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Lovely old tent! I hope you still use it?

I started camping in 1976 in a Vango Force 10 mountain tent which belonged to my then very new boyfriend. Baptism by fire in many ways, both for the camping bug and our relationship. We had a paraffin stove that I was terrified of, I had to eat some disgusting mess that he created involving Smash and the sleeping bag he'd borrowed for me from a mate smelt of beer and sweaty feet. Still, we were young and resilient and I fancied him rotten so I smiled and put up with things while privately thinking there had to be a better way of doing most of this.

We got married eventually, it was our 21st wedding anniversary yesterday. We still have the Force10, it's still in use. The paraffin stove sulks in the attic, OH refuses to throw it out and I refuse to use it. Oh, and he bought me a down sleeping bag for my 21st birthday. I knew he was the one for me then.   

My son and his girlfriend joined our crowd at Hoddom Castle a couple of weeks ago, and used my old Lichfield Challenger 5.

The tent had not been used for about 14 years but it was still in perfect condition.

I doubt whether any of my current tents will last that long.