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Hello campers!

Postby OwenR on Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:58 pm

Found this site through in_a_tent on twitter, so I thought I'd say hello.

So hello!!

A bit about me and camping....
Have been camping from a very young age with my family, took a bit of a break, but now back into it good and proper ;)

Am a proud owner of a tentipi safir 7cp, which I love

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Probably a bit over the top for British Summertime camping, but hey ho, you only live once!

Anyway, see you around!

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Re: Hello campers!

Postby Rob-merlin1973 on Fri Aug 13, 2010 1:14 pm

Hi
Welcome to the forum :D

Love the tent ..... Where you from :?: :D
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Re: Hello campers!

Postby OwenR on Fri Aug 13, 2010 1:16 pm

merlin1973 wrote:Hi
Welcome to the forum :D

Love the tent ..... Where you from :?: :D


Cheers!

From the Swansea area
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Re: Hello campers!

Postby Rob-merlin1973 on Fri Aug 13, 2010 1:24 pm

We are having a good influx of people from wales just lately :D

how do ya find the tent ? Looks ace :D :D
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Re: Hello campers!

Postby OwenR on Fri Aug 13, 2010 1:37 pm

merlin1973 wrote:We are having a good influx of people from wales just lately :D

how do ya find the tent ? Looks ace :D :D


Lucky you ;)

The tent....
Spend one camping trip pitched next to a tipi. My wife fell in love with it and wanted one.
So when we got home we did a bit of research and found out about tentipi's. We spent the next 2 or so years talking ourselves out of getting one, because of the price, but then in the end gave in.
Got it from a shop by Weston Super Mare in the end, not many places stock them.

Here is a better photo of it, it's been put up properly here, unlike in the first photo when I was only half way through it when I took the photo....
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info about them here
http://www.tentipi.com/
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Re: Hello campers!

Postby in-a-tent on Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:29 pm

brilliant tent, so what's the difference between a tipi and a bell tent?
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Re: Hello campers!

Postby OwenR on Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:43 pm

in-a-tent wrote:brilliant tent, so what's the difference between a tipi and a bell tent?


That's a very good question.... Bell tents seem to have a tipi shaped top, but more of a straight bottom, having said that, tipi's tend to have multiple poles, where as mind only has a single pole.

So, I'm going to go for.... one is spelt "T I P I" and the other is spelt "B E L L T E N T"

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Re: Hello campers!

Postby in-a-tent on Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:55 pm

Good answer
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Re: Hello campers!

Postby adr2.8i on Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:03 pm

the 1st pic.....looks suspiciously like Pen-y-fan in the background??
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Re: Hello campers!

Postby OwenR on Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:10 pm

adr2.8i wrote:the 1st pic.....looks suspiciously like Pen-y-fan in the background??


Well spotted!
Stayed in this campsite http://www.blackmountainholidays.co.uk for a night a few months ago.
Very nice it was too.
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Re: Hello campers!

Postby adr2.8i on Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:21 pm

i guessed it was Penyfan coz ive climbed up it a few times.
One of the many nice spots in Gods country!

will make a note of the campsite.
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Re: Hello campers!

Postby OwenR on Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:27 pm

adr2.8i wrote:i guessed it was Penyfan coz ive climbed up it a few times.
One of the many nice spots in Gods country!

will make a note of the campsite.


For some reason I've never been up there myself, despite walking most of that area.

Tis a very nice site, the caravan bit is completly seperate, so just a proper camping field.
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Re: Hello campers!

Postby livsnana on Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:38 pm

Hi from me Owen, I am new to camping and from South Wales :D
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Re: Hello campers!

Postby adr2.8i on Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:58 pm

loads of welshies on here arent there!! wales must be the camping capital of the world!
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Re: Hello campers!

Postby camp on Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:36 am

Welcome guy's

The Gal's here seem to like all the 'mod cons'

Pound to a pinch of salt they can read smoke signal's...

Penni...?......Clare.....!
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