Every camping trip we had last year was glorious weather apart from one morning we were leaving a site & it poured down and we had to leave the tent pitched in the garden for a week waiting for it to dry to put away. Somehow I don't think that this weekend is going to be so glorious! My tip for putting tent up in the rain is to tell the OH that I need to stay in the car & look after the kids!!
I think you can take the best ideas from a few of these thread to come up with the perfect way to pitch.break camp in the rain.
You're gonna get wet so get used to the idea.
Wear shorts/poncho/PJs - practical though visually questionable, so get used to the idea.
Your tent will have more of your house than you do until it dries, so get used to the idea.
To cope with this you'll need lots of gin from the first raindrop falling on the tent until the last drop evaporating from your living room/hallway/conservatory - so get yooshed to the i-idea, hic! . Who are you lookin at anyway!
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Lots of bin bags, shorts and clothes that don't matter.
Spare groundsheet is useful to give you something to put stuff on after you've put sleeping bags in bags etc. and another bit to put over the top if necessary.
I think you can take the best ideas from a few of these thread to come up with the perfect way to pitch.break camp in the rain.
You're gonna get wet so get used to the idea.
Wear shorts/poncho/PJs - practical though visually questionable, so get used to the idea.
Your tent will have more of your house than you do until it dries, so get used to the idea.
To cope with this you'll need lots of gin from the first raindrop falling on the tent until the last drop evaporating from your living room/hallway/conservatory - so get yooshed to the i-idea, hic! . Who are you lookin at anyway!
Make sure that the tent is on top of everything else in the boot, so that you don't get other equipment wet when you get the tent out. When you've pitched the tent, back the car up to the front door (especially good if your tent has a canopy) so that you can unload bedding, clothes etc. without getting them wet.
On the day of departure, back the car up to the tent door & pack everything into the boot. Leave a set of clean clothes, shoes, towel, wash-kit & dustbin bag, for each person, inside the car. Take the tent down, put the flysheet in a dustbin bag, and likewise the groundsheet too. Drive to the shower block, have shower, put on dry clothes & shoes, and put your wet clothes in dustbin bag which can be squashed into the car boot. This way, you are dry & comfortable for your journey home.
Make sure that the tent is on top of everything else in the boot, so that you don't get other equipment wet when you get the tent out. When you've pitched the tent, back the car up to the front door (especially good if your tent has a canopy) so that you can unload bedding, clothes etc. without getting them wet.
On the day of departure, back the car up to the tent door & pack everything into the boot. Leave a set of clean clothes, shoes, towel, wash-kit & dustbin bag, for each person, inside the car. Take the tent down, put the flysheet in a dustbin bag, and likewise the groundsheet too. Drive to the shower block, have shower, put on dry clothes & shoes, and put your wet clothes in dustbin bag which can be squashed into the car boot. This way, you are dry & comfortable for your journey home.
Use newspapers by the door to catch the mud and to stuff into wet boots and shoes. We have spare tarps in the boot to wrap wet equipment & tents in. Unpack your tent in the bath when you get home before hanging it out to get rid of the worst of the puddles.
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Topic: Camping in rain
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