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Can I reproof with NikWax whilst the tent is up and wet? It has been 4 years since the good old Vango was purchased, and I have not had to reproof it yet...

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Quote: Originally posted by febe3 on 13/8/2008

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enjoyed our camping trip over the last 7 days...bit wet and muddy ....but boy has it taken us a long time to unpack and clean everything up!  As regards weather forcasts...they're not always right!  I would always go anyway...you can always come home.....

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Agree on just going irrespective of forecast but don't agree you can 'always come home'.  My camping trips to far flung corners of the UK often take two days travel each way and transport in rural areas is thin on the ground these days.

If you hang around for the weather, you're never get anywhere - just go and pack appropriate clothing.

Quote: Originally posted by smashing69 on 05/5/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by febe3 on 13/8/2008

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enjoyed our camping trip over the last 7 days...bit wet and muddy ....but boy has it taken us a long time to unpack and clean everything up!  As regards weather forcasts...they're not always right!  I would always go anyway...you can always come home.....

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Agree on just going irrespective of forecast but don't agree you can 'always come home'.  My camping trips to far flung corners of the UK often take two days travel each way and transport in rural areas is thin on the ground these days.

If you hang around for the weather, you're never get anywhere - just go and pack appropriate clothing.

 

.....have to say we didn't actually come home..well came home a day early...and as another post said the holiday was memorable for the wrong reasons really. We have camped in rain a lot, and since, but not constant rain as it was on this holiday. In fact we now now have a folding camper (heating, and off the ground!)cos we decided we couldn't bear being so cold,wet and uncomfortable on holiday again.  Although our tent wasn't ruined, and we still have it, it certainly didn't do it any good, don't think the sig was built to camp on marshland (yes our feet did sink into it when we walked in the tent) and we'll never get all the marks off the walls (despite the care we took in taking it down..and the shower my hubby had to take afterwards before even getting in the car.  Each to their own, but am afraid I don't like being  cold and wet..but then perhaps I'm a wuss! 

Wow, a 3 year old post and still going strong. anyway for what it's worth the last time we went family camnping in the UK, was the summer of 1978!, it rained solid for two weeks, at the campsite we were on in Cornwall.

Since then have only ever camped in the South of France, during July, and guess what, we have never had rain in all this time, not to mention wall to wall sunshine, and temps of around +40Deg C.

Happy days.

Quote: One minute a post from 8/08 and the next one 5/11, that's using the search box for you

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The right tent can make life a lot easier when it's raining, my vermont xl has a huge wet/porch area with a tanked ground sheet that takes all out kitchen gear, etc, we can throw down all our wet chothes,boots etc and then enter the dry living area with carpet and heater.

The Porch is so big I can just pull in my 2 man kayak every night!

I don,t mind camping in the rain, we both like listening to it, being snug.   It's the constant non stop rain, which is the biggest bug bear.  I have had this experience. Even with proper outdoor gear does'nt always make it bearable, As they need to be hung to dryout somewhere. This is were EHU comes in handy with the fan heater.  If not it's more difficult, unless there is a drying room to hang wet coats ect.  I found this essential when camping at Beddgelert last year at Easter without EHU.  Having two lots of rain wear imo is essential.  one drying out one being worn.

I try and make sure that the doors are sloped away from the tent, reason, stop drips going onto the ground sheet by the door, which I use to stand while taking boots off ect, also 2 mats one for dirty shoes and then step onto the other to keep mud abay.

Heather

I like listening to the rain too, a book and a mug of tea and I'm quite happy. The children on the other hand, are not and it's them I have to put up with! Well they're not so much children anymore, but surly teenagers and I'm sure some of you know how much fun that is!

Anyway since the thread is still relevant no matter how much time has gone by my top bit of gear in wet weather is the tent extension. It's great to have a 'wet gear' zone with no groundsheet and ban shoes from the actual tent itself. I also take my dirt trapper mat which keeps mud, water and wet dog paws generally out of the main tent.

In the past to combat kids boredom in the rain we have taken ourselves off to the cinema, or had a lingering dinner in a pub.