Quote: Originally posted by mrneillees on 12/4/2011
loving the Bude 4, stress free pitching, have made some very minor tweaks
1 Clingon centre bottom of front door to peg down at night/going out for the day
2 Clingon/bungee guy rope on rear vent to open wide during day/pull down closed on cold nights (and stuff vent with 'sausaged' door mat to block drafts)
3 Vango venture tarp/mini market-trader clips over door for sun/rain protection (added longer guy and poles to original tarp)
4 Extra bungee guys (from Poundland) to 4 main 'legs' in windy weather so stop too much movement
Apart from always keeping half the bedroom stowed away and a brilliant storage unit from Towsure for all our food and cooking gear, that's about it. Will be using with a Wynnster Leisure Shelter for longer trips to create more covered outside space (about same footprint). Not sure our Cleveland will be out much this year if at all!
Strange the Bude 4 has been discontinued, after some spare poles now, just in case of breaks.
Some good ideas there! May try the vent bungee idea.
With a 4 year old, we use our large Columbia 600 tent for 4 or more nights, but with his bedroom in the Bude 4 doubling up as play space when we get back from a day out - she's great for 3 nights or less (with the tarp for wet day shelter). We haven't dropped the second inner yet, but its an option for really wet days although tend to be out and about.
We don't go in for furniture but have perfected our storage so fits neatly down one side of the tent. Holdalls go in our son's inner. We use an Outwells baffin stool/table as our table which sits neatly in the other corner by the door with enough room for a seat alongside. Other seats are collapsed unless in use. Compact - but works fine.
Have you found much movement in windy weather? We haven't as yet...
Helen
Topic: Great weekend under canvas
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