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19/5/2020 at 8:32am
Location: Liverpool
Outfit: Swift Challenger 560
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When we used to camp in tents we found ourselves not bothering to go away for just a short weekend trip due to the hassle of putting up the big tent for such a short trip. We ended up buying a small 3 man tent for weekends and really cutting down on our kit and ended up enjoying these minimalist trips just as much! The small tent was also brilliant in France for overnight stops on the way further south. We used to use cheap hotels in France for overnight stops when we just used the car but as out kit expanded, we got a trailer and didn’t feel comfortable leaving the trailer unsupervised in the hotel car park. The small tent was up in 5 minutes and meant that we didn’t need to worry about leaving the trailer.
My husband is now in his 70s and we switched to a caravan several years ago as it is easier for us but I still think back nostalgically to those wonderful tent holidays we had.
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19/5/2020 at 12:42pm
Location: London
Outfit: Vango Kalu Hypercamp Eldorado
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LOL, if there are only two of you, with a 4 person tent, you are taking far too much stuff if you can't fit it in an estate!
Personally I would go for a roofbox before a trailer, because of the trailer speed limits, but it all depends on your storage and other circumstances.
Smallish tent with a tarp?
I can't be doing with a tent I have to stoop to go into and can't stand up in. I downsized a tent that took too much trouble to pitch (endless pole threading) to a great tent that was only 140Cms tall. That was quickly replaced with a small but tall tent. It is such a shame that small, tall tents like the Aura 3 and the Vango Kalu have been discontinued - non-bulky packs, not heavy, I can put my Kalu up by myself in less than 10 minutes, perfect for 2 for a long weekend.
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