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Candida - Yeah thats good to know really, as long as the weather forecast is accurate or on the negative side, then I don't mind really. We are off to Aghios Nikolaos, Crete at the end of august so that's where I'm planning on getting my sun from this year! I would be interested to know what your personal top things to do or places to see around the Bodmin-Liskeard-Looe area are..?

Shedevil - I'm sorry to hear that! Where were you staying in Wales last weekend? Living in the Valleys it's a nightmare to predict the weather, as you never know what weather system is going to skip or indeed come up into the valley, and if it does, then it usually hangs around there aswell!

yeah they dont have a clue i think they use a phone book and dial up ppl at random and say"wots weather like there " then tell every 1 wot they been told

Hi again guys - Right, We have just decided to go for it, taking the advice of many of you on here!

Weather Update - Ok Wednesday, rubbish Thursday, good Friday - I'll settle for that, if it does pan out that way!

Thanks for the advice, wish us luck, and I'll pop back on here when we're home!

Sod the weather!!!

Waterproof, flipflps and cropped trousers!!!!

Only your feet will need washing then!

Oh and a mat just inside the front of your tent

Hi all, we went to shanklin, IOW on the 7th july for a week.  the week before we contstantly looked at the weather and it said a mixture of rain and cloud and sun for the day we arrived.   Well, the sat we got there, it was 27 degrees and we made it to the beach that afternoon, sun was the same, mon was a bit cloudier but still beach weather, that nite we had force 5 gales and torrential rain, (that was scary but the tent/canopy and windbreak stood up to it all.  tues & wed were mixture of scattered showers and very warm sun, thur/fri were beach weather yet again,

 SO WE SAY, IGNORE THE B****Y WEATHER, GO AND ENJOY.

The weather people can never get it right 100% of the time.

Hi - just go prepared- as advised by others. There is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes! So take waterproofs, layers, AND suncream - just in case of a miracle!

As for your questions about the tent - I have only found a slightly blurry pic here - it that is ( scroll 2/3rds down page) Have you not used it yet?

If that is it then it looks to me like the domed bedroom area goes up inner first - so you will peg it out and put poles diagonally thru the sleeves, lift them to form the dome and fasten the pole ends. Then the fly sheet goes over that, with a third pole threaded through it to hold the extended porch area up. Once that is pegged down you will have a groundsheet to go in there and a 2nd bedroom pod to hang up, if you want to use it.

If my guess is correct the only slight problem you may have is that the inner dome bit will be vulnerable if you try to put up in heavy rain (as that fabric is not fully waterproofed like the flysheet), so you may have to chose your moment for erecting and de-camping too.

Sunncamp are a reliable mid range make - we had a tourist plus for several years and now have a bravo 4 and have never had any problems.

So go and enjoy yourselves!