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dawnmidlands

31/8/2013 at 1:10pm
Location: None Entered
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i dont want to wait till next summer to camp again ideally ;/ but pretty stuck if get wet weather as i dont know where to dry tent out as it would be hard to fold up in my house or garden once i dry out or is it best just to accept i have to wait till next year before can camp again :D

Scrunchkins

31/8/2013 at 1:34pm
Location: Sheffield
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A perfect excuse to buy a new "winter" tent

. I use a smaller tent for camping in the colder months which I can dry and fold in the house if necessary. It's also easier to heat a smaller space.

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robnchar

31/8/2013 at 6:47pm
Location: Notts Derbyshire
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You must have a public park near by ! Use it as long as you don't look like your setting up for the week there shouldn't be a problem . On a good day your tent will dry within an hour .
We see it a lot and it obvious it's a trail pitch or drying .
Just don't leave it untended as you may not have a tent for next year .

dad1uk

01/9/2013 at 7:13pm
Location: Birmingham
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We booked a weekend at a local site to try ours out....

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nora

01/9/2013 at 9:51pm
Location: Whitchurch shrops
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A park or friends or relatives who have a garden big enough.
Or do you have any site close to home.

Tidburyboy

01/9/2013 at 10:30pm
Location: Tidbury Green
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How big's you're tent Dawn? You could drape it over your car if you have a garage??

Anyway, it rains in the summer too, so sooner or later you'll have to go home with a wet tent whatever the season.

So just go and worry about the tent when you get home

floppy-poppy

01/9/2013 at 11:55pm
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We put ours very carefully over the line and keep moving it - doesn't take that long .

We've all been very lucky with the weather this year - as Tidburyboy said it does rain in the summer and last year was a wash out - but we went camping at the beginning of September (last year), then in a tin tent in October and it was absolutely glorious - so you never know.

You'd never go camping if you were worried about the weather!! So I would just go for it!

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jayner

02/9/2013 at 7:09pm
Location: Surrey
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Sling mine over the banisters and fight with the canvas every 8 hours or so.

pewacker

02/9/2013 at 8:07pm
Location: widnes
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Local church hall perhaps? We have in the past put tent up in local clubs function room ( when not in use ofcourse) to dry out

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