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Subject Topic: Back from holiday - amazing thunderstorm! Post Reply Post New Topic
06/8/2011 at 3:39pm
 Location: Clowne Derbyshire
 Outfit: Conway Countryman Folding Camper
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Got back from Wells-next-the-sea yesterday, cleaning and packing things away today before going back to work tomorrow.

Absolutely chucked it down Thursday evening, really strong winds the youngish trees on the site were practiacally bent in half!  Was paranoid the tent would collapse (have been since I've seen all the bad reviews for my tent), but no, it moved and blew in a bit, but stood up against it like a trooper.

Was at my fiancé's parents motorhome on another site in Wells on Wesnesday evening for a beach party for the carnival, we'd come off the beach had a shower and come out to black sky!  There was the most amazing gust front I have EVER seen, and got a cracking photo which I thought I'd share with you.  Luckily it passes over just in time for a dry evening at the beach party!

Can't believe how fast these two weeks have gone (I felt like I'd only just got there but was coming home!), that it's August already, I've got to go back to work and I'm 25 in under 4 months!  I don't think I can cope! lol

Roll on the next holiday!!

Charlotte



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06/8/2011 at 3:54pm
 Location:  Surrey
 Outfit: Peugeot Boxer Utah + Lunar Ariva
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Hi Charlotte,

You have to retire to be able to be able to go for the 9 weeks we go forPity you could not open the photo up & make larger to get a better view. It looks ominous but a good one for what could be seen.

When we used to have two weeks it flew by. You being a whopping 25 soon Ah! shame I feel for you

Get a couple of Delta pegs they go through all weathers and stay put ,for you main guys. The weather will probably leave the pegs in and the canvas flies away like balloon.



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06/8/2011 at 4:06pm
 Location: Dumfries
 Outfit: Amazon 600 zenith 8 man kampa polzeath
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What a photo. Don't worry there is still plenty of weekends left........


06/8/2011 at 4:52pm
 Location: Solihull
 Outfit: Vango Vista 800
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We was in Hunstanton, on Thursday Flowerpower, Just down the coast a little, that storm was amazing lasted well in excess of 1 hour. The thunder and Lightning was a sight to see.

I was a tad worried to say the least about the unit, but like you ours stood firm. Can't say that for a couple of others though  as they had turned over completly or just plain lifted off.

We had rain most of the night as well as the strong winds though, but with the wind early Friday ot dried the tent off nicely.

Roll on Monday when we zoom off to the Peak district

 



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Apr 2011 - Lower Hyde I.O.W 4 nights.
May - Elsich Barn Farm, 2 Nights
03-05 June - Church farm, Coughton 2 Nights
01-05 Aug 2011 - Searles Holiday Park, Hunstanton, Norfolk - 4 nights
08-11 Aug 2011 - Beech Croft Farm,Nr Buxton 3nights.


06/8/2011 at 5:06pm
 Location: East Ull
 Outfit: Kampa Kielder Air 5
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You should enter that photo in this month's photo competition on chat.

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06/8/2011 at 5:29pm
 Location: Clowne Derbyshire
 Outfit: Conway Countryman Folding Camper
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good idea!

I might well invest in some delta pegs, I'll look into it for next year as we only have the main holiday in the tent, we treat ourselves to a B&B holiday for 4 days or so at some other point in the year.  It's awkward not living together, but hopefully when we do, we'll be able to go for more shorter camping trips.




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