How to deal with a hot tent?

[OssO_87]

Jesus! Keep your poncho on danny! Who are you anyway? The punctuation police?

[_danny_]

Jesus! Keep your poncho on danny! Who are you anyway? The punctuation police?

[Dibdob1]

Ex Punctuation Police actually. I've been with the Grammar Squad since March, after a nasty altercation with a comma (I'd rather not go into it).

P.S. Jesus indeed, I was only having a laugh

[travelling mr pastry]

Alright mate, it's not a big deal. In much the same way that your post would have been far easier to read if you had used punctuation, people just want to know how to make dealing with the heat a little easier. That's all.

[Madalien]

Got some from poundland 2 for a £1.

However, be warned, they rustle like feck.

I'm taking a tent with two doors, opening at each end of the bedroom, so that I get a nice breeze through.

[travelling mr pastry]

Jesus! Keep your poncho on danny! Who are you anyway? The punctuation police?

Edited June 15, 2009 by travelling mr pastry

[farewellandgoodnight]

I could not sleep one year , 8.00am after trying for about an hour , I got up , sat with mate and had

can of cider and a fat one.

I could feel myself going within 5 minutes !!!!

Climbed into tent and slept like a baby till 3.00 pm

[farewellandgoodnight]

when you wake up and its hot just jump out the tent as quick as possible. keep a bottle of cold water in the tent and then you're great

Edited June 15, 2009 by farewellandgoodnight

[Cardboard Box City]

Not much you can about it I'm afraid. The only thing I can think of that helps is if you're tent is in the shade of a gazebo when the sun starts to really heat you're tent around 08:30.

[justabloke]

I had a tent with two doors for the last few years, and it was great for getting the air in. When you woke up in the morning, the "back door" was right behind your head, so you could unzip it and be looking up at the sky a lot quicker than having to do that first terrible situp of the morning to get to the front door.

This year my tent's bigger but doesn't have a back door. I think I'm going to miss it if it gets warm. Mind you, give me too warm in the tent over too wet outside it every time.

[travelling mr pastry]

Considering some of us don't tend to get back to the tent till about eight am that wouldn't help a great deal unless we wanted to start the day with about two hours sleep.

Just out of curiosity what time do you usually tend to call it a night? The best part of Glasto starts after the main stages shut so I need a good lie in during the day to keep going.

[Insomaniac]

I can fully recommend the two door tent. It lets the breeze through nicely and stops the sauna effect. Of course if you sleep at night then it doesn't matter too much. One year I got back at about 8am or so, went to sleep for a bit and woke up at about 10am. No water in the tent and too hot/exhausted/dehydrated to physically move out of the tent, just lying in a horrible puddle of sweat getting more hot/exhausted/dehydrated. Thankfully I've not had that problem since my two door tent.

[r0cky]

Not much you can about it I'm afraid. The only thing I can think of that helps is if you're tent is in the shade of a gazebo when the sun starts to really heat you're tent around 08:30.

Edited June 16, 2009 by r0cky

[HurrahBrother]

I'm using space blankets and bulldog clips.

It works.

If I am on an all night bender I do like to listen to my body and get some kip afterwards.

I dare not crash out and 'sun bathe', I'm parts scots ginger, part aboriginal, so I get larger darker freckles and the rest of me burns like a scots ginger! Sun burn is bad enough, when your sun burn is like crazy pathing in negetive!

[glasto_mongrel_2008]

Need to find some of those blanket things in time for Saturday. Any of the supermarkets do them?

[HurrahBrother]

Need to find some of those blanket things in time for Saturday. Any of the supermarkets do them?

[Ruby77]

does nobody rough it anymore?

[LusciousLucy]

Need to find some of those blanket things in time for Saturday. Any of the supermarkets do them?

[xxtinkerbellxx]

There isnt one in bristol nearest one is weston super mare i think x

[Ruby77]

You can get them online, just google 'foil blankets'

[ChopperChimp]

I cant belive ppl are worried about hot tents were do you think we are going this is glastonbury in england not thailand

and yes i have been camping in heat before but why is it a worry like stated before just stick heed out of tent etc etc

sprays and tin foil hats sounds limke a conspiracy to me ???

[Mellon collie]

Some good tips there guys, don't know about magicool though?

[cejx]

ebay.

space blankets.

a quid each

Hopefully 3 will cover my sleeping compartment.

Oh... and fold down bull dog clips to hold them on.

[Superscally]

ebay.

space blankets.

a quid each

Hopefully 3 will cover my sleeping compartment.

Oh... and fold down bull dog clips to hold them on.

[HurrahBrother]

does nobody rough it anymore?