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Well Sunday took its toll on many tents on the site we were staying at. I counted around 8 tents totally destroyed, and some completely vanished. The poor family at the side of us had an Halfords tent and a small non-descript 2 person tent. They went off for the day and despite me re-pegging their tent a few times they returned to find the Halfords tent was destroyed, and the small tent had blown away!

Other tents that were destroyed were an High Gear Mojave 5, a Coleman event shelter, a Outwell Hartford L (due to not being correctly guyed down) an Outwell Vermont which ripped the guy lines out and was on the verge of blowing away, but a few of us managed to save it as the owners were out., two Halfords tents and a a Gelert pop up tent.

Some people only have them selves to blame though. It was obviously windy from early in the day, but so many people left the site with only half, if not less, of the guy ropes pegged down. The Outwell Hartford L only had the ground sheet pegged, with one or two guy ropes, and it got wrecked.

There were also people actually trying to erect flimsy looking gazebos in the strong winds. Common sense did seem to be very lacking on this site.

Moral of the storey? Always always fully peg down, especially if your're going off for the day. Invest in some delta pegs. £10 buys you 10 delta pegs on e-bay which is adequate for even a large tent.

Andy

Hi

We are new to camping and have a Skandika tent which is quite high on the day you mention we had a problem with our tent where the top folded own into the middle,

my question is, do you tighten the guy ropes or slacken them slightly to allow the tent to ride with the wind.

would appreciate any advice

Thanks KTM

We were in Northumberland on 'Wind Test Sunday' - windy up there at the best of times but Sunday was pretty spectacular.

The lack of common sense was quite frightening - one dome tent had NONE of the guys pegged out and the owners went out for the day. It didn't stay put for long. Neither did the Higear tunnel tent which was emptied as the owners were going home. Unfortunately for them, they disappeared for a short while, leaving the empty tent with the front door rolled up and just wire pegs to hold it in place! Took a few volunteers to keep it on the ground!

I enjoyed the experience but probably only because we escaped with just a split pole. Definitely learned a lot that weekend though!

Quote: Originally posted by cigarman on 05/9/2010

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Thanks KTM

 

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Quote: Originally posted by RTS5 on 28/12/2013

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I wondered why so many people were camping in December, as that was unusual, then noticed the date of the first post. Lol

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Quote: Originally posted by RTS5 on 28/12/2013

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I wondered why so many people were camping in December, as that was unusual, then noticed the date of the first post. Lol

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