Under Canvas

It's been very wet for what seems like a lifetime. We are desperate to get out camping in any form but work, weather and life don't seem to want this to happen. In the meantime our new setup with the belltent is slowly getting sorted. Mandy very kindly made a very useful heat guard that goes around the stove flue pipe where it exits the tent through the fireproof stove jack. It is purely to allow the tent to not come in to contact with the very hot stove pipe.   In the meantime have a look at the pegs that came with the bell tent. They are huge at 12" and made from 25mm angle iron! They weigh a ton.....well almost. I don't think I will be using them as they are just so heavy and I think a bit of overkill.

It's an illness I tell ya'. You think you have all the tents you need until you see another. There is always something more suited to what you need dependant on the season mainly. We do like Canvas tents and we do like the challenge of camping in the colder months. A canvas bell tent with a stove and stove jack was the logical solution! With storm Ciara and now Dennis we are not really in the position to test the setup out....or indeed take any pictures. We have now bought a bell tent with stove jack and we already own the Gstove tent stove. With any luck a better spell (dry and less windy) of cold clear weather will allow us to enjoy the hot tenting setup. I will hopefully get chance to take some more photos.