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Hi all

First post on here and new to camping, We had a first family camping trip over the last bank holiday at the rutland and oakham campsite and had a great time. The tent we bought was a Kyham Colorado tunnel tent because of the very impressive living space for a two young children to utilise during bad weather. Now with the absence of any written instuctions and a few glances at the kyham online video i have a few questions that i hope someone can answer.

1) Ground sheet has peg holes and also hooks at some of the corners, where do these hooks locate ?

2) When erecting the poles how do i know i have the coreecet tension on the straps ?

3) The skirts around the bottom of the tent outer fabric should these be tucked under the ground sheet or folded out of the tent ?

4) Does anyone have any written instructions for this tent ?

I know these are probably daft questions but please bear in mind we are newbies to camping, so go easy on me !!!!!

Cheers

Tony Bryan

Hi Tony and  welcome Glad you had a successful first trip.

I have a wynnster kestrel which is quite a similar design to this one.

 1. The groundsheet hooks will probably attach to the poles, unless there are rings to attach it to the inside of the flysheet.

 2. The tension straps should lie taut and flat to the ground and in straight paralell lines, evenly spaced to ensure the tent sits straight and square. The adjusters are to allow for any slopes , lumps or bumps in the ground. when the tent is fully up, it should have no  folds or saggy bits, as these will collect water, Neither shouldt be tight as a drum and straining at the seams

 .  this is where the adjustment strap comes in. if theres a saggy bit,or an overstretched bit ,  pull it in or out to shape with the adjustable strap and re peg .

 3, Look at the flaps, if they have elastic pegging loops on the inside of the tent, peg them down and leave the flaps outside.

If the loops are on the outside, peg it and tuck the flap inside, under the groundsheet.

If there are no loops, but eyelets on the corners of the flaps, you can peg it either way you choose. Always make sure that none of the groundsheet sticks out under the outside of the tent, or rain will run down the tent and onto the groundsheet and come inside.

 4  No instructions , but seeing as you've managed to  put the tent up and watched the video, I think you already have it sussed. You must have got it right or it wouldn't have stayed up all weekend.

There is no need to worry  about asking a daft question, the daftest questions are the ones you didn't ask and never found  the answer to. Feel free to ask away, thats what this forum is all about.

I can't believe your post hasn't been answered before now, I only just spotted it myself, usually someone will answer straight away, they must all be gone camping

Hi Tony

I think Debbie has answered your questions. Me I havn't got a clue. (I'm a caravanning newbie) I just wanted to say hi and welcome to UKCS. Don't worry about asking questions the people on here have a mine of information and are only too happy to share it with you