Hi forgive me for saying , as its your first post and perhaps your not familiar with pegs, that rock pegs are not always the best pegs for windy conditions. There are almost as many opinions here as there are campers, but mine is that
Rock Pegs are for ground where normal metal or plastic pegs would bend, they are just like darn great steel nails and can be forced through quite tough soil. Of course because the ground is hard these stick in there very well. I did not go for the screw in ones as the thought of taking my nice DeWalt cordless on a wet muddy campsite was not too great. Also can you imagine the hassle of screwing each one ..... I opted for these and a great big claw hammer for around £7 from B&Q
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50-ROCK-HARD-METAL-STEEL-PILE-DRIVER-TENT-PEGS-8-NEW-/120845302150?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c22f0f986
The wind is a problem and one thing it can do is tug tug tug on a peg like a kid on a tooth until it weakens the surround to the point of loosening the peg. Once loose the peg is pulled through the weak ground to the point where , instead of laying as 45 degrees AWAY from the tent it ends up at 45 degrees towards the tent and can be easily slipped out by a gust. Of course long wet periods are great for this as the soil becomes quite damp and easily compressed by a gust tugged peg.
Quite a few campers use pegs that are very difficult to be dragged through the soil , they don’t operate in the same way and rely on being driven in at the 45 degree away from the tent angle. Have a peek at Delta ground anchors......
http://www.deltagroundanchors.co.uk/
the yellow ones and read how they work. They are resin/plastic and are not really best in very rough hard ground but for everything else are great to stop the wind giving you trouble. Because they are quite expensive you may only wish to buy a few , so use these on the windward guy ropes where the gusting pulls hardest.
One way to get through all this suitability is to ring the campsite before you visit and ask what the ground is like , some say " use rock pegs " so you know what to go for . We tend to carry a mixture of the rock pegs I indicated and Deltas, plus a few other assorted pegs doe specific uses like pinning down the footprint ground sheet where you don’t want a head sticking up into the base of the tents sown in groundsheet.
Outwell pegs that come with the tent are fine for your average garden with fairly soft soil, we managed to bend several on our first outing with the Montana on a fairly grassy pitch The metal ones for the corners of the tent are fine . Remember with all the guy ropes and tent skirt pegging points you will need quite a few pegs and a rather good mallet and peg extractor.
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