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...................................... and here is the said tarp - sheltering a group of us on a very wet evening in February - certainely not a sunshade

Without it we'd have all ended up in out own tents all evening as the rain was torrential and incessant - with the tarp extending the canopy of my Cabanon Adventure, we had a very sociable evening keeping dry, and to me, this is what camping is all about.

If you have a need or a desire for an 'add on' and the cash to buy it, then, why not?

Seems like you're making assumptions without knowing 'why' folk have done what they've done.

Sometimes peoples circumstances change or an opportunity presents itself which is appealing..  I'm only assuming mind, I just bought the biggest tent I could lay my mits on.....

We don't have a canopy (except a Vango standard sun canopy we won at Christmas - which hasn't been used yet) and use a tarp as and when its wet with all our tents as a cooking shelter. We can justify and just about afford buying multiple tents.

However, I can see that the canopies and extensions can be a substantial advantage to some. They can avoid someone having to buy two tents - i.e. a large tent to provide that essential space for kids to spread out for longer camps (when limited space will set nerves on end!) and a quicker to pitch smaller tent for weekends when you can get away with less space and don't want to loose so much time with a large setup. Basically - use just the tent for weekends and add the canopy/extension for longer stays (1 tent, 2 options).

I guess that is what a canopy/extension does - it offers "options"...

Quote: Originally posted by fostermum on 01/6/2011

 

...................................... and here is the said tarp - sheltering a group of us on a very wet evening in February - certainely not a sunshade

 

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Without it we'd have all ended up in out own tents all evening as the rain was torrential and incessant - with the tarp extending the canopy of my Cabanon Adventure, we had a very sociable evening keeping dry, and to me, this is what camping is all about.

If you have a need or a desire for an 'add on' and the cash to buy it, then, why not?

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First time I ever went camping was with three groups of friends.
On the second day the heavens opened - I'd bought a quechua tarp on impulse a couple of weeks earlier. We got it up and it meant we could still all sit and eat comunally - a great buy that really enhanced the trip- without it we'd have all been sat in our individual tents - very anti social!

I now have a colemn porch that I leave my cooking area set up under, but of an evening I'm always sat under there with a cup of tea or a glass of wine - provides a bit of shelter but still able to enjoy the fresh air and stars.

gingercol

you forgot the tv going full volume

................... and the wearing of shoes in the shower

....................... using the hedge behind the tent as a convenient loo in the niddle of the night

Quote: Originally posted by fostermum on 02/6/2011

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................... and the wearing of shoes in the shower

 

....................... using the hedge behind the tent as a convenient loo in the niddle of the night

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Quote: Originally posted by dezzie on 01/6/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by Chorleydave on 31/5/2011It astonishes me, looking at the size and space that some people take up with their units - not to mention the time it takes them to set up, that local authorities don't take them to court for not having planning permission!

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As I mentioned in another thread. If someone is getting bothered about another campers equipment,tents,canopies etc. They cant be having much of a holiday themselves. There's a lot more important things to worry about.

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Quote: Originally posted by moppetsdad on 30/5/2011

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Is that a canopy or an porch on your tent in your gallery image?????????            

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