The first Irish storm for us

I like the wind, I also like the rain! But there are some limitations.....

Today we have the first storm of the trip, in Kent it was already windy one day, but that can't be compared to a wind on the Irish west coast or on the Outer Hebrides! Currently gusts of 70 km/h, but it's supposed to get worse.

I have to admit that I probably won't sleep so well, but it's still not comparable to the storm on Harris, which even drove away the toughest tent campers and some motorhomes with 130-150 km/h. I can understand that very well, because we once moved to a bed and breakfast in Greece in such a storm front, when the water almost came into the sleeping cabin. But here it's not necessarily about the amount of rain, but rather about the wind, which some tent poles don't take so lightly.

Here it's still moderate, Christian has tightened the supports of our Palumbi, only the windows are ventilated, they go against the wind. We have brought in everything that could fly away, the cool box is shielded from the wind so that the gas flame hopefully doesn't go out. The dogs are still calm at the moment, Nerone could already get a little restless. Storm camping has a certain appeal, but I don't particularly like it when the caravan wobbles.

Very tough people, I'm not one of them, even set up the awning and secured it with up to 4 storm lines. Most of the people who did this are permanent campers, so it makes sense.

We tried this once in Cornwall years ago, but then decided to take down the awning because it didn't fit 100% on the caravan and therefore gave the wind a lot of room to play. Currently we are only traveling with a sun sail, so the storm line doesn't make much sense depending on the wind direction.

There are still some tents here at the moment, I admire it when they get into the car to pass the time, but then really switch to the sleeping bag in the tent when it gets dark. I can't do that, I'm grateful for the solid roof and I always hope that Palumbi can handle the storm too.

Christian just pointed out to me that Palumbi is tough, otherwise he wouldn't be able to handle the 130 km/h while towing, which sometimes come to my mind. That already calms me down, but I would prefer less wind!