Indulge me please. Yet another bell tent thread.

[winefairy]

So my new 5m Soulpad arrived and we finally put it up yesterday. I can not believe how easy it was! I think Mr Winefairy and I had been secretly avoiding the act as we feared we wouldn't be capable but it was a breeze. Alarmingly so.

And so, so beautiful once up. Neighbours flocked to admire!

That's all. Just wanted to share.

I'm not sure I'll want to take it down once it finally dries, but the thought of the slimy pale patch on the grass is motivating me!

I banged in my meagre supply of Delta pegs today (4 of them, all along the windy side) because the gusts of wind were trying to work some of the pegs loose. That's right, the wind has it in personally for my lovely tent.

We have bird poo aplenty here - nothing bad, and I figure that it would have happened sooner or later. If it's dry, I found it came off with a fingernail (then thoroughly scrubbed with a nail brush, but hey, how manky can blue tit poo be??) leaving scarcely a mark. More annoying are the pollen-y flowers being dropped by an exotic tree over the fence - they're staining yellow! But it's a TENT. It's going to get dirty because it goes outdoors!