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We've just bought our first tent (we in our late 40s!)

Looking at various pitch sites we have noticed that some sited requires a tent to be pitched on hard standing.

Do we need something for under the integrated ground sheet?. What stops this ground sheet from tearing?

We.re new to this too, well, second time round.

We've bought a tarpaulin from b&q, a large builders one. Folded in half it's about the same size as the groundsheet.

You can also put picnic rugs down inside, that'll help.

Also, with a tarpaulin, if you have any weather related damage while camping, you can throw the tarp over the top and tie it down.

We also thought that hard standing was only for caravans, but I came across a couple of sites that wanted to preserve the grassed areas, and therefore had hard standing. We thought this was unusual.

However, it appears to be a good idea to have a tarp under the SIG anyway for lots of reasons.

We have a Eurohike Buckingham and after reading various topics here, i'm getting a little (only a little at this stage!) concerned re pegs. We cant erect our tent as we have no garden and our practice run will actually be the real thing!!

Have you found that pegs supplied with tents are usually sufficient, or should we invest in something with more bite!

Quote: Originally posted by Vygotsky on 15/5/2007

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  We are getting some Deltas before we do our two week break this summer. OH is buying them for my birthday! My non camping friends can't understand my excitement, Claire

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I suppose some guys are just naturally romantic

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Quote: Originally posted by caster on 15/5/2007

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Quote: Originally posted by Vygotsky on 15/5/2007

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  We are getting some Deltas before we do our two week break this summer. OH is buying them for my birthday! My non camping friends can't understand my excitement, Claire

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I suppose some guys are just naturally romantic

................Sorry

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Hard standing with a SIG ?No thankyou.Either ask to move to another pitch ,if then no joy,another site

The pitch we got for this BH is not hard standing, fortunately

Where do we get Delta pegs?

Talking about presents, for christmas couple of years back, I really, really wanted new hand held mixer (for the small jobs), even showed him one in Currys, etc for about £25.00. Would have been very happy with that.

What did I get?     Electric piano at a cost of approx £2,500!! Only wnated mixer. LOL

I do appreciate it really

many thanks for all your help

Hope all campers are as helpful and friendly!!

Looking forward to our first night under canvas this bank hol

Great enjoy