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mowgli
07-06-09, 11:38 AM
As there are going to be quite a few sodden tents coming back from sodden PVS at sodden Santa Sodden Pod,

I advise everyone to leave the tent outdoors until the weather dries up, then put the tent up in your back garden (or similar) and let the air dry it out. just leaving it in the dry in its bag will cause it to get full of mildew & then it is pretty much scrap.

any more helpful advice for the PV-Day veterans is welcome

wwmnw
07-06-09, 12:14 PM
Buy a big hair dryer.

smcgsi16v
07-06-09, 12:22 PM
do what was done on a very wet trip to Belgium around 2000,

Just leave them there!

Pistol Pete
07-06-09, 12:44 PM
Stay at home??!! lol

keithrg
07-06-09, 12:53 PM
put it up indoor or your garage lol just dont hammer any nails through pipes or wires

CoolTiger
07-06-09, 02:55 PM
lol the camp site was shocking that muddy cars rear wheels were locking up becuase of so much mud and clay

Twistie
07-06-09, 03:58 PM
do what was done on a very wet trip to Belgium around 2000,

Just leave them there!


Alot of tents got left there lol

CoolTiger
07-06-09, 04:16 PM
seen u drivin about with ur bright green wheels :)

P Whack
07-06-09, 04:49 PM
yeah was a little damp could be said lol

novalicous
07-06-09, 07:36 PM
i got that pi$$ed of with mine over the weekend i just threw the bleeding thing away this morning lol

hendrix
07-06-09, 07:55 PM
looked like a pikey campsite this morning what with dead tents and spuds sri seat being left lol

hendrix
07-06-09, 07:55 PM
how do you dry a tent outside if its raining outside? lol

General Baxter
07-06-09, 07:56 PM
or just do what im doing,

'steph (sister) tents wet, your using it next, you dry it out'

lol

burgo
07-06-09, 07:58 PM
or if you had all had faith that the sun was coming out like i said!!!! then you could of left it up at pv to dry out like me :)

General Baxter
07-06-09, 07:59 PM
no your just lazy and woke up at afternoon o clock lol

burgo
07-06-09, 07:59 PM
bollocks it was still morning

novalicous
07-06-09, 08:04 PM
just lol

Nobby
07-06-09, 08:05 PM
my advice chuck it in the garden and wait for the sun!

burgo
07-06-09, 08:05 PM
just lolMEH 10 hours kip FTW!!! that is all

novalicous
07-06-09, 08:07 PM
MEH 10 hours kip FTW!!! that is all

i didn't get that much all weekend lol

DAFTJOHN
07-06-09, 08:14 PM
lol the camp site was shocking that muddy cars rear wheels were locking up becuase of so much mud and clay

Too right it was, when I left there was clay stuck on the inside on my alloys and as soon as I hit 50 it nearly shook the car apart - lucky i didn't go on the drag striplol

michael squeak
07-06-09, 08:29 PM
meh be a man sleep in the car !! not that i went this year lol

Spudly
07-06-09, 08:49 PM
Too right it was, when I left there was clay stuck on the inside on my alloys and as soon as I hit 50 it nearly shook the car apart - lucky i didn't go on the drag striplol


Same here i had to pull over and get out to scrape it all out as i couldnt pass 45 mph:tard:



My tent is in my boot and its soaked but im off tomorrow so its getting slung over the washing line to air/dry out as its been gorgeous sun here all weekend accoring to my rents:cry:

Lee
07-06-09, 08:57 PM
My tent averaged 70 all the way home lol

mowgli
07-06-09, 08:59 PM
My tent averaged 70 all the way home lol

Oh yeah, I forgot you own a hearse & a van

L14MNP
07-06-09, 09:00 PM
Be a practical scene kid and stick it on the roof rack with a hole in the bag and let it air through as you drive lol.

Sounds like a fun weekend. I pay to get that dirty. lol

keithrg
08-06-09, 12:24 PM
We use the trailer as a tent for these advents, that way if you dont like your naighbours you can simply move.
Tented at my first PV next to a bunch of Northerners with corsa turbos playing music chanting and bouncing engines of the rev limiters till 5 am.
60mph blown dry home. not 80 never lol

dj_wudgey
08-06-09, 12:27 PM
i got that pi$$ed of with mine over the weekend i just threw the bleeding thing away this morning lol

id do the same if its f*cking soacked id just throw it away me get all me **** out off it and go lol

craig green
08-06-09, 12:40 PM
I slept in Baxters mansion, so no need to even get it out the bag.

Cheers buddy!

Smurf-Xx
08-06-09, 04:09 PM
Me and ste left ours on the camp site til about 5pm, All day I was thinking someone is going to rob our stuff. But they didn't and it was dry and crispy lol!

MK999
09-06-09, 12:08 AM
Me and ste left ours on the camp site til about 5pm, All day I was thinking someone is going to rob our stuff. But they didn't and it was dry and crispy lol!

Too much information tbh

Smurf-Xx
09-06-09, 09:04 AM
I think you read that wrong! Just meant it was very dry! Lol

CoolTiger
09-06-09, 05:48 PM
i left my tent up till late last year got my pink tshirt theived :(

kelbelle
10-06-09, 07:33 PM
I guess ours is getting mildew then! Danny's broke as he was taking it down so martin ran over it for fun and we left it there haha