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How To: Guy Lines 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 y …
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How to pitch your tent in high windsPlan aheadAs the saying goes, ‘failure to plan is planning to fail’. So, adhere to the old adage and make sure you’re paying attention to weather forecasts. High winds will often herald some incoming big and ugly meteorological event.Look upIt seems almost ridiculously obvious, but pitching near trees is remarkably dangerous in high winds – l …
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How to avoid condensation in your tent or awning | OLPROAnyone can suffer from condensation in tents and it's not uncommon.On many occasions, people have woken up to see a pool of water in their tent thinking it’s a leak, but in fact it’s a pesky case of condensation. As OLPRO tents are made from high specification waterproof materials (the fabric is 5,000 H/H), condensation wi …
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Where Can You Camp in Spring?While some hardcore campers will be willing to pitch their tent in all weathers, for most, we’re forced to wait for the arrival of the warmer seasons before heading out to the great outdoors. Thankfully, we don’t have much longer to wait though, as spring is most definitely on the horizon. But when it comes to the best of British campsites, what des …
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Top 5 Tips on Staying Warm While CampingThe changing season is no reason to stop camping - as long as you're properly prepared. You know the saying - 'there's no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing' well the same applies to camping. As long as you are well equipped, there's no reason not to enjoy the great outdoors right throughout the year. As well as campsi …
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It's Time we got Camping!It is now under 40 days until Easter and although Easter is a little earlier this year, so we can say that it's now under 40 days until Easter a little earlier too it remains a fact that the first Bank Holiday since the last one is nearly upon us.It's also the first bank holiday of the year which is evident earlier and earlier each year with Chocolate E …
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