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another good reason for not having a sig!

i do use a long handled dustpan and brush in the new forest because the ground is very gritty.  Keeping a carpet clean would be a blinkin' nightmare.

I would have happily invested in the latest khyam ridgidome but there is no way i am going down the sig and fitted carpet route! There is enough work to do camping without having to get the vacuum cleaner out! I thought camping was about the great outdoors, not shake and bloddy vac!

I put my carpet out on the lawn the other day and vacuumed it.  Lol - i think my next door neighbour truly thinks i am mad now!!

Skatty, I had the smaller picnic rugs first before i got the carpet and yes, they were much easier to clean but they were forever slipping and sliding everywhere.  My carpet stays put!

Ah yes Skatty,smaller carpets are great too,have moved mine to the bedroom area now and fancied a bit more luxury in the living area,hence the tent carpet but don.t like the grass etc that comes along with them lol !
Sonja,As for my sig, I wouldn't be without it now,especially after the so called summers we have had recently. I can't think of anything worse than puddles of water in the tent but each to their own I say. Thanks guys for your input.

OMG what do you people drive???????

We struggle to fit the basics in our saloon and roof box!!!!!!!!!!!!

I`d love a carpet after this summer....but would have to leave a child at home!!!

Jo

Quote: Originally posted by kjord79 on 08/9/2008

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I put my carpet out on the lawn the other day and vacuumed it.  Lol - i think my next door neighbour truly thinks i am mad now!!

Skatty, I had the smaller picnic rugs first before i got the carpet and yes, they were much easier to clean but they were forever slipping and sliding everywhere.  My carpet stays put!

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Oy yes Katy ,totally agree ,having to fek around buying a hoover for a tent!!! is far easier than just rearraging a few rugs now and then !!

Have to say tho ,ours never shift ,we have 4 in the Aspen ,shake them out every day and they go in the washer after every trip and they are lovely and fresh smelling and clean ready for the next trip !

These huge carpets wil die a death in a couple of years when people come to their senses

Quote: Originally posted by Skatty on 09/9/2008

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Quote: Originally posted by kjord79 on 08/9/2008

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I put my carpet out on the lawn the other day and vacuumed it.  Lol - i think my next door neighbour truly thinks i am mad now!!

Skatty, I had the smaller picnic rugs first before i got the carpet and yes, they were much easier to clean but they were forever slipping and sliding everywhere.  My carpet stays put!

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Oy yes Katy ,totally agree ,having to fek around buying a hoover for a tent!!! is far easier than just rearraging a few rugs now and then !!

Have to say tho ,ours never shift ,we have 4 in the Aspen ,shake them out every day and they go in the washer after every trip and they are lovely and fresh smelling and clean ready for the next trip !

These huge carpets wil die a death in a couple of years when people come to their senses

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 Lol, not with people like me they won't!!  I love my carpet!!

No seriously, if we go for a weekend or are going in the little tent i would take the rugs, for longer i would def always take the carpet!!  Its softer, warmer, cosier - and i wouldn't dream of taking a bloody vacuum with me either!!!

The carpet gets swept if it needs and then if its really bad it gets vacuumed in the garden when we get home - but i've only ever had to do that once!!

my favourite campsite provides a fitted floral carpet at no extra cost 

no vacuuming required

here's how they deal with the loose grass 

I can see why its your favourite site......all those half dressed sweaty young men....................LOL

Jo

Quote: Originally posted by u400jb9 on 09/9/2008

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I can see why its your favourite site......all those half dressed sweaty young men....................LOL

Jo

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it's called getting back to nature