Camping on a Bank Holiday weekend, with no booking - drrrrrrr!

"Let's head off in Billy-Bob Jalopy for the weekend", said Clever Bird. "Good plan, I've got an extra day", said Calum. Stuff all packed yesterday and this morning - so off they headed. Off to Baggy's Dad's house first, to make sure it was okay now that the tenant has moved out. Step one to getting the roof taken off. It's fine. Freda Fretter stopped worrying about it. Then to Southwold to camp. As they drove through Southwold, trying to avoid the tourists who were twenty deep on the pavements and falling off into the road, the significance of the fact that it's a Bank Holiday weekend - no, let's be accurate, the main Bank Holiday weekend of the year, began to sink in. "Urrrmm, I'm beginning to think that perhaps this wasn't Clever Bird's brightest idea Calum". As they tried to negotiate the little town, Baggy and Calum reminisced about how sleepy it was when they were kids - no trouble parking (or even getting on the pavement) then!

As they got closer to the campsite, it was clear that it was heaving. Big sign at the entrance, "Campsite FULL". Oh dear, well done Clever Bird. They headed to the car park by the harbour. Boy was it windy - proper surf on the sea. Calum whipped out his laptop to do a campsite search while Furry Mama took Minty Mutt for a leg stretch. By the time she got back, Calum was in full sense-of-humour-failure mode. No phone numbers on the websites.

As Calum got more and more mad with technology, Furry Mama and Mint went for another wander. When they got back things had not improved. "Why don't we just drive, look for campsite signs and hope for the best?" suggested Freda. Off they set. A few miles down the coast Baggy spotted a caravan site sign. "Let's try it", said Baggy holding out little hope. Psychic Ploppo remembered her dear Mama, whenever she couldn't find a parking space, after trying for twenty or thirty minutes, she would "do a spell". It always worked. Ploppo muttered, "I'd be really grateful if there was a space. It's our first trip. We only need a diddy one". They pulled onto the site. It was heaving. A lady on a cycle stopped. "Can I help you?" "We were just hoping that you might have room for a little one. We picked our camper up yesterday and didn't think this through." "No, well we've been fully booked for four months." "Oh dear". "It's okay, give me a minute. You're here now, so we won't turn you away". She went off to check and someone had cancelled their space this morning. Not only a spot, but with proper electric hook-up!

Lovely campsite. Lucky Baggy family. Café with home-made sausage rolls and scones. Yes they have been consumed. Now they're on the beer and wine. Happy campers.........