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Yep. Usually manage to get them apart eventually.

Ended up having to replace the connecting wires a couple of times when using brute force in the early days.  Best way to part them (as we do now), is to pour contents of a hot kettle over the join (take the usual H+S precautions: I accept no liability for injuries caused from scalding). This will expand the metal enough for them to part.

One tip that we were given (but not used), is to spray some cheap furniture polish IN to the pole. I'm unsure about this as I don't know a) if any of the ingredients of the spray could compromise the integrity of the tent fabric and b) whether too much of this would mean that the poles may slide out too easily when they shouldn't!.

Hi Keith,

Glad that the hot water worked. The problem isn't just for this years weather. We suffered from this a couple of years ago.

OH has informed me that she sprayed inside the joins in March in anticipation that we would get out plenty this year (Ha ha ha ha ha. Maniacal laughter subsides). On our one trip so far, we had no problems.

Enjoy your week.