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PersonAnnpearson
24/8/2007 at 9:05am
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My son has borrowed our 6 man tent and gone to Leeds festival for the weekend with 3 of his mates - I know my son will be careful with it and i'm sure his mates will too but it dosen't stop me worrying..........he's not a child anymore (19 yrs old) but I love my tent!!

 

Before he went I think I drove him daft - "watch what yr doing; don't bend the poles; don't trip over the guy lines; and NO SMOKING inside MY tent"....... maybe I should just relax............



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PersonFrank Elson
24/8/2007 at 11:07am
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you wouldn't if you saw the state my grandson (21) brought the tent back last month.

He will never have it again.



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Frank
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Personserenlas
24/8/2007 at 12:57pm
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Eeek! I always take my cheapy Tesco tent to festivals. Its probably not him and his friends you need to worry about, but other people tripping over the guylines, falling into the tent and worse!


PersonGrinder
24/8/2007 at 3:01pm
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It's not him you need to worry about, it's the other 75,000+ peeps. I have found out from 1st hand experience if you have a large tent at festivals the thieves there think you have better, and more, stuff to nick!  Sorry!

 Plus all tents at festival sites are on top of each other and peeps WILL trample on your tent! Sorry again but these are facts!  

They would have been better of with a cheap festival tent from Millets.

On the plus side, if it comes back OK you've been lucky.


Personaeropars
24/8/2007 at 3:52pm
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But what do theifs actually do to the tent? do they not just walk in and have a look around? I'm hoping to use my 6 man tent for the V festival next year.


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Personsadsetts
24/8/2007 at 4:04pm
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aeropars, i dont want to seem alarmist, but think about it. If a thief wants to get into a tent, are they going to,

a)Use the nice loud zip which will alert anyone within earshot.

or

b)Run a stanley knife down the side or back of your tent and make no noise whatsoever.


Personaeropars
24/8/2007 at 4:09pm
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I dont think its that noisey to undo a zip.

Do many people take large tents to festivals?


PersonGrinder
24/8/2007 at 5:01pm
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They just walk in as if the tent is theirs,that's what happened to ours at V98. They even left the door unzipped so other thieves would see it had already been robbed, ba5tard5. Most people around will be in the music arena.


Personduane zenith
24/8/2007 at 10:07pm
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hi Anne

Im going myself , so i shall look out for them lol

Duane



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Personthecampits
25/8/2007 at 10:38am
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good luck with getting your tent back (in one piece)

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"THE CAMPITS"


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PersonAndy Pandy 666
25/8/2007 at 11:21am
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Quote: Originally posted by Annpearson on 24/8/2007

My son has borrowed our 6 man tent and gone to Leeds festival for the weekend with 3 of his mates...



   I hope the tent wasn't too expensive, without wishing to worry you, the chances of it coming back undamaged are pretty remote. I hope they'll replace it for you, if it does get damaged...

   I haven't been to a festival for a good few years, but we always took a tent that was 'on it's last legs' because they don't often survive the experience... A tent, roll mat and sleeping bag was all we ever took (camping gear wise), nothing you wouldn't want to lose or get damaged...

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PersonAnnpearson
26/8/2007 at 2:46pm
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It was only a cheepie pro action one from Argos but still quite good and fairly easy to put up - if it comes back damaged I suppose I could always splash out on a new one - maybe an 'outwell' or a 'vango'  ..............  part of me is hoping it's broken now

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PersonGrinder
26/8/2007 at 3:41pm
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Or just tell him it cost twice as much as it did and you'll accept half!!


PersonAnnpearson
26/8/2007 at 3:45pm
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Excellent Idea - I might try that one!!!!!!! 

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PersonSprocket
26/8/2007 at 9:59pm
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I was at V fest last week and there were some HUGE tents around. Depending on where people camped depended on if they got trashed or not, in the busy areas, with through routes, it was more muddy etc and more likely to be open to theives. I didn't see many trashed tents at all if I'm to be honest. I was surprised as I was expecting far more!

We were up at the top end, so wasn't muddy, thankfully no thefts that I know of, and my little Sunncamp voyager 3man came back unscathed apart from a small amount of mud :)
Had a fab time and hoping to go next year. (even if it was muddy and rained non-stop for both days!)



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