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Aug 2020
9:37pm, 16 Aug 2020
17,395 posts
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Rosehip
I think you may be right DT 
I was "heartbroken" when I went to get my 30(+) yr old backpacking tent from the loft and found that wasps had made a nest from it. Can't imagine leaving a tent behind
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Aug 2020
9:38pm, 16 Aug 2020
12,655 posts
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Badger
I’m still using the tent I bought in 1992. Though not very often, and it probably needs rep roofing!
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Aug 2020
9:39pm, 16 Aug 2020
12,656 posts
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Badger
Reproofing. Thank you, autocorrect.
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Aug 2020
9:41pm, 16 Aug 2020
17,397 posts
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Rosehip
My sister still has the 1970s frame tnet that dad bought 2nd hand for family camping trips. Before that we had a proper scout ridge tent from ca 195x. My backpacking tent was considered a modern miracle because it weight only about 5lb.
Current meanddog tent weighs 2kg and hope it will last me until I'm too old to sleep on a thin matress.
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Aug 2020
10:15pm, 16 Aug 2020
35,848 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
Still use my Ultimate Tramp 2!
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Aug 2020
10:20pm, 16 Aug 2020
8,463 posts
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cathrobinson
Oh crikey. I hope it’s quietened down before I head up there for a few days in September.
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Aug 2020
10:22pm, 16 Aug 2020
45,219 posts
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Derby Tup
I think this situation just highlights the need to keep away from honeypots at prime time. Sadly a good chunk of this summer has been prime, because folk can’t get to Ibiza or Benidorm
I lived three miles from Bolton Abbey for over ten years but wouldn’t have dreamt of going anywhere near on a BH weekend or during a long stretch of good weather (well not after breakfast time, or before tea)
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Aug 2020
10:23pm, 16 Aug 2020
23,497 posts
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Lizzie W
Quieter in the Peak...
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Aug 2020
10:24pm, 16 Aug 2020
8,465 posts
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cathrobinson
Yeah, frankly we’ve been avoiding almost everywhere at weekends - even the local forest. I’ll be heading to the Lakes mid-week when the schools have (hopefully!) gone back.
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Aug 2020
10:27pm, 16 Aug 2020
45,220 posts
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Derby Tup
Large swathes of the High Peak in particularly aren’t ever going to be as busy as Langdale, Patterdale or Wasdale
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