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Subject Topic: 2014 - The year of the tarp?
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Personbluenosewidow
05/7/2016 at 6:48am
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I recognise the pots from Aldi


Persongeoffprinter
05/7/2016 at 9:18am
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Still all standing and nothing moved, so pleased about that. Not strong wind but gusty (forecast said up to 30mph) would be a fair way to describe last night.


Personnovicemummy
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Bargain £15 vango family shelter attached to Icarus 500 this week :)

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PersonPukka
31/7/2016 at 7:47am
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Here is ours, 3 tarps from decathlon, added some awning piping and Velcro to join together.


PersonCampernic
31/7/2016 at 2:27pm
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Very cool set ups the two pics above.

I had a problem keeping my Decathlon Tarp on the spike on the top of the door pole on my Bell Tent. I used an elastic band to try and keep it down, but the wind kept blowing it up and off.

How do Bell Tenters stop the tarp blowing off the top of the spike?


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PersonEwen c
31/7/2016 at 3:11pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Campernic on 31/7/2016
Very cool set ups the two pics above.

I had a problem keeping my Decathlon Tarp on the spike on the top of the door pole on my Bell Tent. I used an elastic band to try and keep it down, but the wind kept blowing it up and off.

How do Bell Tenters stop the tarp blowing off the top of the spike?


Not a bell tent but on my force 10 spike, I use a rain cowl. They go on very tightly.

These ones are probably too soft even though they are for bell tents.

cowl

These are the ones I have

my rain cowl

Bung the tarp on the spike and put one of these on and it will take a lot to budge them. They are unobtrusive too.

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PersonMucker1884
01/8/2016 at 7:23pm
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Quote: Originally posted by novicemummy on 29/7/2016
Bargain £15 vango family shelter attached to Icarus 500 this week :)


Not easy on a flexi-poled tent!
A job very well done, I'd say!



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PersonMucker1884
01/8/2016 at 7:25pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Pukka on 31/7/2016
Here is ours, 3 tarps from decathlon, added some awning piping and Velcro to join together.



I haven't got a clue what awning piping is , but have to say, that looks bloody fantastic!



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PersonHighSlayer
31/8/2017 at 2:32pm
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Time to resurrect this post!!!

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PersonEwen c
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PersonHighSlayer
07/9/2017 at 10:48am
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Loving that!

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PersonTynxuk
09/9/2017 at 2:05pm
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this years tarpology:


PersonMucker1884
12/9/2017 at 3:22am
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Lovin both of those!

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PersonHighSlayer
13/9/2017 at 11:47am
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Tynxuk - that is very svelte indeed!!

Which tarp is that?

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PersonTynxuk
13/9/2017 at 9:14pm
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Its a german 2m x 6m tarp with clingons, bungees and 4 litres fabsil as leaked like a sieve for a week. I bought it from this seller who has several sizes available

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