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pingvin

06/7/2012 at 10:26pm
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You've got a real palace there! How do you keep the tent so tidy with 2 kids?

Enjoy your holiday, and I hope the sun is still shining and the bad weather we have in Denmark now is not going to Sweden...

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06/7/2012 at 11:17pm
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Tent looks too small

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EliseS

07/7/2012 at 8:16am
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Quote: Originally posted by Lynm on 06/7/2012
Where in Norway do you live. My family live on a mountain outside Kongsberg whilst I live in wet old England. We are all planning a trip to the fjords camping next year when we go over & your pics of the Norwegian background whilst packing made me wish it was now!

We live in North Norway - in Tromsø ;) The nature is lovely here, but I wish it was a little bit warmer in the summer :)
kongsberg is great ! ;)

EliseS

07/7/2012 at 8:18am
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Quote: Originally posted by scb2 on 06/7/2012
What carpet did you buy for the front? We have the 2011 version and live our tent :)
Have fun your set up looks great, very envious of the sun too

We got the same carpet as in the living area - it was the only that would fit and have the same color as the other one :)
Nah, we had some rain yesterday ;)

EliseS

07/7/2012 at 8:19am
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Quote: Originally posted by pingvin on 06/7/2012
You've got a real palace there! How do you keep the tent so tidy with 2 kids?
Enjoy your holiday, and I hope the sun is still shining and the bad weather we have in Denmark now is not going to Sweden...

haha, we don't have it this tidy all the time, but the vermont has a closet that we stuff all the things in so it looks tidy :P

Hope you`ll get some better weather soon ! ;)

EliseS

07/7/2012 at 8:20am
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Quote: Originally posted by bloomooning on 06/7/2012
Tent looks too small

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girlwomble

07/7/2012 at 9:19am
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Wow. Looks fab. think all our Scottish snow eventually melted last month

Would love to camp in Norway and Sweden.

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Obzi

07/7/2012 at 11:31am
Location: Middlesbrough UK.
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Like me you seem to be an Outwell fan, once you have a Outwell tent you find yourself on the lookout for anything else they make. I've had a Vermont XL for a couple of years and it's an excellent tent, I see they've made some improvements to the front/porch area on your version which it really needed. I was hoping you were going to say there's now a ready made carpet for it : (

Great tent, and worth every penny.

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EliseS

08/7/2012 at 8:06am
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Quote: Originally posted by Obzi on 07/7/2012

Like me you seem to be an Outwell fan, once you have a Outwell tent you find yourself on the lookout for anything else they make. I've had a Vermont XL for a couple of years and it's an excellent tent, I see they've made some improvements to the front/porch area on your version which it really needed. I was hoping you were going to say there's now a ready made carpet for it : (
Great tent, and worth every penny.

Yes, I wish they would make one. IMO I wish that the porch ground sheet was sewn in ;)

Jayney-wayney

08/7/2012 at 9:14am
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I'm loving the way that you packed all your clothes in 'sideways'. I would never have thought of doing it like that but it seems so much more sensible. Not only do you appear to have more room but you can also see where everything is. Guess how I'm packing our bags from now on.

Thank you

black ice

08/7/2012 at 10:01am
Location: South Wales
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Lovely pics great tent & set up have a fab holiday.

Sue.

EliseS

12/7/2012 at 5:08pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Jayney-wayney on 08/7/2012

I'm loving the way that you packed all your clothes in 'sideways'. I would never have thought of doing it like that but it seems so much more sensible. Not only do you appear to have more room but you can also see where everything is. Guess how I'm packing our bags from now on.
Thank you

yes, we packed in the pack´n`go from outwell. I took some pics before we packet up and left. Here is the vermont "closet" with the bags:

CampingKales

12/7/2012 at 9:55pm
Location: Portsmouth
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Love the pics ... and we are awaiting delivery of one of the pack'n'go bags from Outwell ourselves!

How did you find the tent coped with the weight on the wardrobe pole?

Did you find it pulled on the seams at all?

As when we had things hanging off it, it looked like it made daylight holes in the roof seam which was a little worrying!

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RTS5

13/7/2012 at 9:39am
Location: North Wiltshire
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Looks like you had a great time for the 'real thing'.

EliseS

14/7/2012 at 7:58pm
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Quote: Originally posted by CampingKales on 12/7/2012

Love the pics ... and we are awaiting delivery of one of the pack'n'go bags from Outwell ourselves!
How did you find the tent coped with the weight on the wardrobe pole?
Did you find it pulled on the seams at all?
As when we had things hanging off it, it looked like it made daylight holes in the roof seam which was a little worrying!

We didn`t find anything like that.. but I didn`t dare to hang all the bags on the pole, just the kids bags and the ends. All our bags where really heavy though :)

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