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Storing Your Camping Gear

By |2022-08-16T17:36:40+01:00December 13th, 2018|Tips/Advice|

Keeping your tent and camping gear in good nick when it’s going to be stored away for some time is important. Before packing up until spring, it pays to unpack it all and check carefully for wear, damage, holes, tears, damp, mould, mildew or any other signs of wear. DRY IT Mould and mildew will make the tent smell bad and eventually it can make the fabric rot away, leaving it only fit for the bin. If your tent is wet at packing up time, shake off as much water as possible and wipe more off with a clean dry

Your Awning & Condensation

By |2022-08-16T17:37:35+01:00December 13th, 2018|Tips/Advice|

  Under certain conditions, all awnings will suffer from internal condensation. Condensation is created by moist warm air coming into contact with a cool surface. This moisture condenses creating water. Depending upon the conditions, condensation could be quite severe and is commonly mistaken for leaking, especially as it can run down the inside of the roof and drip off ties, tapes and other internal fittings. A suspected leak will almost certainly turn out to be condensation. The primary causes of condensation are: Moisture in the ground. Moisture in the air. The weather. Condensation can also be created from: People sleeping

How to Stay safe on the campsite

By |2022-08-16T17:36:41+01:00December 13th, 2018|Tips/Advice|

Health and safety gets a bad reputation but when it comes to camping it’s just plain common sense. Here’s Out & About's 16-step guide to avoiding danger on the campsite.   Don’t use naked flames, including candles, in or near your tent. Keep matches and lighters out of the reach of children. Smoking in a tent is a fire risk as well as anti-social. Gas cylinders and flammable liquids should be stored outside the tent. Keep a bucket of water and a fire blanket handy. Know where the fire points are and where fire-fighting equipment is stored onsite Don’t use

Pebbles 300SA wins award

By |2022-08-16T17:36:41+01:00December 13th, 2018|News|

The Outwell Pebble 300SA has just won the Practical Caravan Magazine Best Awning category for 2018! You will find it on display at the show where you will also find Helen & Tyson. (Hall 17 stand 81)

Winterising your tent – a ‘How to blog’

By |2022-08-16T17:36:41+01:00December 13th, 2018|Tips/Advice|

You may have blinked and missed it but, like it or not, our British summer is nearly at an end. There’s a definite chill in the air and that can mean only one thing... it’s nearly time to winterise, or pack away your tent. Easy, you may think!!!?! It took you 10 minutes to store it in the shed/garage/spare room. Wrong! There’s so much more to storing your tent then simply throwing it into a corner until you’re ready to take to the Great Outdoors again. Each year, thousands of campers are faced with rotting, smelly tents that are only good for the rubbish

Outwell Gives Us ‘Air’

By |2022-08-16T17:36:41+01:00February 23rd, 2016|News|

The Advanced Air Tube System features the time-proven Outwell One-go Inflation Technology that allows the camper to plug the supplied high capacity manual pump into a single inlet valve and inflate the largest of tents in next to no time – no moving the pump between individual air tubes. The simple-to-pitch and highly effective frame links uprights via an apex tube that also acts as a ridge pole for increased rigidity. In the unlikely event of damage, each individual upright assembly can be isolated using valves to prevent the frame from fully deflating and to facilitate easy repair. All the air outlet valves can be opened to rapidly deflate the

Tent Condensation?

By |2022-08-16T17:36:41+01:00January 6th, 2016|Tips/Advice|

Vango team member Mike Wise gives an in-depth explanation regarding the build-up of condensation in your tent, and how to avoid this. Rules: 1. Open all air vents for good air flow through the tent. 2. Don't cook inside the tent. 3. Avoid gas and oil heaters. 4. Don't have wet clothes inside the tent.

Winterising your tent – a ‘How to blog’

By |2022-08-16T17:37:15+01:00November 5th, 2015|Tips/Advice|

You may have blinked and missed it but, like it or not, our British summer is nearly at an end. There’s a definite chill in the air and that can mean only one thing... it’s nearly time to winterise, or pack away your tent. Easy, you may think!!!?! It took you 10 minutes to store it in the shed/garage/spare room. Wrong! There’s so much more to storing your tent then simply throwing it into a corner until you’re ready to take to the Great Outdoors again. Each year, thousands of campers are faced with rotting, smelly tents that are only

How to Choose a Secure Storage Site

By |2022-08-16T17:38:26+01:00February 3rd, 2015|Tips/Advice|

All you need to do is run down the list to ensure everything is ticked. Is the location of the site close enough to home or where you will use your caravan ? Do they have any security if so what type of security Is there CCTV in operation on the storage facility and on the perimeter ? How long does the CCTV remain in operation (is it 24 hours)? Will you have an allocated space ? Will you be required to sign a contract (a contract will give you terms of use, a period of storage and rules

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