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We have just got home a day early from Crows Nest near Filey.

Woke up at 3am this morning to the sounds of very gusty weather. Didn't get back to sleep worrying about tent and the kids. Finally got up around 7.30 to check the tent, bowing a lot at the front, but holding her own - I took the voyager (so glad i did't take the Sahara, would ahve never made it). Made the kids get up, as starting to panic, wind getting stronger. Packing away non essential gear into the car. Me and friends in next door tent say if it gets any worse we wll get the tents down.

So as i was packing car away, i went to open the hatchback window on the boot of my car, and whosssshhh. Wind took the whole window out of the car all over me and the car. Friends DD said i looked like a snow queen with all the shimmering round me!!!

So that was it, tent had started to go, with 2 strong men holding the 2 front guys, i chucked everything out of the tent, kids chucked it all in the car, and took 6 of us to get the tent packed up, with the rest of us holding the other tent til we could get round to getting theirs down.

So damage was the car window, and where the glass flew, a 1cm hole in the tent. At least both can be repaired, and no one injured.

Loads of tents got damaged/destroyed there today. What beats me, is people knew what the weather was like, but still left there tents and went off the site. They were the ones coming back to the flat tents. - Why did they not stay on site to keep an eye on things???

Still, no harm done to us, and not put us off another trip, just not a site soooo exposed.

Hi we were on the overflow field on the way into the park, about half way down the field. I started getting worried around 7am, parked car in front of tent and treid to ride it out. But by about 12 we decided to pack up. So by about half past we had 2 tents and all the gear packed away. Loads of the smaller tents had gone. We would have gone to help catch some of them, but we were trying to get our gear away safely. The only ones that looked sort of ok, were the ones pitched by the fence along the road into the site, as they were sheltered.

I'm glad we came through it cos the rest of the week has been gorgeous, I'm sat now enjoying my last day before we pack up and go home tomorrow

Drove past Cayton Bay again yesterday and there were absolutely no tents on the field at all, I'm wondering if they've decided not to accept any, or if it was just a quiet weekend.  It's not a place I would choose to try if I'm honest, but that said I don't think I'd do any clifftop site either.