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08/8/2010 at 4:41pm
 Location: Yorkshire
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Can you stand up in your quechua base utility tent?
How is it when it is windy, does it lean towards the cooker?


08/8/2010 at 4:53pm
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Yes I can stand up in it!

It's been really windy this weekend and it was fine

There are guys on the sides that will hold it in place if you want to use them (i never guy it though)

Also I have a windshield on the kitchen unit so wind not a problem at all



08/8/2010 at 4:54pm
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Quote: Originally posted by GreenDave on 08/8/2010
Great video...and the tidiest tent ever!  I'm just back from Pembrokeshire where my 16 year old daughter and her mates created carnage in their Bell.  After an hour it looked as though a plane had crashed...
Shame my house isn't as tidy!


08/8/2010 at 5:05pm
 Location: Norfolk
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Val - compare your stylish set up with the girls' asbo-qualifying gypsy encampment...

Welcome to my world  :-/

Dave

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08/8/2010 at 6:22pm
 Location: The Love Shack
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Nice pics Dave.......Sangatte springs to mind..

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08/8/2010 at 6:30pm
 Location: Derbyshire
 Outfit: Lichfield Paladin XL5 Cabanon Sonia
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Dave- that's my kind of camping! lol... loving their bunting x


08/8/2010 at 8:28pm
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Cheers Mille - Yeah - they love it.  They'll all be driving within six months and have each vowed to have a towbar fitted so they can up'n'off at a moment's notice.  Looks like I'll be back to my "proper" tent soon.  How dull.

Animal skin rugs were a BIG mistake though; every critter in West Wales came a-visitin.  Said rugs never made it past the skip on the way home...

Dave



08/8/2010 at 8:49pm
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oooh where did they camp that allowed camp fires..?!

gypsy world looks good!



08/8/2010 at 8:55pm
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I was in West Wales too... Cae Dulast week. Loved it.

I don't do aniumal skins, being a vegan, but I do consider carefully what rugs to buy, in case they attract bugs!  I stick with cotton flatweave... at least I can see if there's any critters!



08/8/2010 at 9:18pm
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Val - Pembrokeshire is riddled with sites that allow fires, they're finally realising that there's a market to tap.  I was at Garn Isaf - fab place.  Oodles of room for each pitch and the (extremely cool) Annie who owns the place drives around every evening on a mini tractor and trailer, delivering firewood.

Millie - the rugs were dead when I got them...although they did come to life after a couple of days of critter action.

Phil - just saw the Sangatte reference - LOL!  Spot on.  Two of the girls refused to travel home in the car and insisted on clinging on underneath a train...



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09/8/2010 at 2:01pm
 Location: Hounslow Middx
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Val ive thoroughly enjoyed looking at yr pics and videos amazing sunset pic


Garry would love your set up he loves a neat and tidy tent and set up , unlike me chuck everything everywhere lol so dont be surprised in sept to find him sitting in yr tent hahaha brilliant thanks for sharing xxx

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Quote: Originally posted by Eileenhoops on 09/8/2010


Val ive thoroughly enjoyed looking at yr pics and videos amazing sunset pic


Garry would love your set up he loves a neat and tidy tent and set up , unlike me chuck everything everywhere lol so dont be surprised in sept to find him sitting in yr tent hahaha brilliant thanks for sharing xxx

It's not that tidy! Everything is stuffed in boxes or under the sofa/table

Think I will be going for a shower at Pillaton, then returning to find UKCS campers have settled in ...



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Quote: Originally posted by GreenDave on 08/8/2010

Val - Pembrokeshire is riddled with sites that allow fires, they're finally realising that there's a market to tap.  I was at Garn Isaf - fab place.  Oodles of room for each pitch and the (extremely cool) Annie who owns the place drives around every evening on a mini tractor and trailer, delivering firewood.

Millie - the rugs were dead when I got them...although they did come to life after a couple of days of critter action.

Phil - just saw the Sangatte reference - LOL!  Spot on.  Two of the girls refused to travel home in the car and insisted on clinging on underneath a train...


Good old drive thought to Pembrokeshire!

Picked my ebay trailer up from Fishguard

Wales is appealing to me though, might venture towards the gower first...



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Val I love the image of squatters moving into your tent as soon as your back is turned!
You need a sign by your windbreak - "next guided tour will be at --:--" (and a padlock for when you need to vacate it!)



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