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Garden Camping - a bit OT!
In article , JennyC
writes "Lynda Thornton" wrote in message ... Hello Thought some of you happy campers out there might be able to recommend a tent that will fit my 6'3 husband - he hates small enclosed spaces and having to bend his head if he stands up at all, he gets a crick in the neck. I just wondered if anyone knew of a decent tent for taller people, as we want to do some camping on our garden lawn this summer with my little boy? Thanks. Lynda Thornton Hi This looks OK: http://www.gear-zone.co.uk/eshop/Van...LX---SS06.html Might be a bit big though. They do have other models as well............ Jenny Hi Jenny Thanks for that, I'll check it out. Lynda |
Garden Camping - a bit OT!
"Lynda Thornton" wrote in message ... This is a newsgroup devoted to gardening and related issues, is it not - and I have been a subscriber for many years. In the time that I have participated here I have always tried to maintain good netiquette and keep my comments specific and to the point and I think that would be a good policy for all users. That's just your opinion. And IMHO, it just happens to be totally wrong. What you need to understand about UseNet, is that even on practical topics such as gardening, many of the questions merely serve as pretext for respondents to share all sorts of information and anecdotes, not all of which is totally germane to the question, but much of which may be interesting in its own right, useful, or put across in an entertaining fashion. And there's no knowing when some of it mightn't come in useful at some point in the future. Whereas if everyone stuck rigidly to answering the question as you suggest, Usenet would rapidly grind to a halt. Furthermore, misunderstandings can easily arise on Usenet, simply because it's solely a written medium, and so devoid of the nuances which are possible in everyday spoken conversation. And yet Usenet very often tries to mimic the tone and informality of spoken conversation, often between total strangers. And so for this reason alone, inadvertant misuderstandersings are commonplace, and it would probably be unwise to take udue exception or offence when this inevitably occurs Janet's reply was made with the best of intentions, and may well have been of interest to other readers of the group. Even if not to you personally. As soon as anyone posts a question on a NewsGroup, it's no longer "their" question, but merely an invitation to discussion. And is open to everyone to answer in any way they choose. You would possibly do well to remeber that. I will not be continuing this as I do not intend to involve myself in any prolonged antagonistic and unpleasant bickering which seems to have become rife very sadly in this newsgroup. "Lynda Thornton" wrote in message ... Thanks for your opinion. I actually just wanted some information about tents, not how to live my life! Indeed. michael adams .... Thanks Lynda |
Garden Camping - a bit OT!
have you thought about a frame tent? Most are over two metres high and
traditionally have loads of head room and space. We have several tents and will take a dome for weekends but always use the frame tent for anything longer. After talking at length to experienced campers using dome tents it seems that putting up one of the bigger, more complicated domes takes as long as a frame tent. The only saving seems to be in car space as a frame tent is about twice a big as an equivalent sized dome when packed (a big one is anyway). -- Hayley (gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset) |
Garden Camping - a bit OT!
... Janet's reply was made with the best of intentions,...
I agree with this post - it is necessary to give replies the benefit of the doubt. It is also the case that threads can end up full of general "stuff" and comments. We may all try to keep to gardening but that is not going to always happen, especially if a thread starts OT :) so I can't see teh harm in the odd "throwaway comment". -- Hayley (gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset) |
Garden Camping - a bit OT!
At the risk of getting in the cross fire! My wife is a Guide leader and all
her tents 2,3 and 5 man are all "Vanga" easy to put up, warm and reasonable robust and reasonable price too. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
Garden Camping - a bit OT!
In article , Charlie
Pridham writes At the risk of getting in the cross fire! My wife is a Guide leader and all her tents 2,3 and 5 man are all "Vanga" easy to put up, warm and reasonable robust and reasonable price too. Hi Thanks for that recommendation - I have had plenty of useful and helpful suggestions from many posters in the thread! Lynda |
Garden Camping - a bit OT!
"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... At the risk of getting in the cross fire! My wife is a Guide leader and all her tents 2,3 and 5 man are all "Vanga" easy to put up, warm and reasonable robust and reasonable price too. How does a *person* cope with all these *men* ? There must be a queue to be a Guide leader:-) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
Garden Camping - a bit OT!
-- ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... At the risk of getting in the cross fire! My wife is a Guide leader and all her tents 2,3 and 5 man are all "Vanga" easy to put up, warm and reasonable robust and reasonable price too. How does a *person* cope with all these *men* ? There must be a queue to be a Guide leader:-) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) I want to know how these men got in. I applied to join the Girl Guides and they said no :-(( |
Garden Camping - a bit OT!
In message , H Ryder
writes have you thought about a frame tent? Most are over two metres high and traditionally have loads of head room and space. We have several tents and will take a dome for weekends but always use the frame tent for anything longer. After talking at length to experienced campers using dome tents it seems that putting up one of the bigger, more complicated domes takes as long as a frame tent. The only saving seems to be in car space as a frame tent is about twice a big as an equivalent sized dome when packed (a big one is anyway). Our Kyham isn't a dome, but it has some of the benefits of such, but it also has some of the benefits of frame tents as the main poles are mostly straight, so it is quite a boxy shape - and is more stable in strong winds than most dome designs of it's size.. It's not that quick to fully put up really - though I hurry I can have the outer up and stable enough for shelter in about 10 minutes, but quicker than frame tent (which I don't really like for various reasons). Another advantage of domes etc. is the greater flexibility for variations in designs, though given some of the crappy designs some come up with that's a sometimes dubious benefit. -- Chris French |
Garden Camping - a bit OT!
JennyC wrote: This looks OK: http://www.gear-zone.co.uk/eshop/Van...LX---SS06.html Might be a bit big though. They do have other models as well............ I wish I knew the name of our tent. It's huge, ancient, high, has two bedrooms, kitchen side corner thing with it's own window. Now that we're four of us (two boys) it's not a problem to put it up even for a week end. It's good exercise anyway. These days everything must go fast, and when on hols isn't the idea to slow down?! (though my escuse to get out of putting the tent up is making a cuppa for everybody, tee hee). btw - Ynyslas was ab-so-lu-te-ly superbe. No rain - all sun, walked 15 miles on a coastal path and thought I'd die of thirst, went around like a lunatic on a quad bike, ambarrased the kids but impressed the sheep, rode a 27 years old horse called Merlin and now I walk like John Wayne ;o) |
Garden Camping - a bit OT!
H Ryder writes
... Janet's reply was made with the best of intentions,... I agree with this post - it is necessary to give replies the benefit of the doubt. It is also the case that threads can end up full of general "stuff" and comments. We may all try to keep to gardening but that is not going to always happen, especially if a thread starts OT :) so I can't see teh harm in the odd "throwaway comment". I learn from this ng, not so much by asking specific questions, but by reading the comments of other people to other questions - if everybody stuck to the specific point of each question, I would not learn half so much! -- Kay |
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