we have just sat and watched a few vids on youtube showing us how to pitch a tent the ones we watched was from camping shops or manufacturers its funny how its always on a lovely day, we have only been camping a handful of times and each time it's either windy or raining or getting dark or all three.
I wonder what its like in there world it must be lovely
Yeah the weather sees me coming too. If you do get lucky with the weather it is sunny all week and then tips it down as you pack away so then you have to spend the next week trying to dry everything.
It made me laugh that Vango provides a pitching DVD for their Diablo. It is located in the kitchen hanging pocket thingy that you only find AFTER you have put the tent up for the first time.
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I had to laugh at the vango pitching DVD I wondered if they use Delta Pegs because the tents should stand up to hurricane Katrina in the testing tunnell!!! Wonder how much they get paid for that, could do a UKCS version (me rowing with the OH)
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Windy jo
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Quote: Originally posted by ColLee79 on 08/2/2009
All the times I've been camping it has been fine and dry when pitching and packing. Had a bit of wind once when pitching but nothing too mad.
Let me know when your next going camping and we will book same dates... lol
Quote: Originally posted by ColLee79 on 08/2/2009
All the times I've been camping it has been fine and dry when pitching and packing. Had a bit of wind once when pitching but nothing too mad.
You mean you've never had the pleasure of packing away a sopping wet tent. It's one of the big highlights of my camping holidays.
I remember 3-4 yrs ago setting off on holiday to Yorkshire..Warm glorious sunshine all the way down south till we got to Borughbridge and it started chucking it down!! As we apporached the village where the campsite was...I skidded on a corner..went right across the road..and me/son/car/and TT ended up in a corn feild...No Injuries or damage done...and with the help of 2 RAF guys(from local base) we were soon on our way to the site a few mins away..On arrival we sat for a while to see if the rain would abate...as it didnt..and we were wet anyway(from our exploit in the feild!!) we set about pitching the TT...An hour or so later soaked to the skin and totally dispirited..I was ready to pack up and go home..Son talked me out of it...and after a good towelling..and a change of clothes we made our way to the site pub/resturant and treated ourselves to a slap up meal and a couple of pints (for me)...Had left the heater on to dry the tent out and when we returned the TT was nearly dry..and toasty inside...we went on to have a great weeks holiday...But those 1st few hours are possibly the worst of my camping experiance EVER!! Except for the time (Again in Yorkshire) where We had to dry the whole family off in the cafe at Flambough Head after packing up in torrential rain...But that is another story..for another time
Jelboy.
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Quote: Originally posted by slackalice2k on 09/2/2009
Quote: Originally posted by ColLee79 on 08/2/2009
All the times I've been camping it has been fine and dry when pitching and packing. Had a bit of wind once when pitching but nothing too mad.
You mean you've never had the pleasure of packing away a sopping wet tent. It's one of the big highlights of my camping holidays.
Nope. We've had rain during our stay's, caught the back edge of a thunderstorm once, but tent and weather always dry when it came down to pitching & taking it down.
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