Camping in September!?

Ahh its been a while since I put anything on here so thought I should do something…..

Two weeks ago we went camping, and yes, if you’re wondering, it was very wet, and basically mostly cold too. Ever since we bought a tent (last July) it has rained. Not exactly all the time you understand, but on and off and the UK has had the worst weather “since records began” or so we are lead to believe. Thankfully, I don’t hold myself entirely responsible for this phenomenon as my friends bought a tent at roughly the same time so I feel we can both share the guilt, although I have to admit there is a certain degree of irony with this coincidence.

Camping in September admittedly could really go one way or the other with weather – and this time it was most certainly the “other”. We weren’t even sure if we really wanted to go and it was very tempting to stay snuggled up in bed on the Sunday we were due to leave. However, we prized ourselves out of nice warm environment and packed up and went.

3 hours later, and after doing a complete around trip of Surrey – just don’t ask….. we arrived at the campsite in Cambridge. Checked in, found the driest pitch we could with the help of the lady who checked us in and set up our tent. I would like to add at this point that all the time we were setting up we could hear thunder in the distance and there was a very ominous looking black cloud making its way in our direction.

Luck however was on our side it seemed, and the black cloud that appeared to be quite rapidly eating up the sky moved itself all the way around the campsite but didn’t once actually rain on it! Yahhay - We stayed dry! Although…….. perhaps that was a bit optimistic. That night it rained almost all night.

In summary:
Day one – dryish. Night one – wet. How expensive are caravans?