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Annual holiday disappointment

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ItsMyIssue · 30/07/2019 09:31

Just checked the weather, rain forecast the whole time we are there. I realise I’m lucky to have a holiday, but DD has additional needs so it’s the same destination, same apartment, same cafes, same getting up at 5 am.... if the weather is good at least it’s easier. DH just happy he’s not at work and Im just dreading it because it’s not a holiday
for me. Self pity party.

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ssd · 30/07/2019 09:33

Dont blame you at all op, it's not a holiday it's just a different view out the kitchen window.

Blobby10 · 30/07/2019 09:35

Oh @ItsMyIssue i so sympathise with you!! I remember those days and it is such a disappointment when the weather is rubbish. After a few years, I decided not to expect to have a 'holiday' as much as a change of scenery. Holidays with young children are never relaxing as they just carry on regardless - I remember my H and me taking it in turns to walk our middle son around local roads at 5-6am every morning as he woke early and we couldn't risk waking the whole campsite!! Saw some lovely sunrises but when it was raining it was hell.

It won't help but don't be too down on yourself and try to find one thing a day that you can do differently - even something as simple as having a cinnamon latte rather than a cappuccino! xxx

Mrsjayy · 30/07/2019 09:35

That sounds tough i think holidays with children are overatted you still have the same things to do in a strange place , i hope you can make the best of it ? Is there places you like to visit even in the rain it might be fine.

thesunwillout · 30/07/2019 09:55

Oh it's a real shame, where are you going, maybe some of us can help.

stucknoue · 30/07/2019 10:02

Perhaps add one new thing, as rigid as sen kids can be, it's possible to expand their horizons as long as there's lots of familiar things too. We have never allowed DD's autism to stop us doing what we wanted to do, we instead work out how to manage the situation

tisonlymeagain · 30/07/2019 10:10

I feel your pain but without the added difficulty of additional needs. Taking four kids away for the first time (blended family) and the weather forecast is rubbish. So disappointed.

MrsJonesAndMe · 30/07/2019 10:19

Sounds like hard work. Hope that it improves/forecast is wrong.

Can DH if he's pleased to be off take some of the strain off you while you do something for yourself - be that a massage, hair cut or even just a book/newspaper and cup of coffee?

MT2017 · 30/07/2019 14:54

Op where are you going?

PurpleCrazyHorse · 30/07/2019 15:02

Sounds rubbish.

Last summer we had rain forecast for a few days on holiday and I managed to get an Amazon delivery of craft supplies and picked a couple of stones up on our travels to paint (they're still in our garden now!). I bought a DVD to watch, we decorated some cakes and DH took them around the site on their scooters as soon as there was a break in the weather. We don't have additional needs to contend with though. It was still pretty demoralising.

Nottobesoldseparately · 30/07/2019 15:03

The forecast won't necessarily be correct.

Where are you going? Maybe someone knows somewhere new or different.

AlexaAmbidextra · 30/07/2019 15:21

OP. Wait and see. I had a week in Cornwall in June and the weather forecast was awful. It said rain every day. In fact it was the most glorious week, warm and sunny every day bar one. They sometimes get it wrong you know.

Nothingcomesforfree · 30/07/2019 15:51

Throw money at it.
Nice meals out, drinks in the evening, trips out to see things.

I hear you. It’s miserable in the rain. I don’t care how many people say just bring the right clothes. (Short shorts, vest top and sandals are so much less trouble, than wellies, jumpers and two bloody coats).

WhiteVixen · 30/07/2019 16:01

We’re in the same boat. We’re going to Filey on Saturday and the weather forecast looks really depressing. Not terrible, but not as nice as the last few weeks have been generally. Definitely need to find some rainy day activities for our 7 year old (but not too energetic for me as I’m 6.5 months pregnant 😂)

CakeNinja · 30/07/2019 16:33

We’ve had some terrible weather in Cornwall a few years on the trot over Easter.
Agree with a pp in that throwing money at it makes everything much easier.
Meals out for breakfast, lunch and dinner, I took the dds out shopping, museums and exhibitions that you wouldn’t contemplate if the weather were nice, cinema, indoor attractions etc.
Spent far more than we do for abroad holidays when all we want to do is laze by the pool and keep hydrated, eating a late breakfast and going out for dinner for 2 weeks.
However only a good option if you have the money to spare!!
Where are you going? Often the forecast is wrong.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
Holidays with young children are way over rated at the best of times, it’s often the same shit different location.

Foxyloxy1plus1 · 30/07/2019 16:44

We had beautiful weather in Cornwall last year in June. This year we had poor weather in Devon in June. Rained four days out of six and the sun only shone the day before we came home.

The place we stayed was shabby too and I just kept thinking I’d be far better with home comforts than an apartment with plastic glasses, mismatched bathroom suite and a hideous shower curtain.

And that’s without young children. Unfortunately, you do seem to have to throw money at it, which is even more annoying.

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ItsMyIssue · 30/07/2019 17:29

We are going to be near Carbis bay in Cornwall. The rental is lovely which is a good thing if we need to stay in. I think the throwing money at it option is a good one and has certainly worked before, I just find it a bit irritating to have to spend so much, in fact it will be probably equate to a holiday
abroad!
I also get fed up with the decision making. As I spend a lot more time with the children (SAHP) DH can pull the ‘you know what works’ card so I end up choosing the activities and food etc., I want a holiday
from that too! It’s just so easy if we can stay at the beach. DD loves the water, we can picnic so no food dramas.., aaarrrggghhhh I’m feeling sorry for myself again. Throw your suggestions at me I’ve got to get my game face on for the children,

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tisonlymeagain · 30/07/2019 17:40

We'll be near you @ItsMyIssue and you're right the weather looks pants next week. I think there's not a whole lot of indoor stuff to do around that area either 🙄 Fingers crossed the forecast improves, there's time for it to change.

Mrsjayy · 30/07/2019 17:51

You need to delegate to him too you are not the entertainment comittee tell him before you go he has to sort out days out food etc as it is your holiday as well as his!

thesunwillout · 30/07/2019 17:54

Same forecast for most of Devon and Cornwall that week, it's so changeable here.

Knitwit99 · 30/07/2019 17:57

We're in a caravan in Wales just now and it feels like it's rained every day. We went to a toy shop and bought them each a Lego set so they had something to build. If it's still raining again tomorrow I'm going to take them to buy another one. At least that way I get a coffee in peace.
Holidays with kids are overrated imo.

Mrsjayy · 30/07/2019 18:02

I had to stop going to Wales tried it 3 times different parts all it did was rain i live in Scotland I don't want to go from rain to rain

DerbyRacer · 30/07/2019 18:17

Maybe you will have a great time because you are not looking forward to it. I hope so.

I stayed in a hotel this year with my ds, who has autism. I couldn't face going to the same cottage we usually do. We had a great time but finding food for ds to eat was difficult. Thankfully we were only away four nights. I am thinking we will not go any holidays next year.

Knitwit99 · 30/07/2019 18:29

I'm seriously considering spending next year's holiday money on hiring a cook/cleaner for a week and staying at home. Everyone would have everything they need, all their toys, bedrooms, no packing or unpacking but also no housework or cooking. Do you think there would be someone I could hire for a week?

Notinlalaland · 30/07/2019 18:38

It won’t rain the whole time. You can do short beach outings.

Go prepared with waterproofs etc.

Try seal sanctuary, Eden project, NT gardens, Minack theatre.

Good luck

CakeNinja · 30/07/2019 19:42

I know that area quite well as we go to a friend chalet in Hayle once a year!
We go fishing from Penzance (only when the sea isn’t terribly rough), see something at the minnack, go crabbing (good in the rain), head to the tacky flambards and dreadful lands end attraction etc.
One thing to avoid ime is Paradise Park - truly awful!
Are your dds needs physical?

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