Hi everyone! I'm new on here - 1st post! We are needing to buy a new tent - to fit 2 adults and 3 children, aged 5 downwards, plus a golden retriever! At the moment we have a Gelert Cadiz 7 - very basic tent that leaked on our latest jaunt to The Lake District, hence us getting a new one. However I LOVE the size of the bedroom. I would just need it a bid wider to fit us all in, including the new addition that will be arriving next year

. We have been looking at the Montana 6, with the intention of getting the awning too, but I am worried that the bedroom won't be quite big enough (the dog will sleep in there too - he's such a big scaredy cat!), for all of us plus our bags. I need one big bedroom though - girls won't sleep in a separate bedroom yet, that can be sectioned off eventually. Will the Montana be roomy enough in the bedroom? Does anyone have any experience of fitting five+ in? Other suggestions will be warmly welcomed.
Camping is our only way of holidaying and after a few failed holidays where it constantly poured, we are keen to have a decent living area so girls can play and we can cook etc too. Cadiz wasn't big enough for us to sit on chairs even, ony the girls little chairs would fit, and we had to sit on the damp cold floor!
Also, do I hold out for the 2012 Montana (is there going to be one?) or try to snap up a 2011? However, finding a carpet and footprint, is proving to be rather difficult!
Any help and suggestions very greatly received and appreciated! Best wishes, Mish