May bank holiday weekend, we made the stupid decision to try a wild camp in our VW California campervan, high up in the mountains of North Wales, during a long spell of summer weather... bad move!
We arrived at a small remote park up where I'd stayed before and just secured the last spot. We soaked in the peaceful surroundings and the views of the sea and mountains whilst watching the sunset but then, it all went south and we had to move on. Problem was, EVERYONE else was camping in Snowdonia and all usual available spots were overflowing with vans.
We always make a point of not travelling on bank holiday weekends for numerous reasons but this secured the fact, we will never repeat this experience!
We totally understand, the national parks and other locations are there for everyone to enjoy but this felt like, everyone was enjoying it at the same time which isn't our bag so we headed to stay with parents in Conwy where we could relax in the sunshine and take the dog to a quiet beach nearby.
There was no drama here, no major catastrophes just pure and simple shock. The vans we seen camping weren't necessarily doing anything wrong, just doing things differently to how we'd do it.
Whilst driving through, I genuinely said "this makes me fall out of love with vanlife" and for a brief moment, I actually thought about our future in a campervan coming to an end but my brain soon realised, this isn't a regular occurance and we'd just need to be a bit more selective with our timings and location in the future.
Hopefully, next weekend at Vanlife festival will help us to forget this less than perfect weekend.

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