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18/6/2011 at 10:21am
 Location: alcester
 Outfit: 4m bell soulpad 5m bell canvas&cast
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Quote: Originally posted by valbarley on 18/6/2011
Quote: Originally posted by johnmarie on 18/6/2011

Ok I admit it, I do have tent envy now I've seen Val's Alice in wonderland tent.

Or maybe its Artist and courage envy as that tent is way too small for us, but I daren't do thet to our 5m bell although I would love to if they weren't so expensive. 


don't blame you! I'm not going to deface the 5m either!

Only painted the 4m as it was £170, and even then i was thinking 'is this such a good idea??' once the first paint splodge went on it..

Gets a bit addictive though, finished the 3m now and thinking what can i paint now...







You could paint my tent!!


18/6/2011 at 11:59am
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Vango Airbeam 800
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Quote: Originally posted by Davy J on 18/6/2011
upapalmtree, that's the way , many of us been the same , upgrade that's the way to go , hope you enjoying it ?


loving it! complete camping convert


18/6/2011 at 4:58pm
 Location: Bootle
 Outfit: various tents & A steam train
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OK I would kill for a VW campervan - one of those where the roof lifts up - wanted one since childhood.
Love Vla's bell tents - but I don't really get tent envy - probably because, hopefully, I have a tent to suit all needs - from camping in the gerden to a couple of weeks away.

However, I do like looking around camping stores looking at tents - my excuse is that I can see what people are talking about when they talk about their tents onhere.

 



18/6/2011 at 5:49pm
 Location: Oldham
 Outfit: None Entered
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I suffer from this.

Having bought an unknown brand on sale in decathalon as an upgrade From a b and qone and looking on theis site for any reviews, I then stumbled across all the lovely tents available!

I was half hoping ours would fail in some way so we could get another but it was great in the inclement weather and lovely and spacious.

Still envious of the big brand tents though.

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18/6/2011 at 8:01pm
 Location: Essex
 Outfit: vango maritsa 600 Vango Alpha 300
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i thought i did untill i saw the outwell vermont xl that i loved so well and realised it was just too big for me.....im only 5ft it would only take a gust of wind aqnd me and the tent would be off

i have just sold my khyam ontario 8 as i wanted something more practical for our needs and am buying a lovely vango maritsa 600 and so now i wont have any tent envy because im in love with the vango......well until i find something else



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18/6/2011 at 8:09pm
 Location: Devon
 Outfit: Swift Azzurra 5 birth
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Quote: Originally posted by thehintons on 16/6/2011
so its not just me who walks around sites admiring tents. The sad thing is I can name most of them



I'm the same!!
I only live about 5 mins away from lobbs fields camp site and i'm always cycling there to have a look around and also when were on site, i walk round for hours admiring people's set ups lol and when some one new arrives i walk round to see their tent!! lol
i was in heaven whit week at Woodlands................... i love bit sites! lol
all this much to hubby's annoyance........but funny how he alway accompanies me on my walks!!!!


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18/6/2011 at 8:40pm
 Location: Severn Valley
 Outfit: Aztec Galeria 4 Outwell Virginia 5
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I just love all my tents, and am perfectly happy with them, and don't envy other people's a bit.

I would still like an up-to-date tent for overnight stays which is bigger than the little two-man domes and smaller than the Aztec Galeria 4, with room for two to sit in chairs in the evening, but I can't see OH running with that one!  He likes the space in the Galeria, but we do find it a little big for a quick whizz away.

We have a 40-year old nameless blue ridge, which I would just love to take camping again, but OH is scared of it because last time we used it (in 1984!) the rain was biblical, and we were washed away! 

Half a can of Fabsil, and it'll be as good as any Vango, Outwell or Cabanon in the world! (Well, I love it, anyway! )

FoO



18/6/2011 at 8:51pm
 Location: West Midlands
 Outfit: Kampa Hayling 4
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The only thing I ever envy on a campsite is a VW camper. One day



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18/6/2011 at 9:41pm
 Location: Staffordshire
 Outfit: Outwell Cloud 5
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I used to have tent envy, but I don't now I have the front awning for the Arkansas.  Infact others were envious of our tent and didn't want to pitch by us !!

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