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09/8/2013 at 12:21am
Location: Scotland
Outfit: Yellowstone Falls and Vango F10 MK4
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We always face this dilemma too. I'm always nervous about being away from the tent for longer than about an hour. To calm my nerves we invested in a solar powered radio. Outwell do one for about £15. We now wind that up and leave it on a fairly low volume in the bedroom area on radio 4 or some other non musical channel. Someone snooping might believe that someone is either listening to the radio whilst sleeping/relaxing, or simply that there are people have a conversation inside the tent. We tend to close up the blinds so you cannt see into the tent. We don't bother with padlocks though. I think any would-be-theif would be curious as to what it is you're hiding behind the canvas and simply rip their way through.
If security is a big concern, do try to be friendly with your camping neighbours as its an unspoken rule among good campers that we keep an eye on things for one another. Also choose your pitch carefully ie in a busier part of the site where outsiders would look more obvious.
I work for the police and I've rarely ever heard of a report of a theft from a tent, except the festival type situation. Caravans do get broken into from time to time, but that's usually during the winter period, and caravans often contain Tvs, DVD players etc.
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Even so, I'm fond of it and would really hate any of it to get nicked, so I tend to keep it inside and smaller items folded in the car when we're off for the day.
