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Original poster

To be bloody fed up and ready to go home!

202 replies

annie987 · 16/08/2020 23:59

As is the case for many, we have missed out on a few holidays this year.
Our final holiday - a week in our caravan in Wales - was not cancelled and the thought of it has kept me going. I actually extended the 7 nights to 12!
Well we are here. The weather is shocking and is for the foreseeable. Thoughts of lazy days on the beach have not come to fruition. Instead, I am working incredibly hard to make it fun for everyone (Including two teens!) by planning outings in torrential rain (and all indoor activities are closed!) We are on the campsite next to the noisiest group of people who think playing music, swearing and shouting until 1am is acceptable!
I know I should be grateful that we have a holiday at all but it would be much easier to just go home and relax!! Obviously, I won’t but I want to!!

OP posts:
Hellokitty82 · 17/08/2020 00:03

My neighbours have just come back early from camping the weather was awful and 3 kids under 11 in a caravan was dreadful.
I greeted them with a chilled bottle of wine and as we'd been looking after the house I had a roast dinner waiting for them

She cried and said it was the best part of her "holiday"

It was an expensive site, indoor pool and gym closed, nothing to do in bad weather and horrible noisy people

Cut your losses and go home what's the point in being miserable

NC4Now · 17/08/2020 00:05

I’d just go home. If you’re miserable it’s hardly a holiday, is it?

1Morewineplease · 17/08/2020 00:06

Just go home.

jakeyboy1 · 17/08/2020 00:06

Don't... heading to wales tomorrow. Could cry at the thought!

Original poster
annie987 · 17/08/2020 00:08

@jakeyboy1

Don't... heading to wales tomorrow. Could cry at the thought!
Where in Wales are you heading? We could drown our sorrows together! 😆
OP posts:
CoRhona · 17/08/2020 00:17

*I greeted them with a chilled bottle of wine and as we'd been looking after the house I had a roast dinner waiting for them

@Hellokitty82
You are the loveliest house sitter!

Redbirds · 17/08/2020 00:25

I have had holidays like this in the past, which I thought were awful but my now adult children talk about how great they were !

Birkiebabe · 17/08/2020 00:27

Yes I would probably cut your losses and come home if you think it’s that bad.

everythingbackbutyou · 17/08/2020 00:52

@Hellokitty82, it is 33 degrees right now where I am, but I am craving a roast dinner now like nobody's business!

GetThatHelmetOn · 17/08/2020 00:56

I have done it before, I have cut two holidays short because there was no enjoyment at all, we were just enduring them. No regrets, if we had stayed it would have been much worse.

Cissyandflora · 17/08/2020 01:01

It’s a holiday that you’ll look back on with fondness strangely enough. I’d put money on it.
I would stick it out but I’d speak to the loud people next to you. If only to find out when they’re leaving!

PyongyangKipperbang · 17/08/2020 01:08

The one holiday we (my parents, my sister and I) remember is the worst ones we ever had. Well there were two actually but you see my point.

However, I would go home because I fucking hate camping, but I accept that I may be biased!

Mothership4two · 17/08/2020 01:14

We are on the campsite next to the noisiest group of people who think playing music, swearing and shouting until 1am is acceptable!

Have a word with campsite owner/manager? This isn't acceptable and there are usually rules to stop it happening.

Jux · 17/08/2020 01:27

Why wouldn't you come home when you're all having a shit time? Are your kids really enjoying it being stuck in a caravan in the cold and wet with an increasingly stressed mum? Bet they're not.

Go home. Sometimes it's better to just throw in the cards and go. This is one of those times.

Mmm, warm,, comfy house, teens, friends nearby, all your stuff to hand.........

Jux · 17/08/2020 01:33

I once complained to a campsite manager about a very noisy group of who were pissing everyone off - they'd start their blaring music at about 6am and go on right up until 1/2am. We were in the family/quiet field and they should have camped in the 'rave' field.

They knew it was me. They turned their car so that the headlight shone right into the tent and they'd keep the lights on until midnight. They dropped litter all around our tent (the old couple next to us told us - and had kindly cleared it up while I dh was in teh shower and dd and I were at the playground. There would always be one of them close behind me muttering about the snotty bitch... it was quite a holiday. Luckily, after a few days, the rave field was a bit emptier and they moved over there.

Mothership4two · 17/08/2020 01:42

Did you go back to the manager @Jux? That's not acceptable behaviour either. Someone must have told them it was you, unless you were very vocal and public about it, and it would have had to be the manager or someone else on the staff.

snitzelvoncrumb · 17/08/2020 02:00

Its ok to leave if you have had enough, and its ok to get some treats, a book and a cup of tea find a comfy spot for the day and leave them to find their own fun. I have given up on a holiday, but it was due to winging kids rather than the weather.

MustShowDH · 17/08/2020 02:32

I think if you book to go to Wales, at any time of year, you have to assume it will piss down for at least some of it.

We had booked to go to Wales in May and it had to be cancelled due to lock down.

I'm sorry you're having a shit time though. Roughly where are you? Maybe some of us can suggest something for you and the teenagers to do.

orangejuicer · 17/08/2020 02:39

Sorry about your holiday OP. I'm not sure where you are in Wales but it hasn't rained where I am (s Wales) for several days and even then it was a one day thing to clear the heatwave.

Agree with others - just go home if you're unhappy.

MagnoliatheMagnificent · 17/08/2020 02:47

Put your teens to work creating entertainment for you all/younger kids.
Walk on the beach , paddle in the sea, stock up on hot chocolate for when you get in.
Build sand castles etc. And yes if you can, a good book and drink of something lovely will help.

SparkleM · 17/08/2020 06:57

Feel your pain! Yesterday was day 1 of our holiday. By lunchtime we were soaked, it was impossible to find somewhere to eat due to COVID distancing and the fact everyone wanted to be inside, and were spent hours in the holiday home that was meant to be a ‘base’. Missed out on two holidays this year and taken most of annual leave to cover childcare so this was our much needed break. Woke up today feeling more positive but hoping partner wakes up positive too as his moaning was the reason I went to bed on my holidays at 9pm!

AudaCityLimits · 17/08/2020 07:03

Whereabouts are you? I am mid-Wales coast and have been working in the north- we've had a few heavy showers but not persistent rain. You might have to pop in the car (if you have one) to find a beach that's not rained on, but it won't take long.
Flowers to you. Having to entertain others on your holiday is not really a holiday at all.

Bluewavescrashing · 17/08/2020 07:03

greeted them with a chilled bottle of wine and as we'd been looking after the house I had a roast dinner waiting for them

You are a truly lovely person!

InvincibleInvisibility · 17/08/2020 07:04

Build sandcastles in the pouring rain? With teenagers?!

Sympathies OP. The worst thing about bad weather on holiday is that nothing ever bloody dries. We got rained off 2 beaches in 1 hour yesterday and gave up (we re in France if that consoles you!). We now have damp towels and clothes everywhere (cos even stuff in the bags got drenched).

Rain is forecast today again but fingers crossed not for the rest of the week. If it was, Id go home.

ThickFast · 17/08/2020 07:07

Are the kids having fun?

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