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spiritburner

27/7/2020 at 9:23pm
Location: N.E. England
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I'm obviously in the minority! Doesn't matter which size tent I use I only cook outside if the weather is really nice! Much less time to set up & less gear to haul about.

Quote: Originally posted by dk168 on 26/7/2020
I would never leave a tarp up unattended or overnight unless I can be certain of light wind and very light rain,

I better keep my fingers crossed then - I'm kipping under the tarp on Saturday as I can't be arsed taking a tent!

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Caligula

27/7/2020 at 10:08pm
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taafe75

28/7/2020 at 8:43am
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We have ours in the front awing area of the tent

taafe75

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dk168

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When I bought my last tent which was an ESVO Bedouin 340 which has an integral front canopy where I set up my kitchen, I also bought side panels and a vario awning that zipped to the tent, and the need to rig a tarp was made redundant.

I do miss tarp rigging in some strange ways, and jumped to the chance to put two up for an outdoor event at a friend's massive field last Saturday. Good job too as it was raining cats and dogs. One of them was at risk of collapse due to pooling of water, and I quickly added 2 more guys to create drainage dips and saved it.

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