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26/8/2009 at 7:51pm
Location: North West England
Outfit: *Hi Gear Zenobia 6 *
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..as the title says!
Looks like we're not going to get chance to have a practice at pitching our new tent
Not ideal, I know but hey.....So, I only hope when we pitch it for the weekend it's all intact/nothing broken/missing etc.
We're camping newbies too, so pretty green when it comes to this!!
Hmmm could anyone do a brief walkthrough of how to pitch? It's a Zenobia 6 (same as a gelert horizon 6 I believe)
A lot to ask I know lol...Calling on all your experience now!
Do we put the outside up first and then the inner bits? Peg down after the bedroom pods are in?
I don't sound safe enough to be allowed to camp lolol. Thanks <{;0)x
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27/8/2009 at 12:34am
Location: swansea
Outfit: Avondale corfu sunvalley 8
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lay tent out,(make a note of how the tent was folded, so you can get it back in the bag later ) open the doors to let air in. important to do this, as it helps to lift the tent.
assemble poles, thread through sleeves, check the colour coding, longer ones go in the middle.
start from one end, put pins into end of first pole,loosen off tension straps to make it easier , do the rest, lying all poles on top of each other . then peg out the two corners of one end of the tent.
Lift all poles up together and walk the tent away from the end you have pegged down,pulling it out taut as you go.
now tent is standing, peg out guylines at this end of the tent, to hold the whole lot up. pull all poles nice and straight and peg down the corners this end. close the doors. check that everything is pulled as staright and taut as you can and then peg through the rings,
then the guylines, and the other pegging points around the bottom. check zip opens and closes freely, if its too tight, adjust position of poles or guylines to ease the tension on the zips.
hang bedrooms up inside last.
When taking tent down , leave doors open so air can escape to fold it back into the bag.
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27/8/2009 at 12:41am
Location: swansea
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This thread about guylines might help too, if you've never put a tent up before guylines
just in case you don't know, there are rings like keyrings attached to the bottom of the tent, these have pins attached, these pins go into the end of the poles, you have to bend the poles to get the pin in the other end. peg through these rings, with peg at a 45% angle, not straight down, or the pegs will pull out in wind.
if you are struggling , ask someone to help, most campers are friendly and will lend a hand, but some are not keen to offer for fear of offending .
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, although i still found the good explanation i got a little daunting so........i went on youtube and wow! and it also meant i reread the info on here i'd been given and was able to understand it so much more that i have written it down to help us along the way. GL on your 1st camping expedition.
