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24/8/2013 at 1:39pm
Location: Dorset
Outfit: Khyam Faro 500 Mazda Bongo AFT
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It's meant to be nice on Monday. I would pitch it again in a local park if no garden and let it dry that way. Pain I know but better than a mouldy tent
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24/8/2013 at 2:17pm
Location: Hayling Island UK
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I feel for you! More often than not, we've come home with a wet 6 berth poly-cotton tunnel tent. Very heavy and too much of a squeeze to pitch it in the garden.
We peg the footprint sheet out under the washing line, lump the tent onto it where its clean, then peg one side of the tent at a time to the washing line, rotating it as it dries until its all done.
Better luck next time. Glad you enjoyed your first trip up to the pack-up.
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24/8/2013 at 2:27pm
Location: Sunny Suffolk (West)
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Do you have a bath tub? you could put it in there and turn occasionally (obviously remove when the bath is needed).
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24/8/2013 at 3:24pm
Location: Oxford
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Just pile it up loosely until you can get it pitched again in the sun
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25/8/2013 at 12:29am
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Remember even when tent is dry, make sure guylines are too
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25/8/2013 at 11:28am
Location: East Ull
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We put ours in my mam's garage when we got home yesterday as we don't have a garage or a big enough garden. A couple of years ago when we came home with a wet tent we just moved all the furnitue to the edge of the living room, piled the tent in the middle of the room, put the heating on and went out!
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25/8/2013 at 11:40am
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"Still can't find any info on the tent we have"
Tents are heavily branded products, the manufacturers want you put up their tent properly at the camp-site and for other campers to see and desire it. All kinds of information will be printed on the flysheet by the door to sell your tent to the unwary.
My new Vango has three sheets of A4 fabric printed with fire and CO2 safety information etc, if it rains I might get to read it all one day.
The modern tent bag is printed with specifications as is the card in a plastic window used to sell it.
Once you know the brand and name of your tent look it up in the reviews here, or even write your own review.
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26/8/2013 at 12:16am
Location: warrington
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I put mine out in my bedroom and slept on the couch
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26/8/2013 at 6:41pm
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we've just got back from drying our huge tunnel tent out in the local park, going to sell it now as its too big for us!!
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Topic: Wet tunnel tent.
This year we stretched it out on the driveway (on top of a platic sheet to protect it from any oil) it dried well being turned every hour or so. It is a pain but far better than having a musty tent next time out.
