Hi all - back a day early 
. Weather was pretty shite, dh was losing his sense of humour and ds2 was so so tired he was turning into a total brat and we had a couple of hours of on off screaming last night I think because he was totally over tired. Coming home became essential if I wanted to have the chance of EVER persuading dh to come camping again (it is not his idea of a holiday at all although to be fair he didn't make it that obvious)!
Good points:
When it wasn't raining the spot we were in was lovely. Right next to a stream which the boys loved, plenty of space for them to run / play football and frisbee and other kids to play with. Time for dh and I to chill while they did all of the above - again all good.
Dh has agreed that our cool box is shite - should be renamed luke warm box. And has agreed that we need another good one - bring on the icey tek yippee!!!!
Dh has ALSO agreed (in fact volunteered) that 'we need a better tent'. More yippees (although tempered by the fact that it will probably be a while before we can afford one and he was NOT amused by the idea of canvas roulette 
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He was also not opposed to the idea of a Cobb - triple whammy yippee! So I have done good on the kit persuasion.
The luggable loo was a total godsend. We were a 5-10 min walk from the loos and with the rain this would have been a disaster. LL with bin bag in the living area for night time wees was perfect.
The boys both stayed up late in the eveing but contrary to expectations and prior experience slept late in the ams (between 7.30 and 8.30) so all good.
Bad Points:
Ds2 tiredness. Dh rattiness (tired and finding ds2 very very taxing). Too much rain and boys too little to 'get' wrapping up against the elements and going out anyway. Boys not liking the campfire smoke / marshmallow and hobnob sandwiches / bananas with chocolate (no they were not ill either!!!) although in fairness this hardly ruined our holiday)
Camping nazis - the wardens on the campsite were clearly frustrated traffic wardens who delighted in telling us, to the cm, where we must pitch our tent despite it being on a slope when there were loads of flat pitches and too close to the firepit. We dug our heels in and they moved us and afterwards were very friendly but it wasn't the best welcome we've ever had.
The complete twats not very nice neighbouring campers who were up drinking and shoutingand swearing until well after 1am on the 3rd night . Lost track of time after that and eventually went to sleep. We were not the only ones complaining to them the next morning and they did shut the fuck up quieten down at a more sociably acceptable time last night!
The campsite (Fisherground in Eskdale):
Camping nazis as above but Alison one of the owners was lovely and helpful.
Great adventure playground / small lake with rafts on for kids to play on. This would all be fab when boys abit older but ours were still a couple of years off getting the most out of this. Not helped by ds1 being desperate to go on the rafts but not actually being prepared to get wet in the process!
Generally a bit over crowded but our pitch although a bit out of the way was actually lovely and peaceful for the most part.
Steam train stopped at the campsite - this was a MASSIVE hit with the boys although unfortunately too expensive to go on more than once.
Eskdale is beautiful but too out of the way for us at the mo when weather not great. We ended up driving to Ambleside and Keswick to find stuff to do with boys inside and so would have been better to go somewhere more centtral until they are old enough to just wrap up and get out regardless of the weather.
Slubbers tip of the Boot Inn was however fantastic and much appreciated!
Anyway that post is FAR too long - off now to catch up on what the rest of you have been up to....