To think that if you have a huge chunk of metal in your garden, you tie the bloomin' thing down?!!

[babybearsmummy]

A few weeks ago, one of my neighbour's 10ft trampoline blew into another neighbour's garden.

Last night 3 of my neighbours had their trampolines blown into other gardens and another had had theirs overturned in their garden.

AIBU to think that, for the safety of others, that if you have a huge trampoline and safety cage, that you tie it down? Especially seeing as the wind has already blown them about once in the last few weeks??!!!

I'm having a lovely day watching the facebook statuses of disgruntled neighbours saying "My trampoline ended up with X last night, is broken etc, that's £400 down the drain" and feeling very thankful that no one was hurt and no fences/ windows have been smashed

I live in the North of Scotland where it is windy a lot! Mine is weighted down with 4 of those big bags of stone you get from B&Q for about a fiver each. It never moves.

Ours is part buried in the ground to anchor it. The net is down and the mat covered - even so the winds last night ripped through the cover and have torn the mat. Last year our neighbour's trampoline blew over the fence and along the street. It damaged two houses and another neighbour's car was written off with the damage caused.

I took the net down on mine and tied mine to the metal washing line post. I have lost two trampolines to the wind and I am not losing a third.

It never even shifted

Yes, the old 10ft one lifted very easily, hence lots of bags of sand.

The 14ft TP one is built like a tank. I think the sail area to weight ratio is such that our lossy roof tiles would loose first.

Next doors 'shed' certainly would. However, as this is a random collection of panels and corrugated plastic sheet, so it's a bit unfair to call it a shed.

Had we been further south, I would have thought of trampoline weighting down, dismantling.

It's very unlikely to get over the hedge, but it's £600 to replace if it gets bent. Believe me OYBBK, I have no intention of letting it escape.

Our 12 footer hasn't shifted an inch, but it is very tank like. If you have one that isn't then there are all sorts of ways to anchor it, and you definitely should.

We take ours down for the winter, so it doesn't stay wet for six months and/or blow away. I'm from a parallel universe where obvious stuff is obvious - I wonder if I'll ever find my way home.

OOpps never occurred to me! It didn't move though phew!

Our 8ft trampoline has been outside for years. During that time we have lost our 6ft fencing several times as well as other things like small trees and shrubs, but the trampoline has never shifted so no, I don't rush out and dismantle it or lash it to trees every time the wind gets up a bit. As it didn't move in the wind the other night I really don't think it ever will (there were however moments when I thought the whole house might go) although I do regret not taking the mats off as they are looking a bit sad now.