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Subject Topic: We survived the wind! Post Reply Post New Topic
18/6/2011 at 6:16pm
 Location: Kent
 Outfit: Outwell Vermont XL & Coleman Waterfall
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We have just returned from a camping trip in an extremely wet and windy Weymouth.  Being relatively new to camping it was quite hair raising being in a tent with winds gusting at between 38 mph and 50 mph according to the met office.  We were unsure what our tent could cope with, but our tent survived with no damage at all.  Not sure it is an experience I would like to repeat though!  Good luck to anyone about to go on a camping trip in this wet and windy weather.


18/6/2011 at 6:26pm
 Location: Ashford mx
 Outfit: vango Calder 500
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good old outwell....does what it says on the bag!!! Glad you survived,now you've done the worst...it can only get better!

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March- Padstow
April- Forest Glade
June-Grizedale
July-Jedburgh
and lots more besides


18/6/2011 at 7:04pm
 Location: Dumfries
 Outfit: Amazon 600 zenith 8 man kampa polzeath
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Now you are campers and welcome to the club. It's a true saying" you only get what you pay for" . Experience is what make you a better camper. Next time if you are camping and the wind picks up ,you won't be worried about your tent........and enjoy it..........


18/6/2011 at 7:16pm
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which campsite did you go to?.We  live near weymouth about three quarters of an hour drive, did our first ever camp trip there at sea barn farm, luckily weather wasnt too bad.


18/6/2011 at 7:22pm
 Location: Greater London
 Outfit: Illusion TC 800XL
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glad to hear it hasn't put you off going camping again...once you get the bug there's no turning back...!!

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"tereba nessa, kemer wyth"

.~*MOONIE*~.

Snowdonia - Peak District - Brecon Beacons - Lake District


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18/6/2011 at 7:30pm
 Location: Kent
 Outfit: Outwell Vermont XL & Coleman Waterfall
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We were at Littlesea facing onto the Fleet Lagoon.  I agree you definately get what you pay for.  The Wardens informed us that they had lost several tents during the night which had been completely destroyed.  Looking forward to our next camping trip and hoping for calmer weather


18/6/2011 at 7:31pm
 Location: Bootle
 Outfit: various tents & A steam train
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We've just got back, adn had quiet a bit of wind - even when it wasn't raining, a few days it was too windy to sit out.  Only good thing was it got the towels and swimmong costumes dry - which was handy as Alice sometimes went to the pool twice a day.

One night he wind was really bad, you could feel our camper rocking, and it's not exactly lightweight.   It and ancient American thing circa 1980.



19/6/2011 at 11:15am
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Too many!
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once you get the bug there's no turning back...!!

How I agree with this.....we were loaned a tent in April, went away for a long weekend and now we have 2 tents and 4 trips away under our belts!!!!



19/6/2011 at 9:38pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Quechua Family 4.2
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Quote: Originally posted by daveslisa on 19/6/2011

 

 

"once you get the bug there's no turning back...!!

How I agree with this.....we were loaned a tent in April, went away for a long weekend and now we have 2 tents and 4 trips away under our belts!!!! "

Lol thats us too!





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