National - if the weather is bad....

Post by dp » Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:06 am

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade or dampen any spirits but given the recent bad weather, I thought I would kick off a thread for any tips to make camping in harsh weather more comfortable. I'll stick with the camping element but tips for extras to bring for our moggies could go here too....

(Duct tape for convertibles, damp start for the masses???)

Okay, I'm bringing:

An extra pack of pegs to double-peg the tent;
A tarp to act as a windbreak or sitting area but which can be thrown over the tent and pegged down if the rain is extreme;
Extra cord;
Full waterproofs;
couple of disposable lighters in case matches get soggy. (With waterproof matches, the striker stuff seems to fail quite quickly when wet.)

Cheers,

Darren

Post by **alex_holden** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:30 am

Always know where your towel is.

Post by **RogerRust** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:39 am

I recommend living not too far away and going home for dry clothes.

Post by **aupickup** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:45 am

Post by **steve4063** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:02 pm

instead of camping you could take a caravan or go one better and have "the Snail" lol

or do wot i'm doing and only go for saturday

Post by **stevey** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:59 pm

Always know where your towel is.

proper hitch hiker!!!

a good brolly and boots would be usefull. a good air bed, comfy for sleeping on or off the water!!

Post by **Kevin** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:14 am

Positive thinking

and fingers crossed of course.

Post by **aupickup** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:05 am

good or bad weather, we will still enjoy it

Post by **Lou** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:41 pm

Of course we will. We all camped in the pouring rain in November for the AGM and it was great fun

Post by **jtd.75** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:45 pm

never been a scout then dp

I was a scout leader for 20yrs and did most of our camping in the Snowdonia area. Why do you think that most of the population of Wales use to be miners

( that's the driest place to be)

Post by **jtd.75** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:53 pm

be prepared and be ready to to go or do something else instead

Post by **dave1949** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:10 pm

do your dyb,dyb,dyb we will do our dob,dob,dob

giving away my age and the happy learning cerve of growing up in a period when moggies where still an everyday sight
my first one cost £10.00

Post by **8009STEVE** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:43 pm

do your dyb,dyb,dyb we will do our dob,dob,dob

Is it alright if we do our mog,mog,mog.

Post by **Welung666** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:55 pm

I think I'm going to have to invest in a new tent sometime soon! Just half erected it in the back garden (half erected as the tent or should I say marquee is troo big for the garden!) and I found a load of little holes

so out came the gaffer tape

It'll hold for the national though. Looking forward to it now

Post by **jtd.75** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:10 pm

Dave/steve the scouts stopped saying dyb dyb in the 70's you've been too envolved in your moggie moggie and as for find holes in your tent wellung what more can I say

use some of the habbitat around you and make a shelter

Post by **Welung666** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:39 pm

jtd.75 wrote:use some of the habbitat around you and make a shelter

I did

The big roll of gaffer tape on the shelf next to the tent ;)

Post by **jtd.75** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:35 pm

Welldun that chap

Post by **aupickup** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:45 pm

long range forecast on sat and sun cloudy and dry fri possibly scattered showers nothing to worry about

Post by **Welung666** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:05 pm

I've taped up the holes so I'm not worried

Post by **8009STEVE** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:42 pm

I've taped up the holes so I'm not worried

If you have taped up all the holes, how are you going to get in it?

We have just got a new one, so that will be fun to put up.

From the computer hijacker.

Morris Minor Owners Club

National - if the weather is bad....

National - if the weather is bad....

wet weather camping