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Tents are generally much easier to erect than years gone by but it is still worth practising putting up your new tent before your first trip with it. You can always pitch it in a local park if you don’t have a garden or if it isn’t big enough.
Always pitch the tent so that the doorway is out of the prevailing wind and a slight slope enables water to drain away where a flat pitch may become waterlogged. If you are on privately owned land make sure you have permission and make sure there is no trace left of your passing.
Care of your tent prolongs its life. These days the groundsheet is much thinner than days gone by and most people invest in a ‘cut to size’ piece of plastic (easy to obtain from DIY shops) under the tent to protect the sewn in groundsheet. If your tent has not been seam sealed or has a leaking seam it is easy to repair it with a proprietary sealant using a small cheap artists paint brush to dab it into the threads. (Much less messy than squeezing it out of a tube!)
Look after you investment. If your tent was packed up wet make sure you take it out to air and hang it up somewhere to dry properly when you get home. Remove any dirt with warm water and a soft brush.
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