Farewell my trusty festival tent

[eightball]

I've just had to say goodbye to my festival tent which finally died at Mucky Weekender the other week. (Outer door zip completely finished.) A Eurohike Avon purchased from Millets in 2007, it's done:

1 x Glastonbury
2 x Glade
5 x Beautiful Days
5 x Beat-Herder
8 x Moovin
4 x Mucky Weekender

That's 25 festivals and it's never let a drop of water in or let me down in any way, what a fucking star! My party home for the last 18 years - thanks for all the good times.

 

[skyscraper101]

Farewell tent. Enjoy retirement.

 

[tim]

Farewell tent. Enjoy retirement.

I assume it's been sent to live on a farm.

 

[eightball]

I assume it's been sent to live on a farm.

Er, actually all the non-recylable bits have gone in the bin. (Sending it to live on a farm is a nice thought though)

 

[WouldBe]

Couldn't you have replaced the zip if that's all that was wrong with it.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Sympathies. I bought a new tent 2-3 years ago, after using a Cath Kidston floral tent for years. (I lent it to someone and they returned it to me with one side of the 'door' zip cut through near the top so it couldn't be closed. I still used it for a couple more festivals though.

I couldn't bring myself to throw it away. I washed it and then deconstructed it. I've got all the bits in a big plastic storage tub, waiting for me to make folding reusable shopping bags and whatever with as much of it as possible.

I do have access to a sewing machine, which helps; I've just not done any sewing for over a year due to being ridiculously overworked in piss-takingly stressful jobs with no work:life balance.

 

[Gromit]

Coming up to good tent buying season.
Many of this summer’s tents go cheap for clearance to make way for next year’s ‘latest’ models for next summer.

Have bought 4 man tents for the price of a 1 man.

 

[TopCat]

Coming up to good tent buying season.
Many of this summer’s tents go cheap for clearance to make way for next year’s ‘latest’ models for next summer.

Have bought 4 man tents for the price of a 1 man.

I have bought loads of camping kit in the last few weeks. Great value

 

[Saffy]

Coming up to good tent buying season.
Many of this summer’s tents go cheap for clearance to make way for next year’s ‘latest’ models for next summer.

Have bought 4 man tents for the price of a 1 man.

Yep, we got a bargain £100 off our tent.
It's not a festival tent though, I like to camp in comfort and have bought a 5 man tent for just 2 of us.

 

[StoneRoad]

Some friends of my mine have still got a Vango they bought several decades ago ...
It's not been out this year !

O&S - Vango {1 of 2}

By StoneRoad2013. Friend's "Vango" erected on the grass --- it has been cleaned and reproofed. Sometime soon we'll make use of it at a Bike or Steam rally. Or just a sleepover / camp out !

www.ipernity.com

Actually, neither have any of mine ... [Got a five-person single space we had "a few years" and a two-bedroom job that's been to France a couple of times]. Had a re-proofing session {including the fore-mentioned Vango} intending to do some camping a couple of years ago, but other things have intervened to disrupt plans.

 

[pesh]

I do most of my tent shopping at Glastonbury on the Monday, really can’t beat those prices, currently rocking a 4 man Vango I got the year before last.

 

[Boudicca]

Er, actually all the non-recylable bits have gone in the bin. (Sending it to live on a farm is a nice thought though)

I'm actually running a little project making backpacks for refugees, and vintage tent fabric would have been perfect.

 

[Kanda]

This is the winter of our discount tents.

 

[pbsmooth]

*Now

 

[TopCat]

Bought this recently

Kelty Granby 4 Tent - 4 Person, 3 Season Shelter for Camping and Outdoor Fun KELTY | Decathlon

Kelty Granby 4 - 4 Person, 3 Season Family Tent

www.decathlon.co.uk

 

[eightball]

Couldn't you have replaced the zip if that's all that was wrong with it.

That wasn't all that was wrong with it, I've been patching it up for a few years. The zip was the final straw really. Anyway, 25 festivals isn't bad going for a tent.

 

[mx wcfc]

I remember binning a tent that had seen us through a fair few festivals etc.

I was sad, and I did say "Thank you big tent" as I heaved it into the energy recycling bin.

 

[eightball]

I'm actually running a little project making backpacks for refugees, and vintage tent fabric would have been perfect.

If only I'd known that, although it was all nylon/plastic, not canvas. I have a couple more old tents in the loft which came my way a few years back - I need to check if they're viable but if they're not I'll be in touch to pass them on to you. That's a very worthy project you're running.

 

[eightball]

I remember binning a tent that had seen us through a fair few festivals etc.

I was sad, and I did say "Thank you big tent" as I heaved it into the energy recycling bin.

That's exactly where I was yesterday

 

[8ball]

I've just had to say goodbye to my festival tent which finally died at Mucky Weekender the other week. (Outer door zip completely finished.) A Eurohike Avon purchased from Millets in 2007, it's done:

1 x Glastonbury
2 x Glade
5 x Beautiful Days
5 x Beat-Herder
8 x Moovin
4 x Mucky Weekender

That's 25 festivals and it's never let a drop of water in or let me down in any way, what a fucking star! My party home for the last 18 years - thanks for all the good times.

I had the same one but without the “porch” bit. Did me for festivals for almost exactly the same amount of time and also got lent to friends. Mine was bought in 1998.

We are both festival tent and username doppelgangers.

 

[Boudicca]

If only I'd known that, although it was all nylon/plastic, not canvas. I have a couple more old tents in the loft which came my way a few years back - I need to check if they're viable but if they're not I'll be in touch to pass them on to you. That's a very worthy project you're running.

Thank you. I don't think it needs to be canvas (although canvas would be good), just a bit more substantial than the super light stuff.

But I'll probably track some down locally, don't worry, lots of camping people in Dorset!