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We went to our 1st DA meet yesterday and planned on staying the full 2 nights but with gale force winds and terrential rain we decided to cut short. The tent did hold fast thanks to the Deltas but early hours of this morning the canopy unzipped itself and collapsed. We moved to the car and at 1st light we packed everything into the car and went to leave only the battery was dead. By this time the 1st camper was up getting there morning water for a cuppa and offered us a brew and to take the children into there camper van so we could finish packing the tent away. Luckily they also had jump leads but weren't sure how to access the battery on their van, so along came another camper (the steward) who bought her car round so we could charge our battery and we even got out money back for the 2nd night which we really weren't expecting.

I was on the verge of tears when our neighbour offered to make us a brew.It had been a bad end to an otherwise enjoyable day and even the wind and rain hasn't put me off camping.

I'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone involved this morning.

Fellow campers can be a life-saver, can't they?  I've always found the camping gang friendly and helpful, and there's something about bad weather that brings out the best in us all.  So glad you found helping hands in your hour of need, and you haven't been put off.  Thanks for posting a nice, positive vibe!

FoO

We were new to camping this year. We have usually done cottages in this country or villas abroad. Really quite solitary holidays. We found it nice talking to other campers, and our children playing with other camping children. Our main holiday was in Dorset, as soon as we had arrived, our caravanning neighbour offered us a hot drink before we put the tent up, and later that night our other tenting neighbours offered us the use of their bbq as they had finished with it and it was still hot.

We did go to a site where there were people up singing loudly all night, that was before we discovered the reviews on this site!! and know not to go there again.

Probably like this country was 50yrs ago, neighbours helping other neighbours.

I am now an unashamed camping addict!!