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 incredibly gusty here yesterday, my big garden umbrella took off and it felt more like Kansas than the south coast of england .. i was glad i wasn't camping!

We have a khyam Classic XL (tri-guy system) and delta pegs, so I feel fairly confident about camping on a cliff top in dorset  in august. I have, however,  been wondering if it would be best not to use the annexe or canopy. If we do, i must remember not to leave the canopy up at night, or if we are away from the tent.

Fingers crossed!

We were also camping on the coast right at the beginning of September last year,. down in Pembrokeshire.  I am still impressed that our Eurohike tunnel took the rain and wind and general battering without damage!

It was our first outing in said tent - which was very clear to the other campers who sat and watched us struggle to work out whch pole went where in the rain. One lady approached me in the showers the next morning and asked if it was our first ever camping trip; she was worried that we'd be scared off!  Lucky for us, we get out under canvas regularly and have had far worse experiences (namely, my canvas C-frame tent blowing sideway at 6am, so that I woke up to see nothing but grey sky and drizzle above me.  It's a good tent too - but you're a little stuck trying to pitch with wooden pegs on sandy ground (we were in a castle where metal pegs were banned, least we damage any archaeology).