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10/1/2018 at 3:38pm
Location: Derby.
Outfit: Karsten 350+Awnings
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I remember writing on here a few years back stating a 100m2 pitch was a bit tight for our full on holiday set up, which shocked a few readers... until they saw the sums!
My current tent with all awnings (smaller than the tent in my last calculations!) is 7.6m long, and I'd prefer to add 3m to that for guys (1.5m at each end. So a minimum pitch depth of 10.6m. For the width, assuming the car is at the side, tent is 3.5, adding at least 2m for the guys, 1.7m for the car width, another 2m minimum to open the car doors without tripping over a guyline or hitting the door onto a tree, so an absolute minimum pitch width of 9.2m.
10.6 x 9.2 = 97.52m2... and that leaves no room for sitting out in the sun, barbies, tethered dogs, swing ball, trailers, kids bikes, etc, etc (Not that they all apply to us!)
10m x 12m is much more comfortable for families... or couples with family-sized tents!  
Even with our weekend set up, I'd just about squeeze on that aforementioned 8 x 5 pitch... but the tent would fall over due to having no guylines pegged, and I wouldn't be able to get out of the car anyway!!  
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