Family Camping in the Rain 2 | Wind, Waterproofs & Whinging Dad!

Join us as we spend a week Family Camping in the rain in Cornwall. This time we had a new air tent to protect us from the Cornish elements - And boy did we need it.
The Cornish weather and the Navigation provided by Google maps was almost enough to send Scott over the edge! In fact, we can honestly say, neither can be trusted when in that part of the UK.
We never knew what to wear and half the time never knew where we were going, so Scott had plenty to moan about.

Even before we started Scott's blood pressure started rising when he saw the amount of equipment we had to pack - the new tent was huge and the extra bits we had bought did not help matters, oh and this time we had a dog!
But somehow, we managed to get all the equipment, tent dog and kids into the car and trailer.
Day 1 and the start of the May Half term. We got up at 5:30am, Scott checked the weather and forecast said it would start raining at 12pm that day and pretty much continue right the way through the week..Arhh.
Living IN Swindon, we knew we would need to set off early We set off at 6am as we wanted to give ourselves plenty of time to get there. (With a clear drive it is 3.5 hours) We had a trailer, it was start of the May half term (so we expected traffic), and we a dog that required a wee stop every so often. This resulted in the actual journey being approx. 4.5 hours and at 11am we had arrived at the Globe Vale Holiday Park - and wow, it was still not raining.

The new tent and its pitching gave Scott some grey hairs - A review of our new Vango Ventanas Air Tent and our demonstration on how NOT to pitch it can watched here -    • Vango Ventanas II Air 650XL Review | ...  

Apparently, it can be pitched in 12 minutes! But took us 90 minutes!

But... the rain did hold off till we were able to pitch it and so once it was done, we felt settled in and it was time that we could relax.

Globe Vale holiday park is situated near Redruth, just off the A30, and is centrally located to a lot of great beaches and the ideal base camp. Well, this is the case when it is sunny, but when it is raining, it means you are close to a lot of wet and windy beaches.

So..what can you do in Cornwall in the rain? That was the dilemma we had.
Well, we videoed our week and all our adventures and this showed how we got on, whinging and all.

Things we did during our week.
- We visited St Michaels Mount, well Marizion Beach. A beautiful beach to see in the sun and of course you can also visit the island when the tide is out and see the historic castle. For our visit though it was wet and having a pasty on the beach was adventurous as we got.
- We visited about 5 car parks in St Ives - Yes that is correct. St Ives even in the mist and the fog was rammed, with every car park being full. So, if you want to go the town of St Ives, go early!
- Then there are the other beaches near Globe Vale that our kids loved, especially when the tide was out. Porthtowan, and Portreath. Both great surf beaches and as mentioned when the tide is out they are great for crabbing, paddling, dog walking etc. And worth noting that both have great little pubs close to them.
- You have Perranporth, which Scott, the kids and I all love. The beach is vast when the tide is out and it also has the Watering Hole Pub on it, which is a lovely place to have a drink - when its dry! And the little town has everything you need, including plenty of parking spaces - Take note St Ives!
- We also visited Holywell Beach. This place turned out to be a godsend. It has a little stream running to the sea and huge sand dunes that the kids loved shooting down on their body boards. So even if the sea is too cold, they will love that - and it has a good little pub and plenty of car parking
- Praa Sands. This was our only real time of being able to use the wetsuits and body boards. It does have great waves here, with us all enjoying the opportunity to have a go in the surf. It too has plenty of parking and a good little pub.
- Then as an additional treat, we took our kids to Slip and Slide near Newquay. A 350ft water slide. Myself and the kids loved this (Scott was on dog duty). It cost in the region of £40 for 3 of us for an hour. But definitely worth it, even though it was really windy.

Believe it or not, with the exception of my grumpy husband Scott moaning on a frequent basis, we actually did enjoy ourselves and hopefully this video will assure others that no matter what the weather, you can have great times and make fantastic memories when camping in the rain or in bad weather.


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