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Do you find the long nights a problem though? Often goes hand in hand with low temperatures.
Show us your touring tent
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ChrisEyles
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[QUOTE 5557010, member: 9609"]with a gust of wind would the bike not end up on your head ?[/QUOTE]
If you do a decent job with the guy ropes it's perfectly stable. Must admit it did bother me the first couple of times I slept in the wind like that though!
If you do a decent job with the guy ropes it's perfectly stable. Must admit it did bother me the first couple of times I slept in the wind like that though!
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itchybeard
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- North Lancashire
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uphillstruggler
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- Half way there
@Fab Foodie this is the tarp I use:
http://www.britishmilitarysurplus.co.uk/shop/hardwear/british-army-basha-dpm-camo-grade-1124047.html
Best £15 I've spent in ages! Looking forward to getting it out again in a couple of months
I went out and bought one of these a couple of weeks after reading this, I haven’t used a tent since. Great bit of kit, flexible enough to use as sun shade, a shelter in the garden but most of all, cover when bivvying
I like them so much, I bought 2 more, one of which was for my 5 year old nephew
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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Looks like a good little setup and bloody good value for money
My tent. It's a cheapo (from Tesco's IIRC). Must admit I've mostly used hostels when touring but the virus has encouraged me to camp. Tent isn't the lightest or the most compact for cycle-touring but is easy to erect, plenty big enough and so far waterproof.
uphillstruggler
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- Half way there
It’s great, even when there have been no trees to use, I can use the bike to elevate one end enough to make it comfortable.
big thanks to @ChrisEyles
The thing I really like about it, and it may seem obvious but come dusk, the pattern really does hide well in lots of different surroundings
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
Ah but how do you find it if returning from pub down the road?😯
mudsticks
Obviously an Aubergine
Yes sometimes I worry that I won't find my little grey mound of a tent, in among a field of granite boulders,
when returning from taking pics at sunset..
Stealth camping is all well and good until you, end up hiding your set up from yourself.
I've never quite, not refound my shelter, but I have given myself a bit of a scare on a couple of occasions.
#notppayingattention
- Location
- London
You mark it with your garmin etrex before setting off.
Try to do this everytime these days before leaving the bike for a wood wander.
Have had some nervous fits in the past even when very close to the thing.
uphillstruggler
Guru
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- Half way there
usually won’t leave the set up once settles, more likely to grab some beers and ice and settle down for a few quiet ones
ChrisEyles
Guru
- Location
- Devon
Glad to hear you're getting on with it 
I haven't been out wild camping for almost two years now... Need to sort this out!
I haven't been out wild camping for almost two years now... Need to sort this out!
- Location
- London
i have some forays planned for september - one to deepest essex in one or two woods I scouted in lockdown.Glad to hear you're getting on with it
I haven't been out wild camping for almost two years now... Need to sort this out!
(also did some extra tarp testing in epping forest during lockdown)
Then a brief trip to the new forest area.
Both in pedalling distance of some nice/promising looking pubs - if they haven't shut again - haven't been in a pub since before lockdown.
should be heaven.
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uphillstruggler
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- Half way there
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My Nevis 200,drying out in the garden after daughter's return, yesterday, from camping on Dartmoor..
It was a tad wet & windy when she was packing up!!
that must be decent if it withstood the sort of gusts we’ve been havingover the last couple of days
I’m in MK so the strength would have weakened by the time it got to us
