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National - if the weather is bad....

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:06 am
by dp
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





    Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:30 am
    by alex_holden
    Always know where your towel is.

    Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:39 am
    by RogerRust
    I recommend living not too far away and going home for dry clothes. :lol:

    Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:45 am
    by aupickup
    :D :D

    Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:02 pm
    by steve4063
    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 :wink:

    Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:59 pm
    by stevey
    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!!

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:14 am
    by Kevin
    Positive thinking :D
    and fingers crossed of course.

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:05 am
    by aupickup
    good or bad weather, we will still enjoy it :D :D

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:41 pm
    by Lou
    Of course we will. We all camped in the pouring rain in November for the AGM and it was great fun :)

    wet weather camping

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:45 pm
    by jtd.75
    never been a scout then dp :D 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 :wink: ( that's the driest place to be)

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:53 pm
    by jtd.75
    be prepared and be ready to to go or do something else instead :D :-?

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:10 pm
    by dave1949
    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

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:43 pm
    by 8009STEVE
    do your dyb,dyb,dyb we will do our dob,dob,dob
    Is it alright if we do our mog,mog,mog. :roll: :D

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:55 pm
    by Welung666
    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 :cry: so out came the gaffer tape :lol: It'll hold for the national though. Looking forward to it now :D

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:10 pm
    by jtd.75
    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 :lol:

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:39 pm
    by Welung666
    jtd.75 wrote:use some of the habbitat around you and make a shelter :lol:
    I did :lol: The big roll of gaffer tape on the shelf next to the tent ;) :lol: :lol: :lol:

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:35 pm
    by jtd.75
    Welldun that chap :D

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:45 pm
    by aupickup
    long range forecast on sat and sun cloudy and dry fri possibly scattered showers nothing to worry about

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:05 pm
    by Welung666
    I've taped up the holes so I'm not worried :D

    Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:42 pm
    by 8009STEVE
    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? :roll: :roll: :roll:
    We have just got a new one, so that will be fun to put up. :D :D
    From the computer hijacker.