Uhhuh.  I went camping over the weekend, and it rained.  Then it poured.  Just when I thought it couldn’t get any heavier — it hailed.  The rain demolished the annex between the tents, and made a mess of anything nearby.

The rest of the family was fine.  Thankfully, they were over in the main tent, safe, and dry.   …and now I know the main tent is hail proof.

So I spent a couple of hours late in the night, (and well into the morning) huddled under a tent awning, with two dogs who are both petrified of lighting and thunder.  Luckily I had a small gas burner that I could use to keep warm — obviously given the circumstances, I wasn’t at all worried about the tarp catching fire  =)

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Anyway the morning after, I got up early and lit a campfire (this shouldn’t be any surprise to those who know me) and Thomas helped cooked some breakfast:  bacon, eggs sausages, tomato and coffee.  Then we cleaned up and came home earlier than planned.

So I didn’t really get a chance to do any serious cooking, photography or worse still any serious scotch drinking!!

I did, stop and take one photo of an interesting ‘mailbox’ I saw.  One of the locals has been very resourceful and used and old microwave for his mailbox.  Made me smile.

So shaken, but not stirred, I’m planning the next trip.