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18/6/2011 at 3:46pm
 Location: Co Durham
 Outfit: dandy 6
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Just got back today from Cumbria and had a brilliant week. Was pouring down on Saturday when we arrived, so had to pitch the tent in the wet. Took a while as we had not used the tent before. That night I was frozen, probably with getting wet. The rest of the week, was nice and warm in bed.
The sun was shining and we had loads of walks, went to Keswick,Windermere and other places, beautiful scenery.

Be nice if we could figure out a way of keeping draughts out though.
The dog didn't try to escape either, loved the site, just small, one other tent there for a couple of days then some people in a caravan, who actually only live about 2-3 miles from us.
We actually got an air display while we were on site, a chinook, helicopter and jets were in training, the chinook and copter came really low to the ground.
The only trouble now is how to dry off the tent, because it was raining this morning, it's too big for our garden.


18/6/2011 at 3:52pm
 Location: s.wales
 Outfit: outwell wolf lake 7
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sounds like a lovely relaxing break which is what it is all about.
we came back with a wet tent last time and visited the nearest relative with the biggest garden in our case my brother, a fair exchange of us providing a bbq lunch and he provided his grass

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tent and gear all packed away now and making plans for 2012

plans so far..
Easter..Nantcols
August..Bristol balloon fiesta
August..Cornwall..of course!


18/6/2011 at 4:08pm
 Location: Greater London
 Outfit: Illusion TC 800XL
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very pleased to hear you had such a great time...i love Cumbria and have many happy memories of camping there...will be going back there next year for our main summer holiday and i can't wait...

i sympathise with the tent drying...our garden is miniscule too, so last time we had to dry our tent in stages on the patio, unfolding and refolding it a bit at a time...

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"tereba nessa, kemer wyth"

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Snowdonia - Peak District - Brecon Beacons - Lake District


18/6/2011 at 4:11pm
 Location: Ashford mx
 Outfit: vango Calder 500
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We have a sunncamp maison and when we first pitched it it got wet..spent the next 3 days drying over our dining table, (we kept moving it around to dry it completely)...as for drafts..do your storm flaps fold inwards?..I asked a question about this as we are planing to "live" in it in the spring..the answer was to fold storm flaps inwards and then place the groundsheet over the flaps and peg them down (am also getting a tarp repair kit with grommets to make pegging points in storm flaps to coincide with the groundsheet) this should stop the drafts.  Hope this helps and glad you had a good time.

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18/6/2011 at 4:58pm
 Location: Manchester
 Outfit: High Gear Zenobia 6
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Quote: Originally posted by lynn6183 on 18/6/2011
Just got back today from Cumbria and had a brilliant week. Was pouring down on Saturday when we arrived, so had to pitch the tent in the wet. Took a while as we had not used the tent before. That night I was frozen, probably with getting wet. The rest of the week, was nice and warm in bed.
The sun was shining and we had loads of walks, went to Keswick,Windermere and other places, beautiful scenery.

Be nice if we could figure out a way of keeping draughts out though.
The dog didn't try to escape either, loved the site, just small, one other tent there for a couple of days then some people in a caravan, who actually only live about 2-3 miles from us.
We actually got an air display while we were on site, a chinook, helicopter and jets were in training, the chinook and copter came really low to the ground.
The only trouble now is how to dry off the tent, because it was raining this morning, it's too big for our garden.


I've dried my tent on a couple of clothes maidens in my spare room before now.

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Leanne


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18/6/2011 at 8:28pm
 Location: Co Durham
 Outfit: dandy 6
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It's a sunncamp chateau 6 so quite big, we only have a titchy house and yard, might have to try sprawling it in the attic, though we have very little room in there either. No one has a big garden in our family, we will figure it out.

Yes it has the storm flaps, but we were not allowed the ground sheet and the only breathable one we have is tiny, from our other tent. Never thought about fastening down over the flaps.

Got some lodgers as well, found some black beetles and earwigs in the stuff we brought back.
Been worth it though.


19/6/2011 at 1:27am
 Location: Coventry
 Outfit: Cabanon Elody & Julie & Combicamp
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Real canvas doesn't take long to dry, so if the weather is sunny today, pitch it at a local park, take a couple of chairs & a good book, and wait about an hour for it to dry. If you can remove the guy ropes that will help, as they seem to take longer to dry than the canvas, so dry the guys in the house, then reattach them next time you go away.

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Jean


19/6/2011 at 6:25pm
 Location: Co Durham
 Outfit: dandy 6
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How long can it be left before being put out, it's raining here today. Do you need to get permission to put it up?


19/6/2011 at 6:27pm
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I suppose we could put it up on the allotment, over the veg, just need some sun.


19/6/2011 at 6:42pm
 Location: Ashford mx
 Outfit: vango Calder 500
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You don't necessarily need permission just to put your tent up...you're not going to camp overnight, Have you no spare room/corner of living room? just to keep it from being packed wet..it may not look very pretty sprawled in your house...but will look a lot worse if it goes mouldy (will take a lot more work too to get it mould free)

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March- Padstow
April- Forest Glade
June-Grizedale
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20/6/2011 at 1:25am
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You can pitch a tent in a public park, providing you don't sleep in it overnight. It really needs to be dried asap, but it will help if you take it out of it's bag & just lay it in the bath (or even a shower) until you are able to pitch it.

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Jean



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