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Hi all, we're off on our first family camping outing this weekend and as it's supposed to p^ss it down on Friday, I'm keen to be as prepared as possible regarding pitching it. 

The pitching instructions clear say to peg the four corners first.  However when I had a practice with the old man recently, he suggested you should start at one end and then stretch out and peg each section as you go, i.e. until you reach the other end. 

Any thoughts on this? I'm sure tunnel tents are similar in terms of the best technique of pitching and I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer. 

Cheers Pete

thanks to both of you for your responses - much appreciated.

I wasn't aware you could put the pins into the poles whilst they're lying on the ground - when we had our practice run in the garden, I'm pretty sure we had to really flex the pole to get some of them in.

This could be 'user error' though so I'll give it a go the way you've described.

thanks again

Pete