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Hi Wannabee; just spent a great week near Poole in our Aspen 700 DLX (2006 model). The porch area houses our camp kitchen with twin burner, pot stands etc plus the fridge, BBQ when not in use, shoes, various bags of buckets and spades and a small table so yes, big enough for cooking. As you look into the 700 the left bedroom is seperate but has a zip door that can be opened into the central bedroom. We have two camp beds (plus the dog on his bed) in the centre bedroom and use the right bedroom for clothes in the front section (the 700 DLX has a clothes rail) and the back section (seperated by a partition that can be removed) for the loo. The centre bedroom and right bedroom can be combined by removing the partition piece (just rolls up).

Once you have had a few practices the 700 is not difficult to put up but it does take 2. Once we have the inner up and the outer over I sort out inside while Hubby pegs out (the guys, not literally). Follow the video instructions on the Vango website and you'll be good.

One tip - to get the outer over the inner attached a strong line to the central rear pegging point and lob the line over the inner - line up the outer and one pull it over while the someone else guides the sides. Much easier and lines the outer up a treat.

The 700 DLX is a great tent. We have spent 40 hours in ours in continuous rain and gales (always use Delta pegs on the guys) without a leak or problem. The windows are not draughty and the SIG means you are well and truly shielded from the elements and bugs.

Hope all this helps.