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12/5/2009 at 8:15pm
Location: isle of wight
Outfit: 97 elddiss autostratus boxer 6 berth
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Quote: Originally posted by Mad house on 12/5/2009
Stop worrying Tina , the Maryland is a sturdy tent in the wind , I had mine up and it was blowing a gale down here and hammering it down with rain and i didn't even have the guy ropes attached and it didn't budge an inch .
I know how windy it can get on the I.O.W , Iv'e been over there a few times for the Gurt gallybagger rally (for bikers) , and it is no different than what we get on the pembroke coast line in fact it can be worse over here.
the gurt gallybagger!! now theres something that i havent attended for a few years!!! last time i went was when my eldest (now 17) was a baby, she was a prem and really tiny, but i took her to the bash at atherfield lol!!
the following few years i enjoyed from the bar that i worked (lord palmerston at golden hill fort, sadly no longer !)
now that is ONE rally weekend that i really enjoy (unlike the smaller models that come over roughly the same time and just wind me up!!)
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12/5/2009 at 10:02pm
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Quote: Originally posted by tinallkn4 on 12/5/2009
Quote: Originally posted by Mad house on 12/5/2009
Stop worrying Tina , the Maryland is a sturdy tent in the wind , I had mine up and it was blowing a gale down here and hammering it down with rain and i didn't even have the guy ropes attached and it didn't budge an inch .
I know how windy it can get on the I.O.W , Iv'e been over there a few times for the Gurt gallybagger rally (for bikers) , and it is no different than what we get on the pembroke coast line in fact it can be worse over here.
the gurt gallybagger!! now theres something that i havent attended for a few years!!! last time i went was when my eldest (now 17) was a baby, she was a prem and really tiny, but i took her to the bash at atherfield lol!!
the following few years i enjoyed from the bar that i worked (lord palmerston at golden hill fort, sadly no longer !)
now that is ONE rally weekend that i really enjoy (unlike the smaller models that come over roughly the same time and just wind me up!!)
I still got a few of the pin badges around somewhere a different colour for every year , if I remeber right , last time me and the OH went was in 2000 we went down there on a big stretched Harley chop . Use to really like it down there when Stan was running it all.Small world isn't it 
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14/5/2009 at 12:40pm
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Lots of really friendly people who I think may have missed the point. I lost my frame tent at Highlands end in May 2007. We had heavy winds and the ground was damp, I thought I had done everything right as I considered myself a very experienced camper and we had used the tent a number of times before the wind took it, it was a royal rimini 6 secured with normal round wire pegs, I have posted this on here before but when it go we had lots of help from various other campers which was a great help. We were the last tent left on the campsite by this time all others had the sense to leave early, most of the caravans had taken down their awnings as well as there were a number of them damaged and even a couple of caravans had suffered a little. While assembling the remains of our tent and trying to retain a modicum of dignity while picking up our small from the nearest hedges and fences a caravan owner kindly said " why don't you have one of those awning tie down kits, or the screw in pegs", I can honestly say I didn't jump down his throat with a thanks for the hindsight reaction. The first thing I did when I got home was track down this website and start investigating the options, Delta pegs, thread pegs, awning tie down kit and a massive amount of paranoia are what I use now when I camp. We bought a £1000 Cabanon Aruba and at the same time all the necessary kit to ensure this doesn't happen again, I have no doubt that you have done exactly the right thing by asking the question because I wish I had 3 years ago it would have saved me a lot of panic and a fair amount of money. I also try to make sure that the ground sheet is above the lower fold under flaps and the tent opening faces away from the wind, all tips that I have picked out on these forums, I hope this helps.
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