The testing session went rather well. It rained hard, and we have found out that the tent does indeed work. It kept us dry and it withstood strong winds, seems a suitable model.
The poles only clip into their eyelets at one side of the tent, this is something I haven't come across before. But after realising that the tent was up and pitched. The pegs were quite slimline didnt have much surface area to push with.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oisin_patenall/5748267160/in/photostream
The weather took a turn for the worse, so we tried to throw something together with wind breaks. It does not work, windbreaks are not waterproof. :Dhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/oisin_patenall/5747737445/in/photostream/
We cooked smash in the mess tins to get something warm in us. The porch is a good size.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oisin_patenall/5747751401/in/photostream/
We then treated ourselves with a Chinese delivery. The joys of being close to civilisation. :)http://www.flickr.com/photos/oisin_patenall/5748312322/in/photostream/
And as we went to pack up this morning to sun came out to dry our tent. So a good weekend to test it out. No major disasters, would recommend it. :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oisin_patenall/5747775469/in/photostream
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Looks good Oisin!
That looks pretty awesome:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2487/5748312322_96c38457e9_z.jpg)
Beats dehydrated food any day :D
It looks awesome sadly didn't taste so great:( I ended up eating the left overs of oisins.
Looked like you had a good weekend despite the weather. What is the tent model???
Its a Coleman Pictor X2 Two man tent.
Reasonable size for a two man wih a nice bit of a porch for the luggage.
The two doors are a nice extra.
Here is the URL:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coleman-Pictor-Two-Man-Tent/dp/B0030BG9N8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1305809880&sr=8-1