We sat looking at the rain pouring down for close on two hours before it slowed down enough to go out without drowning, and I was one worried woman, as I just couldn't imagine us putting up the tent in the still howling wind. But I had to stay cheerful, and told the lot that it was not that bad at all, at which all but Liz looked at me as if I had just escaped from some madhouse, but I put a cheerful smile on my face, and asked Liz for the keys to get the tent out.
Liz was without a care in the world by now, the red having done it's magic, and she came to help without any trouble, but as she was a wee bitty soled by now, I wasn't sure of how much help she would be. the other three stood under the lean-to, looking on with big eyes, as the effort it took just to keep the bally tent flat on the ground in order to put in the supports was one mammoth job, and i was scowling badly at the others watching us. Kristani then came to give a hand, but Irma, the city slicker refused, stating flatly that if I thought she was going to be smothered underneath that tent, I had please to think again! I must say, my cheerfulness had by this time evaporated quite badly, and I was worried, as Liz had consumed a lot of red, and I wasn't licensed to drive her car.
Irma was adamant that the best was for us to go home, stating that if it comes to that, she was prepared to drive, but Liz was still sober enough to know the consequences if something happened on the road, and that was just too much for the poor Irma, who sulked like a three year old. we decided to leave the tent for a while to see if the wind would lie down later, and started on dinner.
It was nice and dry in the lean-to, although the wind danced through it, making a noise like a piper without a clue of how to play the pipes.
The wind did not die down, and by now we were all quite damp, and decided that the best would be to sleep in the small kitchen. At this Irma flounced off to the bathroom, and came back a while later announcing that she was sleeping in the shower, as it was cosy and dry. that was a brilliant idea, and we all decided to remove there after we had washed up, but lady luck was on our side, as the owner of the caravan park came to tell us that if we had our own bedding we could use the big caravan that was open for the night.