Can't comment about the poles, but i'm just saying hi to a fellow Leeds person , thats you, me and not forgetting grinder, anyone else in Leeds ??? come on, don't be shy , lets get Leeds on the UKCS map ( Capital of the North ) and all that
Nannycatch ( Kev )
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Lord Scratcher and Lady Jayne
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You tried your best
and failed MISERABLY.
The lesson is : NEVER TRY .
notice yours is a coleman like mine stu the poles on mine say durawrap but I suspect its all just flannel to make them sound hi tech - they look and feel the same as my old tents fibre glass ones
They are fibreglass poles with a thin polyester film which probably does little more than stop them shattering into shards.
As soon as I got ours home I managed to split a pole just in getting it out of the bag. Granted, the tent was ex-demo but it had only been erected 3 weeks or so inside a warehouse. With a bit of persuasion, Coleman sent me a replacement pole.
North Wales just a couple of weeks ago and one night was so windy I was really fearing the worst, but the Wyoming stood up to it well. Bit of advice though- ditch the feeble plastic rings that the guys are attached to and use bowline's instead.
I wondered about that as well stu but didnt want to ask in case all the clever dicks thought look at that calls himself a camper and he doesnt even know what bow lines are!
An American friend of mine ditches the guy sliders as well and ties some sort of adjustable knot that just never seems to loosen up like sliders do.
I always intend asking him how to tie it but then we get to drinking and...
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Frank
Range Rover Vogue SE LPG TAZ
Think of the red part & the blue part as all one guy. The left end of the red would be connected to tent. The lower blue part would go round the peg and become the right end of the red. The two turns in the blue stop the knot from pulling back.
Hope this helps
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cs56
Think of the red part & the blue part as all one guy. The left end of the red would be connected to tent. The lower blue part would go round the peg and become the right end of the red. The two turns in the blue stop the knot from pulling back.<<<
that looks like the one, ta.
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Frank
Range Rover Vogue SE LPG TAZ
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Topic: Duraflex Poles
