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AIBU?

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to have abandoned camp

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missmapp · 09/08/2017 19:25

We have been camping since Tuesday. it has rained since Tuesday. everything is wet. My last pair of dry pant succumbed this afternoon, so we have packed up and come home.

It feels very defeatist, this is the first time we have given in early, but sitting at home with warm , dry pants, socks ( and outer garments!) feels wonderful.

AIBU?

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Edna1969 · 09/08/2017 20:49

YANBU presumably you were meant to be having fun and weren't. I would have abandoned too. Hate rain and being cold. Camping is marginal in good weather IMHO.

JaneEyre70 · 09/08/2017 20:51

Last time we went camping was the year we had the awful flooding, 2007?? Our car had to be towed off the field by a tractor, we all had ruined shoes/clothes and the tent was consigned to the garage loft and is still sitting there............... we stupidly said the first night how cosy it was to be in the tent, listening to the rain...... on the 4th day, we'd all had enough and threw it all in the boot of the car. Grim grim grim.

Twistmeandturnme · 09/08/2017 20:59

YANBU but what a shame for you all. How long was your booking? It's going to dry up tomorrow and be nice in most places: could you go back for another night to enjoy the good stuff and let the tent dry out?

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missmapp · 09/08/2017 21:02

We were due to come back tomorrow anyway, so only missed a day. To be honest, had tomorrows forecast been okay, we would have stayed so DH could ' dry the tent out' ( his main worry for the whole trip !) but that was not to be.

We have planed a nice day out for tomorrow instead and I am REALLY looking forward to going to bed under a warm duvet and not having to put my boots on to go tot he loo !

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whereismyparachute · 09/08/2017 21:03

I last camped in 2006, we had water running through the middle of our tent.
We drove everything to the municipal tip in Exeter and threw it all in.

Then we checked in to a hotel, our cash was so wet it was disintegrating in our pockets.

Ikabod · 09/08/2017 21:03

Abandoning a shitty camping trip to go home, have a hot bath and get some nice dry clothes on feels so good. It's almost worth going camping just so you can do the abandoning it part!

Rarotonga · 09/08/2017 21:09

YANBU. Life, and particularly holiday time, is short. You should always strive to do what makes you happy and not persist in things that make you miserable.

It reminds me of a camping trip with my family as a child. It rained a heck of a lot and the tent leaked, the airbeds kept deflating and we were all a bit miserable and snappy. We ditched the tent and the camping and stayed in random places, had an impromptu trip to a theme park and stayed in a castle (it was in France). It was one of my favourite holidays in the end :)

AcrossthePond55 · 09/08/2017 22:02

honeyroar 👍🏻

mylittlephoney · 09/08/2017 23:31

thenight what a totally shitty thing to say. Shame on you. Some have no choice and they deserve better. But some of us love it. We enjoy the fresh air. The back to nature feel of it and Fuck me yes rain fucking happens. So what. Pack up and go another time. it's not for every One. I think a week at centerparks would kill my spirit. Too fucking middle class . But shock horror some love it. Packing for Beautiful Days festival atm. Come rain. Wind. Shine or even tornado (bearded theory 09) I won't miss it for the world.
Your Pathetic . I hope your holidays are rain free and the next time you see a real refugee camp your moved enough to donate some money. Or give up your pearls ( stomps off not giving a fuck)

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