...! They split it, so one carrys the poles & pegs and another carries the inner & outer in the bag. Easy to pitch (coloured poles as per your Beta 350) and good quality. I think the Group is going to need a couiple of new tents this year (else we're not going to have enough tents at the...

..., "Stephen Rainsbury" <step...@rainsbury.net-spamnet- - wrote: Outdoors are selling Vango Beta 350 tents for £70, including a free cookset.http://www.outdoors.co.uk/... praises of vango. We bought the gamma 350 and 3 years down the line, the... back to them and 5 brand new beta 350s turned up in the post. Vango...guess what... all Vangos. oh and the Beta 350 is an excellent tent for groups...

"Stephen Rainsbury" <stephen@rainsbury.net-spamnet- -> wrote in message news:obFVj.1787$DZ6.1104@text.news.virginmedia.com... Outdoors are selling Vango Beta 350 tents for

Stephen Rainsbury wrote: Outdoors are selling Vango Beta 350 tents for

... rather than the pole, I mean, if it was like a patrol tent pole, wooden with metal sleeves, the same sort of thing could happen I'd have thought. They are great tents though, go up really quick - 10 minutes max, light - considering how many you can fit in there, social - they all seem to love being in the same tent together rather than 2-3 man hike tents. warm - with 6-7 kids in, and ...

... rather than the pole, I mean, if it was like a patrol tent pole, wooden with metal sleeves, the same sort of thing could happen I'd have thought. They are great tents though, go up really quick - 10 minutes max, light - considering how many you can fit in there, social - they all seem to love being in the same tent together rather than 2-3 man hike tents. warm - with 6-7 kids in, and ...

David D Miller wrote: Warning: The Alpha 300 is inner-first pitching! (The Delta 300 was flysheet first.) Thanks - I hadn't spotted that :o( Still, they'll be replacing inner first pitchers, so they should be ok. Just a pain if you have to pitch in the rain. Pete -- Peter Maley SL, 3rd Whitstable ESL, Tombstones ESU

On May 12, 10:10 pm, "Stephen Rainsbury" <step...@rainsbury.net- spamnet- -> wrote: Did you get it repaired or was it time for a new pole? I believe someone who knows someone with aluminium welding kit is getting it repaired, otherwise it's £80 for a new one, or recycle some 2nd hand patrol tent poles. YiS, Ian

On May 12, 10:16 am, "Eddie Langdown" <the3l...@btinternet.com> wrote: I know modern teepees have moved-on since 'bell tents', but my main complaint was that in the rain, you either had to crawl-in through a low door in the 'wall' , invariably getting muddy. Or one had to open a section of the sloping roof, letting rain onto the groundsheet. Have yours solved this by way of a '...