Akto camping - in the snow!

[andrewc]

Just to to complete the thread, here it is, in action:



Just an overnight at North Berwick, but good fun, and good to try out the tent.

I did have one frustrating conversation on the way back, though: a guy on a Look road bike pulled up alongside me and asked where I was from, where I was going, and seemed disappointed when I was just from Edinburgh. I wanted to show him photos of last year, prove I do real tours! Honest!

Looks good. Better for you than the Akto ?   

[Ariadne]

Yes, it was - I went 'inside' quite early, cause it was cold, and just felt more comfortable with more room to move about. Of course, it helped that the weather was better!

[JohnP]

Does the table and bench fit in a pannier or just strap to the rack ?

Looks a neat outfit - hope you get many uses from it.

[clarion]

We had our Nallo out this weekend at Ross on Wye.

Unfortunately, it was the lad who got to sleep in it

[Butterfly]

That looks nice .

I did have one frustrating conversation on the way back, though: a guy on a Look road bike pulled up alongside me and asked where I was from, where I was going, and seemed disappointed when I was just from Edinburgh. I wanted to show him photos of last year, prove I do real tours! Honest!

I've had that - often on the train on the way back from a weekend. "Wow! Have you been on a long tour?" " No just a weekend in the cotswolds."
It always looks impressive .

[jogler]

Slightly off topic.
My Akto is now in the rain & looks extremely "shrivelled" as it did this morning at first light due to overnight rain.
I know well that tent fabric stretches when wet,thus generating the sagging appearance but this looks extreme.The internal clearance at the head & foot is such that the inner tent is almost touching the sleeping bag.
I have shortened the guy lines already but begin to wonder how much more .......
It'll be like a drum if it dries before I subsequently slack off the guy lines.

My other two tents don't sag to the same degree.

[Kim]

My Akto went quite saggy with the overnight dew/drizzle at the Long Itchington weekend.  It's only done that before when I've pitched in windy conditions that have subsequently died down (so not, I think, a behaviour of the fabric).  I tightened the ropes on returning from the 3am loo visit, and all was well.

[woollypigs]

With having a 5 and a half metre long Kaitum tent we have had our fair share of saggy'ness. Going from hot to cold/damp and the other way we have been lucky not to be locked in* because of the nearly 30cm flex in the fabric. If we are pitched for a day we redo the guy lines and straps 3-4 times to keep up with the movement. It has managed to pull out the pegs a few times, even then they in nice solid ground and and the right angle.

*impossible to use the zips when the tent is the tight mode.

[jogler]

Precepitation has barely ceased for 24hrs.A state of max-sag seems to have been achieved since lunch time today.