Last night we had a massive rain storm and raging winds. The wind was buffeting the tent around, shaking it, tugging at it and the rain was lashing down with such force the noise made it hard to even hear each other speak. It was scary and exciting all at the same time! Rob actually went out to check all the ropes at one point, as it really felt as though the tent might, in fact, blow away. We thought we might actually have to spend the night all hanging onto a corner of the tent to keep it on the ground! A couple of times I actually thought the force of the rain might be enough to flatten the tent to the floor!
16th July 2009
So, someone tell me, where is the fun in six people sitting in a cold wet tent for days on end? (with the four youngest members winding each other up and getting on each other’s nerves). Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for enjoying a good camping holiday, and I’m even up for being all snuggled up listening to the wind and the rain on the tent, on the odd occasion; but really – this is just taking the mick!! Nothing but rain (that’s what it feels like) since we put the tent up. I’m sure there has been the odd sunny spell, but it’s all just blurring into one great big, cold, windy, rainy experience! (You’d have thought we’d have learnt after last year, but no…here we are again…the word ‘fools’ is springing to mind! – I didn’t think we could be this unlucky two years on the trot). The kids are driving us bananas, and we’re not getting to do all the things I thought we’d do. Sitting, huddled, shivering in the tent with my glass of sparkling wine is NOT the same (in any way what-so-ever) as sitting outside enjoying the evening sunshine, aarrrrgghhhhh!
It’s not all been bad, we had a lovely day on the beach yesterday. Cloudy, but the rain held off! The girls all put their swimming costumes on and splashed at the edge of the waves. It was a stony beach, but there was a bit of sand when the tide was out. Georgia really enjoyed digging about in the sand. Hannah managed to get over her fear of the sea. On our previous visit to the beach (in the rain, of course!) the day before, Hannah got a little bit close and the wave went over her feet and up to her knees. She absolutely freaked out! After that she was a bit scared of the sea and didn’t even like it when Millie was near to the waves! She was shouting “No Millie, sea….” and then crying – a lot! But yesterday, she seemed to get a used to it a bit! Abbie and Millie had a wonderful time, playing with ‘body boards’ that belonged to friends that we met up with. We finished off the day with fish and chips – yum!
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