Rain
After a week of sunny hot photos it rained when I got home.
Vango Banshee 200 tent
Having used my new Vango Banshee 200 tent for a week I have made a few small alterations.
Pegs
I changed the supplied pegs out for:
- 9 18cm titanium wire pegs – to peg down the tent
- 4 18cm aluminium tri-stakes – for the four guylines
- 2 small MSR tri-stakes – for the door elastic guys to make it easier to fasten the doors down
Footprint
I did not buy a footprint a 2m x 1m taro from the camping shop does (almost) the same job, for a fraction of the price. The bottom 40cm of the narrow foot of the tent ground sheet is exposed and needed wiping off.
Door strap
The strap across the door is only fitted to the porch side of the tent.
To make the tent easier to put up I tied the correct length of paracord to the tent straps on the door side of the tent.
I can now pull the tent from the foot and get the tension between both sides balanced easier and more accurately.
Size
This may be a two person tent according to the Duke of Edinburgh scheme specification and Go Outdoors – but it is not a “normal use” two adult tent. It is a generous one person tent.
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Torcross
Exercise Tiger
I took a bus to Torcross – it was very hot and humid – to look at the Sherman Tank Memorial to the World War II Exercise Tiger.
The amphibious tank was one lost in the bay in 1944 and subsequently recovered in 1984 and placed as a memorial to those who were lost.
Slapton Ley
Torcross is one end of Slapton Ley.
