That's a nice tent mate
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2025
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It’s French, from Decathlon.
Must be in the UK, because if you lit an open fire outdoors in the middle of june anywhere else in Europe you'd get dunked with a couple tons of water from a fire helicopter by the time you finished roasting your first sausage.
Global warming is great.
I think it's only possible this year because we've been having sudden rain after a mostly hot and dry May, the previous couple of summers have had more than a few wild fires in the UK
How does that work in the UK from a regulatory perspective? I believe where I am it's outright illegal to light a fire outdoors in the summer without a permit and warning the relevant authorities, but maybe in the UK it's a weather advisory type deal where it depends on how dry it is at the time?
I could be wrong about either of those, I'm speaking entirely from memory.
In France, the risk of forest fires is too big, but here and there in Germany campfires are allowed these days.
Living so close to Ontario, Canada, and getting air adisories for all the horrible wildfires they've been having, it's a little painful to see lol 🙃 .
But if OP's geography allows them to do it safely, it's a really cozy portable setup.
I love that tent! It's the perfect blend of indoor and outdoor. Beautiful campsite too.
Do you get good waterproofing on the inside part of the tent? Here in the northern part of the U.S., it gets so wet all the time that we always bring ground tarps to put under our tents.
Tent is completely waterproof, even in the uk rain ;-)
The sleeping section has a groundsheet that is physically part of the tent - that’s quite common in the uk. Most tents are still two piece (outer and inner sheets) On this type you’d put the fly sheet and poles up and then clip the internal section (with integrated ground sheet) into place.
Old washing machine drum?
Yes, it is . They had dozens, and wood too.
I reckon so! I wonder if you can spin it?
100% is, wouldn't be able to spin it though, the "stand" at the bottom is fixed to the drum as its what the drive belt goes on.
Yes! And it looks like it might have been used to make a smokeless fire pit. Neat!
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