dont camp in bomb craters ?????
The wife and I were in Croatia last year and stopped at a camp site which was quite strange. It looked as if it was built on the site of bomb craters ! All the camping areas were in deep depressions surrounded by paved roads. Looked very photogenic, but my immediate thoughts turned to the practical implications. Do we pitch on the side and sleep on a slope or pitch at the bottom where it might flood, if it rains.....? The weather looked good, as did the next day so on this occasion went for the bottom. We were tired and could not arsed to go on. ( mistake )
Next morning? you guessed it. F*** me! did we have a storm!
We did manage to avoid flooding .......... just. We avoided the lightening by sitting in the shower block. We then had the problem of getting the vstrom up the slope of the bomb crater. That took a while and many strong men and much mud! We only had a bike, there were cars trucks all sorts.
What a stupid place to make a camp ground. Who came up with that idea ?!
A valuable lesson learnt. Even if the weather looks great now and tomorrow camp for the worst event ! And if it aint right move on.....
Had we been somewhere more remote it would be more disastrous, but to be fair I would not have picked a bomb crater to pitch in, no one would! would they?
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Regards Tim
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