Please tell me WHY I don't need this tent...

[fillyjonk]

Its lots of pennies but it is lovely

and ticks all the boxes

bell tent

you also seem to get an orchard and mellow lighting chucked in free.

LOL...it looks a bit 'Boy Scouty' ??

(Well you did ask for a reason !)

its prob quite eco friendly

...it would get muddy....

I think its lovely makes me think of the film 'out of Africa'

I want one

Filly - I think it's a beautiful looking tent!

(agree that it's set up to look so romantic!) It does look great though.

god i Need one

but arse

dp has just found other half of tent

how can i justify this?

It is carvas, it will look wonderful but is an utter sod to get dry. and if you put away even the teensiest bit wet, it will go mouldy and you can never shift the marks.

And every time you see the marks you will curse yourself

Spend the money on some thermarest matresses instead!

and at 5M diameter, some UK campsites will say it is too big for their pitches

and canvas, if anything touches the side it will leak

hmm

but it says it is water and mould resistant

and it looks nice

Canvas is a pita, isn't it? I was getting swept along with Filly's dream there!

Still looks good though!

martianbishop is right about the canvas being a total pain to get dry

It brings back vivid memories of camping with the guides and some of the old bell tents use to smell really horrible

How about this!

Just for you Filly

canvas galore

especially the accessories

I do love the look of canvas tents and have some serious hankering issues!

But I have to keep telling myself that they take an age to dry (which they do)

The canvas Outwell tents are fantastic, but cost a packet and would weigh a ton

I'll tell you why...because it's never going to stop raining this blardy summer

(it is pretty though)

oh god STOP IT

I NEED a yurt and have done for some time but have car issues

god this is cool

would prefer not to wear the braces and jodphurs though

also at 22 pound wt not the lightest thing to heft around.

Look, I'm talking you down, girl, talking you down.

I know the allure of canvas, but it is a PITA to take care of. If you look after it a good one should last decades, but think of the drying!

Hey, you could pretend to be Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman

and dress like this!

heres the problem mb

we have a big Victorian staircase and seldom camp more than an hour or two from home

so drying has NEVER been a problem.

i also want one of these, btw

I do have instructions for making them, in an old, hand bound, hippy book passed onto me by my ex-hippy, now-tory parents

the smock doesn't put you off at all????

Heavy to handle and put up

oh no

you can get lovely lightweight smocks nowadays, in brynylon (sp?) and all sorts