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I have recently bought a new tent and also bought the matching footprint groundsheet.  We pitched it for the first time last weekend and noticed that the footprint's pegs have got a 'ring' at the top instead of the usual hook found on tent pegs.

It wasn't until after we had pitched the that it occurred to me that maybe we should have pitched the tent putting its hook shaped tent pegs actually through the ring of the footprint's pegs? Is this the way it should be done? If not, does anyone know why the footprint has 'ringed' pegs instead of hooks?

Many thanks!

If the pegs you describe have a ring that lays flat on the ground rather than vertical it is so that it doesn't stick up into the groundsheet and damage it. It also means that you can use a claw hammer or the hook of another peg to help you pull the peg out of the ground.

I've never come across the idea that you would peg the tent through the ring - I don't believe that they would fall in the same position anyway.

Helen