Beta Mum's Blog Beta Mum on 21 Jun 2007 08:03 pm
Glastonbury gales
A severe weather warning has been issued for the South West of England. I only tell you this, not because I expect you to commiserate, but because it’s this weekend that we’ve arranged to go camping.
It’s inevitable really, what with Glastonbury being this weekend an’ all, that we should be blessed with the right weather for ducks, but patently the wrong weather for a family of fair weather campers.
Actually I tell a lie. It’s a family of two fair weather campers and two over-excited “Oh it’s this weekend we’re going camping, I don’t care about the weather” campers.
I’m sure you can work out which is who.
It’s the annual TVH3 family camping weekend, and we’ve paid up front and personal. So we’re going, come rain (a dead cert) or shine (a vain hope).
Last year was great. Sunshine, a bit of cloud, lots of kids playing football in the middle of thirty or so tents, plus a massive communal BBQ and fireworks on Saturday night.
We got into trouble with the campsite owners for the fireworks, so I doubt there’ll be any this year. But still, we were hoping for a similar experience.
The outlook for tomorrow though, when Mike and I are going to nip up the A38 to pitch the tent unencumbered by two small people, reads something like this -
Unsettled. Further rain or showers, with some localised torrential downpours possible, but also with some bright or sunny spells in between.
I’m hoping they doth protest too much, following the embarrassing under-forecasting by Mr Fish in 1987. But we may get very wet.
Still, we’ve told the kids we’re going, Ben has already turned the house upside down looking for his precious, but temporarily lost, Swiss army knife, so we’re going to have to give it one night at least, before bailing out and heading back down the A38.
The only thing that’s keeping me on track, is knowing that we’re just up the road and can de-camp any time we’ve had enough… as long as the children have had enough too.
And what chance is there of that, when there are tents, torches, sleeping bags, other feral children and a swimming pool involved?
on 21 Jun 2007 at 9:28 pm 1.Drunk Mummy said …
I hope there’s a couple of wine boxes involved too!
on 21 Jun 2007 at 9:46 pm 2.Omega Mummy said …
I do feel for you. Best of luck. I have been camping for two years and I am not sure I can bear to do it ever again. And I hope the penknife turns up.
on 21 Jun 2007 at 10:43 pm 3.brom said …
I used to love camping, till I went with the missus. We had an immidiate take your boots off before you come in here row and have never been since.
on 21 Jun 2007 at 11:00 pm 4.Mutterings & Meanderings said …
hee hee!
What’s the betting you’ll have a fab time whatever the weather …
on 22 Jun 2007 at 3:19 pm 5.clara said …
Good luck. I love camping but dearest husband hates the very thought of it he’s become soft in his old age and says he’d prefer a nice comfy hotel. I wouldn’t mind if we ever made it too the nice hotel but we don’t. When you’re soaked to the skin just remember how nice dry socks will feel when you get to them.
on 22 Jun 2007 at 10:19 pm 6.Mother at Large said …
Good luck and enjoy yourselves, whatever the weather brings. Some of my fondest memories of childhood holidays involve camping in the rain. Keep us posted on how you get on!
on 24 Jun 2007 at 9:50 am 7.Mopsa said …
Hope you had a larf!… and you have been memed - feel free to avoid at all costs if you so choose!
http://mopsa.blogspot.com/2007/06/meme-game.html
on 24 Jun 2007 at 7:42 pm 8.lady macleod said …
beware mold! I shall hope for the best for you.