windy tent

[jaffa cake]

my daughter and partner are camping in a lightweight tent in cornwall she has just phoned to say what is the best way of stopping her tent blowing away,shes doubling up on guy ropes, ant suggestions

[sn�gs]

Move the tent inside a caravan :-)

[bigmamma]

Hee , good one snags :-D
I would think the only way to maybe stop it blowing away is to make sure it's well pegged down , like she is already , good luck to her , I don't envy her I must say jaffa cake x

[sn�gs]

b&b...

[logic]

snags, doesn't that sort of defeat the object,?

[DingoDavey]

Erm......tie the ropes to something solid or tie them to those spikes and knock them into the ground?

[yogi.bear]

Hi jaffa cake

Tell 'em to ditch the tent and find a cave.........safer and warmer too and wont blow away!..........................

ask them to take a hammock.........picnic basket with some honey.............some porridge
and some fish!!...................they'll have a 'whale' of a time!

Hope they enjoy it, jaffa c

:0)

the bear x

[Barmaid]

If it is one of the lightweight bendy pole all in one type tents just makes sure she uses every pegging point and guy rope and make sure the ropes are taught. The pegs should go in at an angle to the ground of about 45 degrees (ie not straight). I've camped in gale force conditions in Scotland and never yet lost a tent. If she can park a vehicle in front of the tent to act as a wind break even better.

Failing that, I'd go with Snags suggestion.

[leggysreturn]

move the tent to the leeside of a wall or behind an out building

if they have the bendy pole one lift it inside a barn if posssible .

but bahind a wall or trees a or outbuilding is more feasable probably

they can weigh it down round edges with rocks

or bricks

inside or out


hope this has helped .

all these suggestions are dependant on the type of tent