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14/8/2006 at 9:20am
 Location: cheshire
 Outfit: outwell hartford xl
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Hi , I have just purchased a new  9 berth dome tent, I have camped for years & have allways had a frame tent, I still have a very large cabanon frame tent. Anyway to get to the point, we put our new tent up yesterday & to be honest we found it very uncomfortable in the living area, plus I couldnt imagine where all my cooking stuff & other gear table ect would go do they have to go outside ? dont get me wrong the new tent is lovely & so easy to pack & carry around its just the living area dosnt seem very livable :-(   any advice would be greatly appriciated. :-)



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14/8/2006 at 9:46am
 Location: Staffordshire
 Outfit: Vango Aspen 700 & Vango Venture 500
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You could always try a day tent? Sunncamp do a nice one..

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14/8/2006 at 9:47am
 Location: South Wales
 Outfit: Montana 6P & vango venture 600 dlx
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We do all our cooking outside. I'm just to accident prone for it to go anywhere near our tent.

Our tent has a large porch area that some people use for cooking but weve always used a gazebo. I'm going to buy a day tent instead this year.

At the bottom of this link there are utility and day tents etc that are suitable HERE



14/8/2006 at 11:56am
 Location: crosby
 Outfit: lichfield arapaho 9DLX
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 we do are cooking outside, we have a wind break that we make into a square shape, and we do are cooking in that it keeps the wind off the stove etc, and that free,s up the living area of the tent.

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14/8/2006 at 12:24pm
 Location: South Wales
 Outfit: Montana 6P & vango venture 600 dlx
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There's also these, very inexpensive and more than one use

211They are only £19.99 from

OUTDOORMEGASTOOR

 



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14/8/2006 at 1:01pm
 Location: essex
 Outfit: Abbey Vogue 460
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Outdoormegastore say they are sold out for the season. I shall certainly be looking for a day tent to use a kitchen for next year.


14/8/2006 at 1:07pm
 Location: South Wales
 Outfit: Montana 6P & vango venture 600 dlx
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Didn't notice they were sold out sorry, were going to get one of the windbreaks and a daytent to replace our gazebo, but it'll have to wait till next year!


15/8/2006 at 12:59am
 Location: Coventry
 Outfit: Cabanon Elody & Julie & Combicamp
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Hi Mariecat & welcome to the forum

We tried a modern (tunnel not dome) tent a couple of years ago, but after one 5-day holiday sold it & bought a Cabanon frame tent - never looked back since.

Frame tents are quicker & easier to erect, brighter (lots of windows), far more stable in bad weather & less flappy than synthetic tents, and you can cook inside too. My advice? Stick with the Cabanon   



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15/8/2006 at 7:06am
 Location: North Yorkshire
 Outfit: None
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Outwell have a very nice day tent that you could use and for 99 quid its a bargain

Linky


15/8/2006 at 8:19am
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Hi Mariecat and welcome to UKCS one of the most addictive websites on the internet. We to have a large dome tent but all our cooking is done outside. We have a windbreak we put up in a U shape that becomes the kitchen. We got an Aztec windbreak that is 5 metres long for £29 from PJ Camping. Works a treat.


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15/8/2006 at 9:31am
 Location: cheshire
 Outfit: outwell hartford xl
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Thank you everyone for your advice,  .

 We have been naughty & gone & bought a lovely new outwell hartford tent that has loads of walkabout living space & it has a huge entrance porch that would make a  brill kitchen area, It looks lovely & felt great inside .

 Cant wait to try it, We are off this weekend, will let you know how we get on.



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