DaveS

Well in my last blog post I was suggesting the life couldn't get much better..... No but it can get worse!
The clue perhaps was in the campsite shop where a big notice said "no refunds due to adverse weather" and "no gazebos". We were right on the coast in this stunning location but with such a position comes I guess an increased risk of bad weather and storms.
To summarise at about 03.30 am I was in bed but leaning out of bed in the rain holding the tipi down. We experienced the worst ever storm I've ever camped in, the wind was howling and gusting and the rain was horizontal.
In my best persuading nature I sent jo out to see what was going on whilst I held it down. 2 or 3 of the delta pegs holding the tipi down had pulled clean out of the ground taking a sizeable chunk of soil with them. Jo hammered the pegs back in and as soon as her back was turned the pulled out again.
The next few hours can be summarised as packing stuff away and trying to keep the tipi from blowing away by constantly hammering pegs in as soon as they came out. It became apparent that the delta pegs were doing their job and it was amazing to see huge lumps of earth literally flexing and heaving when the tipi was getting battered.
Anyway somehow we managed to get everything packed and back in the car and trailer for around 07.30 and set off back home.
So we got home around 9ish and vie been asleep pretty much since then!
One to chalk down to experience me thinks.