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12/9/2012 at 9:05pm
Location: Notts Derbyshire
Outfit: Soulpad 5000tribe Vango 450
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My dads in and around Fortwilliam on his motorbike and side car camping lol there supposed to be off to Hebrides as well .
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13/9/2012 at 1:49pm
Location: Glasgow
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It's not really your tents ability to function in wind that is the main problem...breakages and twisted poles often occur pitching or striking in the wind. This is when your tent is subjected to the most stress and torque. Once pitched it is far more stable.
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13/9/2012 at 10:42pm
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Which site are you staying at naepace?
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14/9/2012 at 9:37am
Location: Isle of Mull
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Calmed down a lot this morning over on Mull
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14/9/2012 at 9:45am
Location: Beautiful Warwickshire
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Here's what the Met Office for West Wales says: Saturday, mainly dry, with variable cloud and amounts and bright or sunny spells. There may be a few spots of light rain in the west where cloud thickens. Maximum temperature 18 °C
Here's the Met Office wind speed forecast for today, Sat, Sun et seq
Here's the Met Office mountain forecast for Snowdonia on Saturday; a largely dry and bright day with sunny spells and lighter winds, maximum winds above 500m will be 20mph
Note, the wind may be rather less lower down.
Here is the Mountain Weather Information Service (MWIS) forecast for Snowdonia today (note this refers to the mountains) Westerly, dawn up to 45mph, slow decrease to 30mph by dusk.
In summary, it will quite breezy today in Wales, less so tomorrow, winds possibly picking up again into next week.
Shell Island is a notoriously windy spot.
Only you can decide. Personally, I'd not be deterred by winds of Force 4 (gusting Force 5 or 6) but I am used to camping in windy weather and my tents are small.
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16/9/2012 at 10:09am
Location: Australia
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I'm surprised more campers in the U.K. haven't heard of the South African heavy duty canvas Bow Tents. They withstand winds of 100kph. Check out Campmor tents on Google.
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It has calmed down a lot here in Perth, I'm gonna give the site a call later in the afternoon when the red & amber (netweather) winds are forecast to subside.
