Just packed away the big tent till next year, but have a trip planned for next weekend in the smaller one, and trying to talk hubby into going again end of Sept (but he says to cold), can always do late booking i guess if weather ok.
Dont like to think that i will have to wait till May to camp again.
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June - Queens Jubilee week -
Blackbull Pickering
June/July - Turkey (no Tent)
Aug - Bank Holiday- Whitefield Forest IOW 10 days
Sept - Skeg
2013 Nothing as yet , trying to get new boyfriend to go camping soon. Selling Maritisa 700 , so we can put it towards a VW Camper.
We've had our last camp of the year , but we did manage to test the new weekend tent at the weekend after all so I cant complain too much. Would have liked to have got another weekend in but we're off to paris next month one weekend and away for another weekend for extended birthday celebrations!!
Like another person said - it's time to look for bargains for next year
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April - Filey - no tent :-(
June - Carlton Minniott
July -Spain (no tent)
August - Carlton Minniott and others to be planned!
I wouldn't expect any long range forecast to be accurate. They were forecasting heavy rain for last Saturday right up until the day before, when the forecast suddenly changed to sunny intervals, which is what we got on the day.
There could be some lovely weekends still to come and at this time of year it shouldn't be too difficult to get a pitch somewhere at short notice if you decide to go.
Personally, I couldn't bear the thought of packing everything away for the winter just yet. I had such withdrawal symptoms from not camping for the last few weeks that I had to pick up the phone on Monday and book a couple of weekend trips! (Whether anyone comes with me or not is another matter.)
Do we really need "Summer" to get the canvases out??
Just back from a lovely (partly wet, partly hot) bank hol weekend in devon (Hidden Valley camp site) ... and what a great few days it has been.
We'll be doing the Peak District next weekend and then another weekend in the Lakes ... we might then consider putting the Evolva away for the winter .... maybe!!
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Last camp of 2011? Eh? Only two-thirds of the year has passed yet - there are still four months left! Surely everyone hasn't used up all their annual leave, surely ever weekend is not pencilled in for other activities?
We were talking about getting away for a few days at the end of this week and early next, but as I've resorted to putting the heating on tonight, we may pass on that if it doesn't warm up a bit.
I'm in a relatively new relationship and am not sure he's ready for the sight of me in a balaclava at night.....
Quote: Originally posted by pantera on 30/8/2011Do we really need "Summer" to get the canvases out??
Short answer: no. Long answer: of course not.
September can have glorious weather and because the kids are back in school everywhere is much less crowded than August. In October it's still quite mild and the autumn is ablaze with gold and red with campsites much quieter so booking is no longer a problem. November tends to be dry-ish and often has wonderful sharp nights under clear skies - even if there's an early frost in the morning it bestows an eerie beauty upon the landscape. December weather can be cold of course but there's nothing like sitting round a campfire under the starry sky.
We were talking about getting away for a few days at the end of this week and early next, but as I've resorted to putting the heating on tonight, we may pass on that if it doesn't warm up a bit.
I'm in a relatively new relationship and am not sure he's ready for the sight of me in a balaclava at night.....
We were talking about getting away for a few days at the end of this week and early next, but as I've resorted to putting the heating on tonight, we may pass on that if it doesn't warm up a bit.
I'm in a relatively new relationship and am not sure he's ready for the sight of me in a balaclava at night.....
Sorry I snorted my coffee and laughed at that!
If it meant another trip or two before christmas id risk the bally, hell if he cant handle that whats he going to do when you start putting your cold feet on him.
We dont live in the south of france why cant we just accept that and get on with it. all these poor tents shut up for months on end never seeing daylight till its warm enough to melt the windows. Not much beats the first time you wake up look out of the tent and see snow or at least a hard frost everywhere looks beautiful. after all thats what warm clothes are for.