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30/8/2009 at 7:25pm
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Lou, here's mine - natural coir rug coloured with vegetable dyes. It's big, but the fella I got it from can get smaller ones. Paid £49 for my biggie 7ft x 9ft (saved postage as he only lives just down the road from me), and he has 8ft x 10ft, and 4ft x 6ft and 3ft x 5ft. They're a bit different from yer typical tent carpet and seem really hard wearing. Ours now lives on the floor in the hallway to cover up our wooden floor boards between camping trips - dual purpose rug - wouldn't want to do that with a tent carpet! Here's his 4x6 one of e_budha's coir rugs
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31/8/2009 at 12:50am
Location: Coventry
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Hi Newcastlelou & welcome to the forum 
Many supermarkets should be selling off their waterproof backed picnic rugs at this time of year. Get a couple of these & just sew them together. They're machine washable too.
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31/8/2009 at 11:43am
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I bought 6 picnic rugs from somerfield for £2.50 each (half price) worked a treat, we used the velco strip on them to stick them together, but we'll probably sew them for next year.
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02/9/2009 at 7:04pm
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Hi
The carpet for our tent (Khyam Toronto) is currently out of stock everywhere, so we have bought 6 picnic rugs to use in the meantime. Absolute bargain, got them from the local £1 shop, so only £6 spent in total. They'll certainly do until next year when the new stock comes in.
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02/9/2009 at 9:47pm
Location: Cheshire
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My camping buddy bought a roll of heavy duty upholstery type fabric with a plastic backing from a local textile mill - it feels just like carpet really warm underfoot - about 2m wide so cut into 3 strips it covers the tt awning floor - cost about a tenner I think.
I have a breathable groundsheet on top of a tarp with a couple of picnic rugs if it's cold or wet.
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06/9/2009 at 12:26pm
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Now having got your bargain picnic rug from Tescos you need to spend £400 on a big Bosch washing machine (ours will wash a king size duvet, no problem) to wash it in!
It's amazing the way camping-related stuff gets through your money. 
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