River Keer walk
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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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More photos from my recent trip – Part One
Newcastle
Camping at Lauder Campsite
Edinburgh
Culzean Castle
At the campsite…
Near the campsite
Isle of Arran and Holy Island in the mist
The Coast and Turnberry Castle
Dunure
The Electric Brae
We stopped here but did not try rolling the car up or down the hill!
Sunset at the campsite
Culzean Castle and Country Park
Coast Path
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Now it’s raining
Before taking the new tent away I wanted to check it was waterproof. The tent was delivered just before the thunder storms on Sunday so I missed my chance then. Since then, of course, there has been sun and just a little rain.
Now it is getting wet.
New tent
Now I want it to rain – to test it is waterproof.
The new tent is a Lost Nature one man tent from an Amazon shop – where they named it “Clostnature”, because of the logo printed on the tent!
Not as hi-tech as my MSR but as the seam sealing tape has failed completely on that – and MSR could not help – the new tent is waterproof which makes it far more useful.
Including the footprint I got change out of £90.
With care and using my Alpkit Kraku stove, a titanium mug and just enough flame I can brew an early morning coffee or boil water for a dehydrated meal in the rain.
More photos from my recent trip to Staffordshire
Wychnor Park Country Club
National Forest Way
The Wychnor Flitch
Swarbourne Meadows
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