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09/8/2011 at 1:58pm
 Location: Glasgow
 Outfit: Vango Monte Verde 900
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Ok, I've read all the advice on how to dry your tent once home but I have a question about the tents interior.
We took out tent down in torrential rain on Sunday, it was totally soaked. Took it out of the bag when we got home (along with a small lake) and threw it over the kids climbing frame this morning. Being a relatively nice day it dried quite quickly. Or so I thought. I opened one of the zips at the bottom of the door and a river ran over my shoe. The inside is so wet it's slopping about.
I've opened all the doors and guyed it out a bit to get some air through it but I'm worried that a)this won't dry it thoroughly (the bed pod is still inside) and b) it will take off.
Is pitching it the only answer to drying out the inside? We are forecast rain later and I can't pitch it on my own so hoping it doesn't need fully pitched.
Any advice/thoughts welcome

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09/8/2011 at 2:12pm
 Location: lancs
 Outfit: coleman marseille 9 juno 500
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I never fully pitch mine, i just arrange it ontop of chairs and tables for the air to get in and under it. Could you maybe get it over the washing line for the water to drip out of?

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09/8/2011 at 2:17pm
 Location: Greater London
 Outfit: Illusion TC 800XL
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i'd definitely remove the sleeping pod and dry that seperately...we tend to take the sleeping pods out of our tents before we pack them up on site if it's raining to avoid them getting wet in the first place...

the pod itself will hold water in its SIG, so you'll have real problems trying to dry out the inside of your tent if it remains inside...

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09/8/2011 at 2:26pm
 Location: Glasgow
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cheers, I think I'll try and get the pod out when hubby gets in from work, I have visions of me getting stuck in a soaking wet collapsed tent and not being able to find my way out lol.
The rain was so extreme on Sunday it really was a case of get it down and chuck it in the car. Even then my trousers and socks etc were so wet I could wring the water out with my hands. We were splashing about in a virtual lake trying to get it down the puddles were so big. Really was a new camping experience for me lol.

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09/8/2011 at 3:20pm
 Location: E Yorkshire
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This wet sleeping pod problem has come up a few times before. I always dry my tents when I get home, even if I break camp on a fine sunny day.

Never ever gave a thought to the sleeping section being wet, that is till a couple of weeks ago when horror of horrors, I found black mold on my inner tent.

I now also air out my inner tents when I get home. I can only think my problem was caused by a wet foot print.



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09/8/2011 at 4:27pm
 Location: Cumbernauld
 Outfit: Outwell Minnesota 4 and Oakland M
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If I'm packing away a wet tent I always take out the sleeping pods and put them in tent bag, then just roll wet tent up and shove it in the car. I've found because of SIG the best way to dry the inside is to erect it without putting pod back in, leaving all the curtain and midge nets hang loose.

If the weather is still too wet when I get home I will hang it ove a rope in the garage, but will regularly move it, and turn it outside in if necesary. just check it and if you find any wet or damp parts hang it in a way they will dry.

But the best way (weather permitting) is to put it back up in the garden




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