Are we losing our hardiness and resilience? Is the Austrian climate (temperatures of - 20c, electrical storms, flash flooding and lethal hail) making us soft? Our first weekend back in England and we were beaten by the Devonshire weather. After spending the best part of Sunday in the pub (not too much of a hardship), mopping up the river of rainwater flowing through the tent, dressing the children in pyjamas and damp towels because there were no other dry items of clothing, and almost collapsing from exhaustion from being so positive, we abandoned 16 hours early (we had already enjoyed two wonderful days on the beach). 'A plus' for effort for all campers, and I expect we were all quite relieved to be in bricks and mortar when the severe weather warnings were announced. The weather didn't make the slightest difference to any of the children, nor did the fact that they hadn't seen their friends for a year, they just picked up where they left off and played very happily all weekend.
