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Quote: Originally posted by Madscot66 on 28/5/2011

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You must remember you will have gained experience . That is the most important thing. ...................

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Thanks for the replies, it was our very first trip camping, we started last year with an urban escape fuji tent, it was the first of many trips this year :)

I had 1 of them tools to pull the springs on our trampoline, i think the box is in the shed, will have a look!

We had then camping mat under the airbed but I think we are going to vacume bag a spare quilt and use that with the sleeping bag ontop of the airbed, hopefully will be warmer in july/august anyway!

Well done on surviving the trip - not familiar with your tent but anything with 700 in its name sounds ENORMOUS!!

Sounds like your pegs were well and truly pegged in :-) so the flapping may just have been the "normal" sound of your tent in the wind.  You don't necessarily want all your guys very tight as a strong gust of wind could then cause the fabric to tear - they just need to be tight enough to keep the tent stable and secure.  Eventually you get used to whats just normal wind movement (that sounds so wrong!!) and you can sleep more peacefully.

Good luck with the repairs x

Yes they werent going anywhere.

My wife picked the tent up today (im offshore) and its all fixed nicely, £17 from the place under tag outdoors in grimsby!