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Hi Purplerain,

They are rather rare I have been trying to get one for our son's Orchy so in the end we knocked one up for him. Pop off to a DIY shop and grab a tarp that's big enough and then pitch your tent on top of it then grab a big black marker pen and draw around the sewn in groundsheet all the way around the tent. Whip the tent down and then we measured in 3 inches from the marker pen line all the way around, this is so that the footprint does not extend further than the groundsheet as this would then catch any rain and you would end up with puddles between your footprint and groundsheet. Then with a pair of scissors chop away and finish off the edges so they don't fray or run with a roll of good old duck tape doubled over all the way around the footprint. To finish it off rather than putting in brass or plastic eyelets to peg it down we used rubber discs that we cut from an old air bed and stuck them in the corners on both sides to re-inforce the area's and then just punched a hole through each one with a small bit of tube against a piece of wood, perfect pegging points and flat.

Its an easy job so have a go and see how you get on.