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If at all possible, its best to have the tent up and wet than in a bag.  we came back on the 8th of July and I only packed my tent up last night after the first full day with no rain showers.  If you have the space, I'd pitch it, if not just hang it on the line anyway but make sure all vents are the right way up so rain doesnt pour into them and get inside the tent.

Hope that helps

Its the same with ours, ours does fit but its not fully pitched, kind of loosely guyed but enough to dry it,

I stupidly laid mine out flat thinking it would be fine and ended up with a load of water in through a side window vent!  Hence my advice on the vents, it happened to me.  I ended up pitching it and taking out the inner tent to hang over the bannister, then I had to mop it out, not fun lol.

But even if you get it on the line and it has to stay there a few days, its better than mildew forming in the bag.  You should be lucky though, better weather is on its way next week

It was, but all in the fun of camping.

I hope it does stay dry for you, I think pretty much all the UK is to be pretty bad today and tomorrow but it is due to start drying up very soon.

Silly question but do you have a loft you could hang it in, or over the bannister?  I've also heard of people putting the chairs on top of the dining table and putting the tent over the top of that?

I just wish we had a garage, that would be ideal!

Just a few ideas.

We use the dinning room table with the fan heater..keep moving it of course ( dont want any fires) as we also have a small garden ...it can be a nightmare but it is worth it ...dont let this horrible spell of weather put you off...we have only had 1 nice weekend in 2 years but i still love it...hate coming home

HELEN