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06/2/2011 at 8:50am
 Location: Hockley Essex
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We always line up the coolbox and a couple of bags infront of the door opening - but only when we don't have a dinosaur handy  - Seems to do the trick, can't think what you'd put outside though

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06/2/2011 at 10:27am
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Quote: Originally posted by valbarley on 05/2/2011
Quote: Originally posted by Tidburyboy on 05/2/2011
Loved the opening salvo

Val - where was that picture taken, looks really nice.
That was November in the top field at Hopleys in Worcs. Nice site


Oooh close to home - I'll check that out, thanks!


06/2/2011 at 10:49am
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Quote: Originally posted by Bernie47 on 06/2/2011

We never did find out what to put outside your tent to stop draughts.  [:V:]


could use him, probably keep the dinosaurs and dracula away as well



06/2/2011 at 1:24pm
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I thought vampires could only come in if they are invited. So just don't invite Dracula in.

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06/2/2011 at 4:26pm
 Location: oxfordshire
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Glad i read this thread as i will now get some of the interlocking matting for our 1st trip away.

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06/2/2011 at 8:12pm
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Quote: Originally posted by valbarley on 05/2/2011
Quote: Originally posted by erroutdoors on 05/2/2011
We just take a piece of breathable groundsheet for the front of the tent, to stop grass being traipsed in, and fasten it down with Clingons. The rubber mats look good, but we're trying to take less stuff, and they do look a bit bulky?
The rubber mats sit in the bottom of the trailer.  Means they cushion everything in there, and if anything is damp it drips through them and stays dry
Hmmmm...that's a convincing argument! How many do you use for the front area of your Barbados Val? Do they interlock, or just butt up?


06/2/2011 at 8:56pm
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I have 3 which i used in front of the bear lake and the barbados

They are pretty heavy duty so if you put them next to each other they dont shift.  He did give me some fittings to join them but I've never needed to use them

I did notice he has some smaller ones (910mm x 910mm just under 1m squared) for £7.68 (slightly thinner as well 13mm as opposed to 22mm) - might be worth a look?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LAWN-SAFETY-Playground-MATS-Swings-Slides-Trampolines-/130481783188?pt=UK_Toys_Games_Outdoor_Toys_ET&hash=item1e61520194

 

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in the trailer, modelled by Homer..



06/2/2011 at 10:53pm
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We saw some interlocking tiles for sale in the gardening part of Trago Mills in Devon last year,they had a huge pile of them.

Andy



07/2/2011 at 3:35pm
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Well, I certainly know what to get now!


07/2/2011 at 8:27pm
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breathable mat ,if you are there long enough the grass grows though


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08/2/2011 at 12:36am
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Quote: Originally posted by Bernie47 on 06/2/2011

We never did find out what to put outside your tent to stop draughts.  [:V:]


To stop draughts 

leave this at home 

 

or to show them whose boss

 better still take it  

 

 

THE CARLSBERG DRAUGHTMASTER

 

 



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