couldn't be worse!

Just you wait, the next time the sunshines (if ever, of course) you'll think wistfully about days in a meadow, the smell of the steak bbqing & the clink of the wine glasses.....

I`ve got brave and we`ve booked two nights in Kent this weekend......the forecast is good, the site is pretty dry and I`m optimistic it`ll be good...........we`ve been rained on all summer and this is my last weekend off until the end of November....so keep you fingers crossed for us

Jo

My fingers (and toes!!) are crossed for you u400jb9!

Irons how do you manage to clean your tent up after being in a quagmire? We have a groundsheet for our hartford but the footprint of this tent is massive and we only have a small garden.  Im sure theres been endless amounts of threads on here about how to clean mud of tents. There must be an easy way to do it.  Ive tried putting it over the washing line but its way too heavy for it.  Our house is built on clay so the back lawn is like a bog at the moment therefore not good to lay it down and spray water over it - each way you turn it, the more mud and clay gets stuck to it. This is only our second season therefore have only had this tent pitched once or twice before (we always take the orchy if its just me and OH) on a good pitch, never pitched it on a mud bath! But you have to be prepared to pitch it on a mud bath these days so need to learn how to deal with it!