I am laughing at your OP, DINNNO - not because of your predicament but because the same thing happened to me in a gale in England in August. The only things holding down the tent were me and the dog, the rubbers ripped off one by one, we stepped out and the brand new tent took off across the field.
Enjoy yourself - or you could stay at a nearby B&B - the thought of a granny and a dog camping in a tent with 8 people you don't know well sounds like a nightmare to me.
apple trees not flowering this year. Anyone else?
Lack of public toilets in towns.