Vine bridge camping
The weather forecast is for rain in the afternoon and gusty winds, then heavy rain overnight.
It was difficult to decide what to do. We found food at the cafe opposite and have an affordable campsite, so we've opted for another 2 nights here and hiking tomorrow if the weather permits...
Vine bridges campsite
Vine bridges
Vine bridges
Snake!
Spotted by our companions at the campsite!
Short walk upstream
Morning stroll before the rain got heavier.
Afterwards we collected some dry-ish wood to potentially have a fire in one of the kitchen cooking area grilles this evening...although neither of us had a lighter or matches, luckily some other campers arrived who do!
Vine bridge info
Nice meal at the cafe by the campsite!
We don't have a way to buy groceries, but the cafe by the campsite does tasty food and although it costs a bit more than supermarket food, we also have a nice, warm place to shelter from the rain and charge gadgets for the afternoon!
Fire and rain!
We needed a little help from a fellow cycle tourist with a gas stove to get tonight's fire going!
It's bucketing down with rain so we used a kitchen cooking area rather than the open campsite spot. Good job we scavenged some dry firewood from the woods earlier and stashed it in the shelter of the kitchen area roof!
It really is heavy rain and we both have some water in our tents! So far mine's seeping up through the floor a bit and coming through the tent inner where the rain is splashing up under the tent outer...and maybe the occasional drop from the roof. Sounds like Suchern's tent may be worse 🌊 🙁
21mm in an hour is a lot of water!
If we stay dry enough until midnight, it's supposed to slacken off a bit then 🤞