Thread reawakening.
For the purposes of reposing during a certain control I had meant to sleep in the control. Then the thought came into my mind that this was a very anti-social act due to snoring and possibly not the wisest move for keeping all risk of c-type lurgy away. So I decided to pull out my very old one man (one skinny dwarf, more like) tent. It just needed airing and fixing the poles (the original plastic three-way sockets had broken long ago). The last time it was used was 2006, one night bivvy at 2600m in the Italian Alps with the pole sockets bodged from copper pipe fittings (not very successful).
Then madame spoke. "Why waste your time fixing it? Go up to Decathlon and get a new one!" So I did, but Decathlon didn't have what I wanted in stock, except at a price that I didn't want to pay or at a weight I didn't want to carry. I already have a 2-3 person tent that only weighs a bit over 3kg which I can reduce by leaving the groundsheet for the porch at home. It's too big to go on the seat tube of the folder though, which is why I wanted the one-man. She was content that I didn't splash out 250€ on a flash italian job and the following morning I looked a bit further on the web. Tomorrow I should receive a new relatively cheap (90€ with the accelerated delivery) one-man tent (a tiny bit heavier because it is double skin whereas the old one is single skin). The big advantage is it is side-opening which does increase my chances of getting into it. The plastic hooks on it are very similar to my old tent, which makes it probably out of the same chinese factory (but without the plastic sockets that failed before).
In case it doesn't get here on time I made up some new sockets for the old tent, finished this afternoon with a slight redesign and elimination of the ridge pole. If I don't need it it will be there for the grandsons as a play tent. 150FF in 1996, I reckon it doesn't owe me anything. The fabric is still like new! It is however discutable whether I will be able to make a dignified entrance or exit a quarter of a century on.