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Guy Lines are an essential part of your camping experience. They’re what keeps your tent or awning stable on the ground and support your tent during windy, rainy weather. They are also crucial to adding a lot of strength to your tent or awning frame, allowing it to withstand the weight of snow or heavy rain. Guy lines are normally located on the corners of your tent/awning …
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There are so many different ways to enjoy the great outdoors when you go on holiday. Whether it’s camping in a tent, caravanning, campervanning, wild camping or glamping. We wanted to know which activity the OLPRO community preferred the most with our latest Twitter poll.CampingWe found that 52.9% of our customers preferred camping the most. There really is nothing like pitchin …
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OLPRO named as winner of the Queen's Award for Enterprise - International Trade 2021 We are so proud to announce we have been named as the winner of the Queen's Award for Enterprise – International Trade 2021. In the last 12 months OLPRO’s increased international sales has enabled the business to double the number of staff it employs. We have seen an increased de …
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For those that are new to camping, it can be pretty tricky getting your head around the camping lingo, so we’re here to help you with a ‘technical’ camping terms blog! A A-frame – A basic tent shape, the cross section forms the shape of an ‘A’ Awning – An Awning is a secondary covering attached t the exterior of a Campervan, Caravan or Motorhome B Berth – A de …
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Looking for tips on how to have the perfect night’s sleep when you go camping? We’ve come up with some great ways in which you can get a better sleep whilst away on your camping holidays..Buy a high quality Sleeping bagThe key to a good night’s sleep is being comfortable and with that comes a comfy sleeping bag. Having a comfy sleeping bag is essential when camping as you …
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When camping you never know how the weather will turn out. One minute the sun is shining and the next it’s pouring rain. We want to give you some top tips on how you can prepare yourself for whatever the weather.SunshineWhen it’s sunny, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you don’t need to be prepared for the weather, but you do need to make sure that you don’t get too hot! …
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