The weather forecast was for constant rain and wind gusts over 60mph….and on this occasion the forecast was correct. We moved off our CL to find somewhere to wildcamp. The day was an exercise in passing time by doing nothing….it’s an undervalued skill!
We wanted to do a supermarket shop so we drove to Caernarfon to do then drove to the car park next to the castle. We sat there for several hours in wind and constant rain. The wind speed made me cautious about driving but later in the afternoon we drove to wildcamp at Criccieth. We wondered about staying on the seafront.
But decided against it as the sea was rough and high tide as due at 4am and I didn’t fancy testing the vans water ingress capability if waves started to crash over the sea wall! We parked in a car park near the train line which was a little more sheltered. On days like this it is good to remember times when the weather has been worse. I recounted to Janice my first scout camp experience. I was still a Cub Scout but was invited to scout camp to help me integrate when I moved up but the weather was horrendous and we had old six man tents with no ground sheets. We took our own plastic sheets and laid them out but because I was youngest I was given the place nearest the muddy door and water seeped onto my plastic sheet. I was 10 years old, with older boys who I didn’t know and I spent the whole night standing up with my sleeping bag pulled up around me, with water slowly soaking up the sleeping bag! It wasn’t a good night but I didn’t cry. I like to think of the experience as character building….but it was bloody awful really.
Maybe that day was the shortest blog day ever?
Friday 21st May 2021 - Coed-y-Llwyn Caravan Club site, Gellilydan, near Ffestiniog. Same as yesterday.
Today was similar to yesterday. We quietly passed our time to avoid the rain. We had a brief walk in drizzle at Criccieth.
We were here last September when it was sunny. The town feels closed today.
We arrived at our new site which is near Maentwrog and Ffestiniog around lunchtime. We get the luxury of a toilet block for the weekend and we have booked a Sunday lunch(inside) at the pub nearby….or first pub meal this year, I booked by phone and then rang back to double check that we would definitely get an inside table ….I don’t want to be sitting out and be chilly even if their is a roof. This is the first weekend since the last relaxation of the coronavirus rules. It is such a pity that the weather is rather wet and cool especially for those people who booked a first weekend away for a long time and then find it is a bit glum. I wouldn’t want to be in a tent at the moment….especially not on a scout camp!
Hopefully I will have more to tell next time.
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