pleasant sort of day
had one of those pleasant sorts of days that just slide by gently. Wandered over to MILs for lunch then to garden centre on teh way home to amble round the display gardens and enjoy the sensory garden (which sadly is not as lovely as it once was, doesn’t look like they are maintaining it properly but the plants are still fragrant adn all touchy feely)
Bought stuff to clean and re-proof the tent to keep it going for a few more years, there was a lovely tunnel tent there but to be fair, we really don’t need to replace the Hobbit Hole for a few more years, nice to know what the options look like though! Never again will i buy a tent un-seen…. i genuinely didn’t think the Hobbit Hole was going to be THAT big!
Off to Oulton in half an hour, hope there’s less ruccous than last night. Very badly behaved punters last night - giving Security a hard time because they were too arrogant to read their paperwork and arrive in time but were furious that the gates were locked at the stated time. They were trying to lift gates of hinges to get in….. these, incidentally, are classic car drivers so "glassy eyed Lords" in teh main and we get more trouble with them than all the hairy bikers combined.
that tent is both tunnel and dome, probably the worst of all worlds for putting up! Should I be thinking about reproofing the big vango then?
Comment by jax — August 26, 2007 @ 10:57 am
I would go with Jax, don’t have a mixture tent! Jax, we are going to try and remember to take stuff for the khyam seams next time we go camping
Comment by HelenHaricot — August 26, 2007 @ 3:27 pm
that tent isn’t the one then…. didn’t look hard enough at the picture!!!
I am re-proofing because I noticed last time that the water didn’t bead off the fabric very well and seeming to be just absorbing in a little. Granted the weather was damper than normal but I do know you need to reproof every few years so it’s due. Not going to be easy though….
Comment by Administrator — August 26, 2007 @ 4:45 pm