If you ever do like we did, which was go to bed late one summers evening in the South of France, having left the plastic side windows rolled up, due to the extreme heat.
Only then to be woken in the small hours, as a tropical storm passed overhead, and then to realise that the deluge of rainwater had come through the mesh windows, but not a drop was on the ZIG.
So we're had all the rain water gone, well low and behold, it had all collected into the pockets that are used to store the window blinds.
Now how clever of Cabanon was that, to realise that someone as stupid as me, could leave the windows open on a rainy night.
Each window had a gallon of water stored in it's pocket, which I soon decanted into a bucket using a plastic cup, so disaster averted.
moral of the story is, on a hot summers night, guy out the plastic window, job done.
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I will remember that. Didn't see any guys on the window but I can easily arrange it.
My rainy day story was to head off to La Rochelle from La Garangeoire and somehow leave the front AND back of the tent open.
8hours later when we set off we could see the storm in the distance. We arrived back and the site was soaked. A helpful neighbour had spotted our mistake and had closed the front of the tent.
The back was a washout. Bed and bedding soaked as well as a huge puddle in the sleeping area.
We survived and after swabbing the next day out the sun did the rest.
Needless to say we thanked our neighbours profusely and said nothing.
Seemed a bit ungrateful to expect them to spot my act if double stupidity.
Lesson learned.
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